Chicken pox
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Topic: Chicken pox
Posted By: X
Subject: Chicken pox
Date Posted: 18 November 2009 at 12:12pm
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So DS (age 2 years 3 months) has the chicken pox, which he caught at preschool. I am of the opinion that they have to get it sometime, & it's only the chicken pox. If one of my friend's kids had the chicken pox I would be taking DS over there to purposefully catch it (that's what happened when we were little-there was a chicken pox party & the whole bunch of us had it together & got it over with). However I must be alone on my thinking because everyone is acting like he has the plague! i said if anyone wants the pox they are welcome over for a play, & so far no-one has accepted & in fact I feel like a wierdo for offering judging by the responses.
Do you think I was out of line? What is your view on the chicken pox? ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Jelly
Date Posted: 18 November 2009 at 12:41pm
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I've always heard it's much better to catch it young - In fact I've heard it can cause infertility if caught after puberty! (I'm not sure that's true though)
I'm not sure how I'd react if someone offered to share the love, so to speak... Hmm. *goes off to Google* ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 18 November 2009 at 12:51pm
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i would love someone to invite me over to get the kids poxxy! i am still waiting for the 6 yr old, 4yr old and 20 mth old to get them... and its not because they havent been exposed either! ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 18 November 2009 at 1:44pm
Odette....I'd be there in a flash  ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: X
Date Posted: 18 November 2009 at 1:47pm
Pity you'd have the cost of the flight up  I could start some muffins now & they'd be here when you arrived.------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Aliasmum wrote:Posted By: skp
Date Posted: 18 November 2009 at 4:37pm
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I think its a great idea, some people just don't understand how natural immunity works though ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: clover
Date Posted: 18 November 2009 at 4:40pm
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Posted By: X
Date Posted: 18 November 2009 at 4:51pm
Don't be sorry! Imagine what a boring place the world would be if we all agreed on everything  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: crafty1
Date Posted: 18 November 2009 at 6:11pm
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I'm all for the pox party thing tbh.
I know people get upset and say that you're putting your child through pain but in boys it can cause infertility after puberty. But no thanks right now, toddler too little and belly too big! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: LJsmum
Date Posted: 18 November 2009 at 6:42pm
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nope wouldn't do it, Planning to get DS2 immunised against it as DS1 had it a few months ago and has REALLY bad scaring from them on his face that i have been told will fade. But everyone looks at him like he still has the pox!
It annnoys me because he didn't scratch them and i didn't use that awful pink lotion. -------------  
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Posted By: floss
Date Posted: 18 November 2009 at 9:24pm
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My 3 have just had chicken pox to and we had heaps of friends come over in the hope that their kiddies would catch it, so no your not weird at all!! ------------- My beautiful big girl Sienna 15.04.06 Double the trouble double the fun Noah & Lola 10/11/07 |
Posted By: Nikki
Date Posted: 19 November 2009 at 10:18am
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I've heard of people doing that, and although I agree its better to get it young (Jakes had it, the joys of daycare) ... it certainly isn't much fun looking after sick toddlers or babies, so I don't think I'd infect my kids on purpose. I'd rather they got things like that at school age when they understand a bit more about not scrathing etc. Also some people may not have any sick leave left to look after sick kids. Or don't have the energy to be up int he night with a toddler if they're already up feeding a newborn (Morgan was 2 weeks when Jake got them). So I don't thinks its completely weird, but I wouldn't do it. (would be happy for people to come over and catch it off my kids if they wanted to though).
Jake has a few scars too.  ------------- DS (5yrs) and DD (3yrs) |
Posted By: X
Date Posted: 19 November 2009 at 10:27am
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It looks like we may get off pretty easy with DS. I think he has about 30 spots max, & they are mostly on his back & tummy. He's a little quiet today, but I wouldn't say he's acting sick. He seems okay.
I remember having it as a child & I'm sure I had HEAPS more spots & was pretty ill. If this is as bad as it gets I will be happy. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: boys.boys.boys.boys
Date Posted: 19 November 2009 at 3:07pm
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I think that they get it easier the younger they are, my DS has just had them too, I offered people a kiss from DS for $10, (So put me in the 'Weird! catorgory too!!), My sis has brought my 1 yr old niece over to play lots and quite a few other kids have come to play too, so maybe we're not completely alone!!! Although, I havent managed to pay off the mortgage yet from the $10 kiss's!!
