to be miffed that son has chicken pox

[moominmumma]

FOR THE SECOND TIME!!!! grrrrr he had them when he was a baby, now got a fresh dose. Does that mean others are gonna get them again, oh woe!!

DS had the pox for his first birthday, then again on holiday at the age of 5. He had a final bout when he was 8.

Someone told me that if they have chicken px before 2 then likely to get it again, don't know whether this is an old wives tale, I think some people can get it more than once and others don't.

No, nbu. But then, apparently I got mumps twice when I was a child.

QoB... your theory sounds right... DS had it three times after the first lot as a baby. DD only had it once at the age of 7.

It is apparently also more likely that they will suffer from shingles as a child if they had chicken pox before the age of one year. My DS is 13 and had shingles a few weeks ago.

I was told by a nurse friend that its to do with how bad they had it to whether or not they get it again, if they only had a light bout of it then likely to get again, but if had it bad then poss. only once, i had it bad when i was little but my sister had it light when she was young but then had it a bit later on and had it so bad it left scars