DD (21 months) covered in chicken pox

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They are everywhere. The ones on her bum and bits are quite sore and I'm wearing of putting nappy cream on in case they somehow infect the spots I know nothing of chickenpox! DS had a few 2 weeks ago and was fine. DD is getting more spots by the minute.

Can I put camomile lotion on her bits?

You can, but you can get calamine cream which is much nicer, lots of baths in warm water with loads of bicarbonate of soda, my GP told up to use piriton too for dd who had it very badly.

There is a theory that when a child catches chicken pox from a sibling they have it far more severely than when they catch it from an unrelated person, it was certainly true for my two.

dd 5 is just getting over chicken pox as goblersknob (great name btw) says calamine, bicarb baths, piriton and yes calamine is fine on her bum and bits, cream is ok but just be careful you dont rub the cream in as you could pull the pox off causing scaring, and just keep an eye on her, we got ear infection and enlarged tonsils with it, the spots can keep appearing up to 10 days after first appearing, we are on day 7 and think they have finally stopped....hope dd gets better soon take care x

New pox keep appearing. DD barely slept last night and they're now on her lips and eyelids. The piriton isn't helping with sleep or itching and her temperature has to be controlled by calpol as it was 39.7 this morning.
Some of the spots have black dots inside. Is this scabbing over? DS didn't scab or pus with his so I have very little idea of what to expect.

My advice coolish bath with most of a tub of bicarbonate of soda in & soak her as long as poss. Then make a paste with the rest & dab it on the worst spots. Works like magic

If her temperature doesn't come down even with calpol & the cool bicarb baths etc I'd call the GP out. Watch for throat swelling.

I would phone out of hours gp service for advice - you need to be careful of spots around the eyes. When dd had it, that was one thing that the GP emphasised to us and to contact GP if it happened.

We found sudocrem worked on bottom spots - protects them a bit to reduce risk of infection from wee / poo.

And regular piriton to help with the itching.

There's a thread on here that I used to help SIL with my niece who had it very badly - the only things not mentioned here yet are alternating Calpol with Calprofen to help control temp and swelling, and a porridge sock in the bath! (Yes, a sock full of porridge oats so they don't mess up the bath - oats very soothing, apparently.) SIL tried this when at the end of her tether with my 18 month old niece and she slept through the night for the first time in days.

My son is just getting over chicken pox. His groin was covered in spots, I put plenty of calamine lotion on them. Try to keep her nappy off if you can. I saw it as a blessing in disguise as DS is finally potty trained - he is nearly four!!!

second what everyone says here. also their is a product called virasoothe gel, especially for CPox if the calomine cream doesnt work. Also aveeno bath (oat based) is good.

One thing, if she gets spots directly in or in contact with the eye (under the eyelids) it can cause scarring of the cornea (as it can scar anywhere) so anti viral treatment is usually offered then. I think this is an anti viral eye ointment.

Bath, not too warm, with Porridge Oat sock AND bicarbonate of soda are great and if you are worried about calamine being too dry you can get a calamine and aqueous cream mix which is good. Our DD had it pretty bad when she was a toddler and we did keep her dosed up with Piriton so she wasn't too uncomfortable.