Chicken pox - what do I need?

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I know this has been done so many times, but DS has finally got chicken pox and the spots are starting to appear. He's ok at the moment but I want to be prepared - what do I need to get? We have Calpol and I know he can't have ibuprofen. He's had a temperature but that seems to have eased but he does have a cough.

We found that porridge oats in a bath were as effective as any lotions and creams. Put a cupful of oats in an old sock / pair of tights / old muslin and let the water flow through it from the tap. When the bath is filled, knot the end and squeeze to get out all the oaty goodness.

PoxClin mousse (might have spelled the brand wrong). Really good when my two DC had chicken pox. Also oat baths as above.

We've definitely got oats so I will make sure to have those to hand tomorrow night.

I'll go and find the mousse in Boots tomorrow evening too.

Thank you both

I'm on a parent group on Facebook and load swear head and shoulders shampoo in the bath

Loads of them swear by*

Keep the mousse in the fridge. That helps massively. Piriton also, especially just before bed.

Both DDs had it recently, thankfully both quite mild. We have some Benadryl and virasoothe cream.

I'm hoping DS' will stay relatively mild. He has about 25 spots at the moment but they seem confined to back, chest and neck and he doesn't appear to be bothered by them at all, but I'm assuming they aren't at the itchy stage yet so trying to be prepared!

Will be heading to Boots tomorrow so will make sure to get antihistamines too.

Thank you all again!

I had horrendous chicken pox in my 40s, when DS caught it.

This really does work! I remember lying in an oaty bath at silly O' clock in the morning when I couldn't sleep.

Poxclin mousse. Oats for bath. Every age-appropriate movie in the world on DVD or streaming. Depending on how old he is, maybe sleepsuit with mitten hands to limit scratching at night (but they may take time to source - I remember ordering one for DC2 when DC1 had the pox on the basis that she was bound to catch it).

@CountessOfSponheim he's 4 years old but is doing well to not scratch so far. I'm going out to get the mousse as soon as DP is home and I'm running an oat bath for this morning to try and help.

Calpol, piriton, virasoothe spray (body), virasoothe gel (face) and about a billion sticker books in my experience.

@CountessOfSponheim is he itchy? If not maybe no need for a bath? My two didn’t itch much at all, neither got spots on the fact, mostly it was on the chest. Poor two year old was in her nappy area but still managed to sleep well etc. fingers crossed he stays unitchy!