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Chicken pox question!

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ThePastafarian · 21/06/2022 12:50

DD2 has been sent home from nursery with what they think are chicken pox spots. I know the drill about keeping her off till they've scabbed over, then they shouldn't be contagious so you're okay - but what do I do about DD1? Into school as usual unless I see any evidence of it? Or keep her off because she's almost certain to get it shortly?

Don't want her to miss any more than she absolutely has to - but I also don't want to be the person who spreads it to everyone else! Is there a general rule for siblings? Can't find anything from the school about whether they have a policy.

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dementedpixie · 21/06/2022 12:53

Your other dd can continue as normal. The incubation period can be up to 21 days so you cant put your life on hold for that amount of time.

Yodaisawally · 21/06/2022 12:54

Other DD carries on as normal, hopefully for you if shes going to get it she gets it quickly so youre stuck at home for two consecutive periods!

Aksbdt · 21/06/2022 12:55

Send her in as normal; she probably will catch it but it took over a week for my second DC to catch it then 5 days off school so it would have been crazy to keep her off for all that time.

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ThePastafarian · 21/06/2022 12:56

Aha! I didn't realise I could be looking at weeks for her to get it. In she goes!!

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mylittleyumyum · 21/06/2022 13:06

A friend of mine told me that my 2nd would get her first spot two weeks to the day after her sister got hers and she did... I've seen this pattern a few times since, uncanny!

RainbowBallOfDoom · 21/06/2022 13:09

mylittleyumyum · 21/06/2022 13:06

A friend of mine told me that my 2nd would get her first spot two weeks to the day after her sister got hers and she did... I've seen this pattern a few times since, uncanny!

Yes yes!
Oddly this has just happened to us. Two weeks later bang on same day.

PattyMelt · 21/06/2022 13:11

The nursery already has exposed the other kids, they are contagious with Chicken pox for a few days before the spots appear, so it will slowly spread through the children there. Send Dd1 in as normal.

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