What age did your LO have chickenpox?

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I’m just curious to know what age your children were when they had chickenpox?

And is it more common with bigger families?
(Children with siblings)

My son is 7 and hasn’t had it yet. I’m not worried but curious to know what age children usually catch it as most of my friends children’s seen to have had it when they were younger

4 and 18 months. DC2’s spots came out exactly 2 weeks after DC1, almost to the minute

Dd1 was 4, caught at school. She gave it to Dd2 who was just 3 and was very ill with it. She's since had shingles 3 times too and is only 15.
DS caught it from Dd2's second lot of shingles when he was almost 3 and was absolutely covered.

I think it periodically goes through schools like wildfire, usually in the autumn term and ks1 is most susceptible as they play closer together.

DD1 had it when she was 2 and DD2 was brand new. DD1 was very mild and I thought the baby had swerved it. DD2 then got terrible shingles when she was 11 which I thought only old people got 😳

Dd - 4
Ds - 2 & 3 (had twice, mild both times)
Dd2 - 10

DC1 age 4 along with most of her reception class. Not ill at all, just spots and horribly bored.

DC2 age 1, 2 weeks after his sister. Spiked a temp that would not come down with Calpol, wheezes and crackles. Ended up with viral wheeze for about 4 months afterwards.

DD1 aged 2, DD2 aged 6 months - spots on DD2 exactly 2 weeks to the day DD1s appeared. It was a long month as DD2 also got 6 teeth at the same time!

Please please consider a chicken pox vaccination. Children can get seriously ill from chicken pox not to mention facial scaring, shingles in later life etc. Many other countries vaccinate against chicken pox as standard (often combined with MMR) jab and view the UK approach of just letting children catch it as barbaric.

Both were 3. I'd decided to get the vaccine if they hadn't had it by 5, as I had it when I was 16 and was very ill with it.

We were planning the chickenpox vacc for both once DC2 had had his 1 year jabs, which he had to delay because of his sister's chickenpox...

Should have done her but we had to delay because DH was on chemo and she was really difficult to jab, then I was pregnant, then we had a newborn and it wasn't 'urgent'. I was planning to get both DC done then get back to work and justify the cost as less than 4 weeks of unpaid leave...

DD was 4, had a fairly mild case. 2 weeks later 2 y.o. DS got it. He was worse than her but not too terrible. Glad its all out of the way now.

DD was 4
DS1 caught off from her aged 3
DS2 was 3

DD was 3, only child, i presume caught it from nursery. She got it really bad poor thing.

She's also had shingles twice but has been perfectly fine.

Both of mine caught it between 18 months and 2.5 years, at nursery. And luckily mild in both cases, although DS had a case of shingles about age 12/13.