To think that if you have chicken pox you should be I'LL..

[Ormirian]

Not just spotty?

DS 2 sent home from school. Dh had to leave his class to pick him up. I'm working from home for the next few days. I had to rush into town between meetings today to get camomile and piritlon.

Got home to find a perfectly happy lively 8 yr old running around proudly showing off his bloody spots

How the hell am I going to keep him entertained while I'm working? He should at least have the decency to act I'll and lie about, being quiet and pale.

Mine were fine at first then got poorly day 2 and 3.

I have a three year old at home doing exactly the same thing - bouncing off the walls. Not even itchy. You have my sympathy.

Both my boys were very unwell with it. It left them very under par for a couple of months which, annoyingly, meant they seemed to catch every bug going.

My daughter's just had it. She spent a week lying on the sofa watching TV and yelling 'Muuuuuuum' every 5 mns to demand ice lollies and food snacks.
She had loads of spots but not itching or temperature.
I had to make her go up to her room after lunch every day to 'rest the spots' so I could sit down and take a break!

It was a rather nice and relaxing week for her. Not so much for me....

Could try a nice coolish bath for him - and let him eat an ice lolly in it, then add cups of food colouring to the water (only if you have a crappy avocado bath)
DD thought it was christmas
Then she started getting iller and just wanted cuddles and Humf

Dd1 was the same then crashed a day or so later. Piriton didn't make her drowsy either!

*iller? more ill? - someone correct me

time = I think both will do

So I might expect a sofa collapse in a few days then?

OK. If it does happen I hope it#'s in time for a party he is having to miss as he is very cross about that and if he was feeling ill it wouldn't be so bad. In fact 2 parties - one grown up on in the evening too. But it's given DH an excuse not to go - he hates parties, and me an excuse to go on my own!

Anyone heard of chicken pox without spots?
ds has mingled with friend who might or might not have it. Doc couldn't completely diagnose him. ds has since been in absolutely foul mood, crying, stroppy, off food. But no spots. Could be anything I spose, just wondered.

Are they hidden in his hair, or in his mouth?

DD (3) had it recently - she was only actually 'ill' for 2 days. The rest of the time she was fine - thankfully our CM was happy to have her as they were all 'immume' already.

We told her if she scratched she would get more spots & that worked very well.