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dp has chickenpox!!

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blondie82 · 20/02/2006 13:18

just found out today that dp has chickenpox.
am i right to tell him he cant come near dd until it starts to go?

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NotQuiteCockney · 20/02/2006 13:19

How old is your dd?

I find chickenpox is better caught earlier, as long as the child is over one. It seems to be more severe, the later you get it.

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cece · 20/02/2006 13:20

infectious till spots crust over. check out the nhs direct website. lots of info there.
why not let dd get it too they can console each other?

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blondie82 · 20/02/2006 13:20

forgot to say that dd is 7 months old

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nutcracker · 20/02/2006 13:21

If he has already been arond your dd before you realised he had it then she will have been exsposed already.

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NotQuiteCockney · 20/02/2006 13:22

Is she generally healthy? I might still be tempted to let her get it, if she's generally fine.

If she's breastfed, and you're immune to cp, then she might well not catch it anyway.

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NotQuiteCockney · 20/02/2006 13:22

Oh, yes, and what nutcracker says - you're most contagious before the spots come up, anyway.

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blondie82 · 20/02/2006 13:24

shes fine in her health, shes not breastfed but ive already had chickenpox...?
hes not really has chance to see her much the past week. couple of hours at the most..

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cece · 20/02/2006 13:26

dd didn't get it when she was first exposed to chicken pox - she was still bf.

However she did get it later and it was a pain as I was back at owrk then and we had to take turns to stay home with her till she was not infectious anymore!

Oh and then 2 weeks later ds got it - however he was still bf at the time!

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blondie82 · 20/02/2006 13:31

i'll just have to keep an eye out for any spots that might appear!!!

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jenkel · 20/02/2006 13:50

If she is generally in good health and you have nothing important planned then I would let him see her, and would actually hope that she catches it,

A good friend of mines little boy has chicken pox, I would love to go around to see them but we are off to Centreparcs next week, and probably wouldnt be able to go with a child with chickenpox. Thats the only reason we are avoiding them.

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gingernut · 20/02/2006 13:52

Your poor dp. I had CP as an adult. Expect him to be feeling very rough for quite a while.

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blondie82 · 21/02/2006 12:03

turns out its not chickenpox after all. its some sort of viral infection and its only contagious for 3 days!!
still spotty though!!