Chicken pox - advice please!

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DD1 has chicken pox. DD2 is likely to be incubating the virus. Our close friends are getting married on Saturday but I'm obviously not taking the children to the wedding. Now, the problem is we have no-one at all who can look after the children, and the wedding is the other side of the country. We have 2 days booked in a B&B. DH and I were hoping to still go to the wedding but take it in turns to look after the children. BUT I've just been thinking about the B&B. Do you think it would be ok to take the children but keep them in the room? (ie avoid public areas such as the dining room). The B&B only has 3 rooms so it should be easy to avoid other guests. Is this a terrible idea?. Should I contact the B&B? Really confused.

Also, I know the virus is airborne, so does that mean I should avoid open spaces such as walking in the park or on the beach? Does it mean we need to stay indoors?

Sorry if these seem daft questions, but I don't want to take any chances so all advice welcome

I think you probably could take them to the B&B subject to the owners agreeing. BUT children with pox often don't feel that bad. I think it would be very hard to keep a poxy child confined to a B&B room - much easier at home with access to all their toys and a bit more space.

I think you would be better off with just one of you going to the wedding.

I did tke my kids to the park when they had cp, but it was raining so they didn't see anyone to talk to!

Thanks. Yes we thought about just one of us going but it would have to be DH (I'm breastfeeding DD2 and she wakes a lot in the night, I wouldn't want to leave her for 2 nights). I was hoping to go as the couple are both childhood friends and I'm doing a reading (or was supposed to be :()

The B&B is in the countryside with lots of open space, so would we be ok to go for walks? I will contact the owners to let them know.

Really gutted, we haven't seen a lot of the guests for years and it was the first time they would meet the children :(

Also, would we be ok stopping at services on the way? I know it says on the NHS website that it is contagious if you have a conversation, or was in the same room for 15 minutes, which we wouldn't be if we were nipping into the loos. DH thinks this is ok but I'm not sure??

I don't think going to the b+b or the services is a good idea. The b+b would have to check whether any of the other guests were vulnerable, but might not bother to do that, and you really don't know who you might bump into at the services.