Very mild chicken pox = likely to get it again? Any experiences of this?

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My son got chicken pox aged two and still breastfeeding a billion times a day.
He got 4-5 spots on his back only one of which (the mothership) properly blistered and scabbed over. Zero symptoms of illness. If it wasn't for all the kids at the childminder coming down with it at the same time, I never would have believed he got it.

he's now 4 and they are dropping like flies at the childminders again and I figured the poor bugger had a chance of getting it again.

I just wondered if any had a similar experience of this occurring to them?

Dd had a few spots at 4 months, then shingles at 6 and 13.

Why don’t you have him vaccinated now?

My son had it very mildly age 2 so I vaccinated him age 5 when he hadn’t yet caught a second bout. I vaccinated my daughter age 3 and she hasn’t caught it.

My dad had it very mildly as a baby and has not had it in the 80 years since, despite many many exposures. The immune system is a weird and complex thing!

My DD got mild chickenpox and then about a year later had them again, worse! Can definitely get them more than once.

My 3 eldest had them very mildly were totally well and just a bit spotty no one has had them more than once. Youngest got them from a sibling and was totally covered from head to foot had to see gp due to severity poor soul I hadn’t vaccinated due to the others being so mild. If I could go back I would’ve vaccinated the 2 youngest - 2 eldest had before they were born.

DS2 got CP at one week old off his brother whilst I was bf. Very mild.
He's 18 now and never had it again.

DS5 had a few spots a couple of years ago but I wasn't sure if it was pox. He wasn't poorly with it. Pox recently went around his class and I expected he'd get it but he hasn't. Even after playing with children who did come down with it.

DD 15 weeks, off her big brother. Maybe 10 spots total. Often exposed since & never got it again (now young adult).

I had about three spots when I was at primary school. Haven't had it since. I did have shingles a couple of years ago so the virus is still around.

DS has maybe 4 spots on his chest and we weren't sure if it was CP. And then a week later dd was covered in them so it must have been.

He's 13 now and has never had it since.

Yes, dd2 had it at 3, a handful of spots and not bothered by it. Lasted a couple of days.

she then had it at 6, a few more spots but again not bothered by them, didn’t need any calamine or anything, and they disappeared after a few days.

dd1 has never caught it, despite sharing a room and everything else with dd1.

DD1 had a mild case when she was 3. She's 8 now and hasn't caught it again. Last year it went round her entire year group and she didn't catch it.

My youngest DD had a mild case as a a baby - older siblings both definitely had chicken pox but she had about four spots and that was it. Was also breastfed at the time.
Then she got sent home from school with chicken pox when it went around the class in Year 3, grand total of two spots that time! I really hope those two little doses will be enough that she won’t get it again.

I have no clue why England don't vaccinate children for chicken pox. Just why?

England or the UK? I thought it was to do with the lesser risk to younger children vs higher risk to adults getting shingles.

It's preferable to get chickenpox as a child as it's generally mild and reduces the risk of their getting it as adults. I think.

Or money.

Nhs doesn’t want to pay for this plus the shingles vaccine for the elderly that would then be needed.

My DD1 got it aged 2.5 years, gave it to DS1 who was 12 weeks old, he got it v mildly as prob had some maternal immunity. He then got Shingles at 2.5 years and gave CP to then DD2 who was 6 months old, so all three DC shared the exact same CP virus even though there is 5 years between them.!