Chicken pox toddler/baby/sleep

[pamelat]

DD is on day 3 of chicken pox (3rd day of spots)

Bit worried as she seemed ok in herself on day one and day two and today she is totally wiped out. At 4pm she fell to sleep after a day out in the pushchair and cant wake her. She mumbles no etc so is ok but wont wake, so am calling it a night for her.

Just a bit worried at how tired she is with it. She has managed to eat today for first time in 48 hours really but not drank a lot (spots on lips so painful for her)

Last night I ended up in her bed and between us we probably had 4 hours sleep on and off.

Also we have a 5 month old baby, no spots but just fretful and deciding not to sleep

I have read mixed things about how likely he is to get it. Internet says unlikely as immunity from womb for 12 months. RL everyone says will definately get it. Dont think I can cope with much more sleep deprivation.

Any tips? Especially to help her sleep

Doing piriton twice a day and lotions. She wont take calpol.

Will she take ibruprofen? Any sort of painkillers? Try bathing in a bath with some oats in it (tie them in a muslin clothe and soak in the bath so that the water goes milky): it's brilliantly soothing.

I'd just let her sleep. Some children can be quite poorly with chicken pox.

Thank you. I think because she was ok really on the first two days, I had assumed she would just improve from there and now she seems really ill, no fever though

will let her sleep it out, in my bed again tonight. bath tomorrow then .....

A handful of bicarbonate of soda in a tepid bath stops the itching for quite a while

Sorry to say this, Days4-5 were the worst for my 16month old DC4 (miserable and high fever). And that was with the Piriton syrup and back-to-back Iburpofen and Calpol, too. He was plastered with the spots, though.

OTOH, DC2 got CP at age 3 months and was absolutely fine (no meds for it, either). Just a bit cranky at night. Kind of a mild bout, maybe because I was still breastfeeding, and she's been immune in subsequent outbreaks (8 years later) so good enough.

Pamelet, have you tried letting her drink from a straw if her lips are painful? Might be better or worse but maybe the novelty will help. No other advice I'm afraid. My two haven't been there yet.