To keep my daughter off nursery this month?

[StudentMummy19]

Sounds a bit silly I know, but her chicken pox is spreading round her nursery like wildfire. We are due to go to Australia at the start of April, so if I keep her off she would get it and crust over before go. If keep her going to nursery then she may not catch it from this child but the next or the next one....

What you would you guys do?

Yes 6 months notice for a funeral 😳 unusual!

I genuinely don’t understand someone not utilising all the vaccinations available

Genuinely? Really? You can't fathom it at all?
I'm genuinely shocked.

Newbingepisodes the op clearly explained that the ill person she had planned to visit, just died and they are holding the funeral for her and some others to make it.

Holding the funeral = holding off the funeral.

I didn't know there was a chicken pox vaccination but it sounds like a good idea if there are no known dangerous side effects. If however you want to take your daughter out of nursery for a while before you go away, do so. Going to nursery, whilst good, is not obligatory.

@PrettyLittleLiar20 one scar? we are talking around 50 big scars all iver face and chest. both wear heavy duty makeup at all times, and high neck clothes

God you've met with a tough crowd on here today OP! I'm sure u weren't expecting a -pro vaccine lecture!! I made the mistake of asking for advice here recently too and basically got ripped apart!!
If you've other childcare sorted,go with it! Just a pity you've to lose out cos youve already paid up front for it,but still no reason to expose ur child if u dont have too! Sorry to hear ur trip has changed from a visit to funeral,I'm sure the last thing u need is a ton of shit on here!! Safe trip and good luck!!

I'd talk to a doctor about if it's worth vaccinating and do that if they recommended it. Also make sure your insurance is really good and covers you for CP and possible coronavirus problems.

You only get scars from chicken pox if you pick them off. So both cousins picked all the pox off their faces and their mother let it happen? You should never pick chicken pox.

Sorry that was to @myself2020

@ClaraLane

Plus if she didn’t catch it as a child we didn’t want to worry about her catching it as an adult/pregnant woman and it possibly causing more issues.

I don’t know much about the CP vaccine but I thought one of the major concerns with it was that it may not provide full immunity into adulthood unless you have a booster in your 20s - which is when many women are having children?

@Monkeynuts18 - in which case they will have the booster. I really can't understand why people use that as a reason for not vaccinating - that they might need a booster in 20-odd years. Ok, so they will have the booster and avoid chicken pox, shingles and all the potential problems/risks that come with it, for life.

Sorry for your loss. Vaccinate regardless, overdraft, credit card. Keep her off if it makes you feel more comfortable. That way you're happy, you've covered all the bases and can forget about it .

@PrettyLittleLiar20 unfortunately that is a myth. you can get scars without picking on the scabs (both were also unwell enough to be in icu, they had no energy to pick - they “just“‘got another infection on top.)
While its often just really unpleasant, it can be vicious. and to be fair, even if it would only be really unpleasant, i would want to protect my child. martyrdom isn’t needed , neither in kids nor in adults

To prevent shingles in later life

This is the reason the NHS does not vaccinate.

And there is an effective shingles vaccine for older people.

I genuinely don’t understand someone not utilising all the vaccinations available

So many MNers who know better than the NHS and other medical experts. Much like all the CV19 threads, in fact.

I booked mine in for the vaccine and she got chicken pox the next day. I was gutted. The problem you’ll have is that if it is circulating she might already have it and you’ll need to avoid places with children rather than just nursery as it’s so infectious.

@cologne4711 - if you check the research, the risk is that unvaccinated wouldn't be exposed to catch chickenpox and therefore her it in later life with complications. Here's a simple article with some stats about shingles:
www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/shingles/news/20190610/chickenpox-vaccine-shields-against-shingles-too

@PrettyLittleLiar20
Chicken pox as an adult can have complications which can cause death. I remember a 28 year old woman dying of it because it went onto her lungs

Well she's been vaccinated! Another jab in 6 weeks!

Great, we'll done

@MRex Thanks, glad I did it. Here's hoping she wasn't already incubating it 🤞

It should be part of the routine vaccinations!