Would you expose your kid to chicken pox a week before Christmas?

[Stuckinthemiddle1990]

YABU - No, she might be miserable and ruin her (and your) Christmas.

YANBU - Yes, get it out the way.

Need some perspective according to DH!

I don’t think you should expose them to chicken pox whenever the time of year, you don’t know what the impact might be.

No. your happy for your child to be spotty, itchy, irritable and miserable over Christmas.

Why would you purposely expose them at any point? Either go through it when they unfortunately catch it inadvertently or pay to get them vaccinated.

Not intentionally- no way..

Its not me wanting to expose her. It's DH for the sake of going for a drink!

No way! Why would anyone do that?

I have told him its not worth the risk, he thinks I'm being ridiculous.

No, even if you were of a mind to do this, the timing is atrocious. If the rash becomes infected it's going to be hard to get your hands on antibiotics and it takes it from someone else.

If the child is young and not had it before, yes. It takes 14-21 days from exposure to spots so won't ruin Christmas. And the younger they are the more likely it is to be mild.

Chicken pox is one of the biggest causes of hospital admissions in children. Yes often mild but not always

This is nuts.

As someone who's otherwise healthy 5 year old niece wound up in hospital with chickenpox - no fucking way.

Your DH needs to get his priorities straight. If you're risking making your child ill and miserable (before Xmas!!!!) So you can have a drink - you have a drinking problem and you're a c*nt.

Why on earth would anyone do that? Ridiculous idea.

No I wouldn’t deliberately expose my child to an infection disease. At any time.

But especially not at a time when the NHS is under pressure from Strep A.

And especially not when there are nurse and ambulance strikes planned.

Thank you all.

But especially not at a time when the NHS is under pressure from Strep A.

And there is a shortage of children's antibiotics. DD works in a pharmacy, and the grief she and her workmates are getting due to this and other drug shortages from worried parents and patients is very stressful for everyone.

The reason he wants to go is because I'm out from afternoon overnight tomorrow because of my Christmas do and its only fair that he gets to go out tonight 🙄

Just get her vaccinated at Boots??

My DD had chicken pox over Xmas a few years ago and it was the best timing....she had presents to take her mind off it and it was well over and done with before new year. However I'd never knowing

I'm normally quite relaxed about these things but Salvia has a bloody good point: the next two weeks are going to be a really bad time to risk requiring medical treatment. Be extra careful on those slippery pavements people!

It costs about £250 ish, not everyone has that to spare just before Christmas (or any time).

Absolutely not. Its rare but chicken pox can have devastating consequences.

This is 20+ years ago but a memory I shall never forget. Took toddler DD1 to a coffee morning (mums I’d met an ante natal classes) Suddenly host mum ushers all the toddlers away from the window. A hearse had just arrived at opposite neighbours. The funeral was for a seven year old who had died from complications arising from chicken pox.

Why does that mean your Dc will be exposed to chicken pox? I wouldn’t do this before Christmas, especially if seeing older relatives over Christmas.