to deliberately expose my toddler to chicken pox?

[hagridthehamster]

DS is nearly 2 and hasn't had it yet. A friend has invited me and another Mum round for coffee and the other Mum has said her baby has chicken pox.

I am starting a 4 year college course in September which will be intense to say the least so I thought that the likelihood is that DS WILL get CP sometime in the next 4 years so he may as well get it now whilst I'm still at home 24/7 with him. I appreciate it's selfish on my part but AIBU?

Do see what people are saying wrt the risks, however it is hugely likely that he will catch it at some point. My son had it aged 8 at the same time as my then 2 year old. He was covered head to toe, was really uncomfortable and hated going back to school all scabby. He had rolled around with numerous contagious kids prior to this and I had almost begun to think he was immune. Even if OP does try to catch them there is no guarantee it would work.

Those who are berating her are being very harsh, there are better ways to get your point across than than using words like stupid and idiotic...both of which are banned words in our house!!

feenie, most people don't read every post in a long thread.