To panic about bicarbonate of soda and chickenpox!?

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May be worrying unnecessarily! Little
Boy has chicken pox- he’s three and suffering badly.

For the last 2 days I’ve bathed him in bicarb of soda as I’ve read online it’s helpful- however everything I initially read said half a cup- now I’m reading everywhere 3-4 tablespoons at most!

Have I possibly done damage by doing this?! Or am I worrying over morning ?!

Help please!

It’ll be fine.

DS2 was covered in spots when he had the pox and we’d chuck loads of bicarb in. This was before we had widespread access to the Internet. He’s 21 now and has no scars whatsoever.

I hope he’s feeling better soon.

Bicarbonate is completely safe in those amounts in a bath don't worry.

Oats in the cut off end of an old pair of tights are great for itching. I use them myself for eczema too.

However Poxclin mousse is worth its weight in gold if you can get some from a chemist asap. Costs about as much (over a tenner a bottle and I used two) but really works. My DC barely have a scar between them despite having a serious amount of spots. It's lovely and cooling, prevents infection and scarring and much easier to apply and less messy than lotion.

Many confuse dessert spoons for table spoons, the latter is about 3 x the size.

A teaspoon is 5ml
A dessert spoon is 10ml
A tablespoon is 15ml