I must say though, I dont like my kids being sick, poor wee things, but Chicken pox is something that I am SO keen for them to get early just because it is incredbly dangerous if gotten once they are a adult, and it is a oncer... anyway, enough of a essay from me! By the way Odette, did you find anything that helped with the itching? Someone suggested adding baking soda to the bath, dont know if it helped though, but I think the bath did!! ------------- 4 boys!! 7 years, 5 years, 2 years and 8 weeks... |
Posted By: X
Date Posted: 19 November 2009 at 3:45pm
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I tried the baking soda last night-not sure if it helped or not. Someone said vinegar is good in the bath, & also pinetarsal (but I have no idea what that is! LOL)
We have been putting calamine lotion on him & that seems to help (I know there is some contoversy about it but our dr recommended it) ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 19 November 2009 at 4:31pm
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You can get it more than once, if the first time you get it is only a mild case. I had it 3 times, the last time was a right doozy when I was 11 years old.
One of our friends told us on Monday that chicken pox is going around her son's daycare - her son was here all Saturday night, so who knows what will happen, I guess we have to wait and see. It doesn't bother me so much if the girls get it, because then it's out of the way (though I have no idea how I would deal with 2 sick and sore little girls by myself), HOWEVER DH has never had them, and I imagine he would be struck down pretty badly at 30 years old. That's the one thing putting me off. |
Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 19 November 2009 at 4:34pm
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Pinetarsol , *should* be at the chemist, I used to use it for C's eczema .
I wanted C to get them young, before school anyway , but no, she got them when she was 5 instead ------------- 
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Posted By: ?Lolly?
Date Posted: 19 November 2009 at 5:24pm
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Ethan caught it about a month ago and 12 days after hist first spot came ot the girs came down with it. Despite them being really grumpy I think the younger they are the better it is. At 7 weeks they were too small to scratch! I only had one person say they would have come over but she is pregnant so decided against it. Other people treated me like we had the plague! I'm not sure I would have gone out of my way to infect them, but glad we have it over and done with.
ETA We did pinetasil(sp) baths and some one said to use Bepanthum which worked quite well, if messy. ------------- Captain Chaos (5) & the Trouble Monsters (2!) 
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Posted By: Redbedrock
Date Posted: 20 November 2009 at 5:42pm
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no way after spending 5 days in hospital with fay pumped full of morphine, codeine and anti-viral drugs, having had a lumbar puncture and a temp of over 40 for 48 hours,,no way it is not just chicken pox at all, it can be a serious illness for some kids.
I am so pro immunisation now, if only we had gone for it and not procrastinated about it. Most of Fays playmates have now been immunised because of what happened, but I know it is a rare situation, but it's may not be a simple case of chicken pox for some kids ------------- http://www.babysfirstsite.com"> 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 20 November 2009 at 6:18pm
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I was pretty easy with my kids getting it, I figured it was just one of those things, but when lil miss got it she got really sick too - not as sick as Fay, but sick enough that she had to go to hospital for paracetamol suppositories as we couldn't get her temp down and antihistamines to stop the swelling.
She was only five months when she got it too, so little babies can get quite sick with it, altho they usually get a milder dose. The older three were all fine when they had it, Maya had less than a week off preschool. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Redbedrock
Date Posted: 20 November 2009 at 6:24pm
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i guess I am little more uptight about it as our expwerience was so abnormal. ------------- http://www.babysfirstsite.com">
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Posted By: X
Date Posted: 20 November 2009 at 7:26pm
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Well looks like DS is well on his way to recovery. Much perkier today-in fact back to being a little dynamo-& I haven't seen him scratch once. All the pox are crusted over & starting to fade-he only had about 30 in total. Mostly on his back, a few on the tummy, one or two on the face, neck & groin. He also slept well last night.
I can't believe how easy we got off on the chicken pox front. Well that wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 20 November 2009 at 10:37pm
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Glad to hear he's feeling better.
Alia had about 50+ spots just on her tummy, poor thing was covered head to toe! & quite sick for a couple of days, funnily she had them when we were in Auck! Pinetarsol in the bath & hypercal cream rubbed all over worked for her. Calamine lotion actually dries them out & can make them itchier I think?? I am concidering the vax for Cooper as it's just so unfair on them. They vax against it for free in Oz. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: kellie
Date Posted: 21 November 2009 at 11:20am
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Yep definitely better to get it young.
The vaccination actually isn't that effective and for those of you planning to get your kids jabbed may I suggest taking yourself along to some pox parties? The most effective way to prevent shingles in later life (if you have had chicken pox, which I would say most people have) is exposure to chicken pox. ------------- 
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