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Chickenpox <<sigh>>

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harpsichordcarrier · 20/04/2006 10:34

so after more than two weeks of threatening with it, it seems dd1 definitely has chickenpox
which is FINE but it is my MIL's 60th birthday meal on Sunday. We are due to go to a restaurant with a big family party and MIL will be really upset if dd1 isn't there, as she is the adored first grandchild (dd2 doesn't get much of a look in Sad)
Anyway, I am thinking I should ring and tell her we can't come. But - can dh go? can dd2 go? (no symptoms yet, and I am still exclusively bf her so she may be immune??)
tia

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Wembley · 20/04/2006 10:36

what are her symptoms at the moment? Is she scabbing or is she still erupting in spots?

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harpsichordcarrier · 20/04/2006 10:37

still erupting before my eyes Smile
weird isn't it?

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Bozza · 20/04/2006 10:37

Hmm I would probably send both of them TBH. My DD got it while being exclusively bf though. Has DH had it? Are there any vulnerable people in the party?

Wembley · 20/04/2006 10:40

Unfortunately she is still contagious and will be on Sunday. Personally I wouldn't go. Sorry Sad

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harpsichordcarrier · 20/04/2006 10:40

no, no vulnerable people in the party apart from one elderly lady.
I will need to ask my SIL in case she is pregnant Shock
lots of vulnerable people in my life though I think most of them have had the pox. I have two dnieces who ended up in hospital with it Sad

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harpsichordcarrier · 20/04/2006 10:41

hmmmm
can dh go though? if he has had chickenpox? sorry to ask stupid questions but she is going to go MAD if we don't go Sad

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Bozza · 20/04/2006 10:42

I meant send DH and DD2. although will she be OK without you is she is BF? Could you take DD1 to MIL's house afterwards/before?

Wembley · 20/04/2006 10:42

Yes your husband can go he won't pass it on. Poor you!

Bozza · 20/04/2006 10:44

Has he had it? Then of course he can go. We had a tricky time when our two had it because it was just when my nephew was born. DH and I had to visit in tandem. I sent DH and DS in first and then took DD to MILs and gave her a bath and then went back to the hospital to swap over in the car park.

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harpsichordcarrier · 20/04/2006 10:45

no I can't really send dd2 with dh, it is too far away I think
I was a bit worried she might be carrying it?
oh what a poo

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Wembley · 20/04/2006 10:46

Yes that's right he can go if he has had it if he hasn't then you are all in for rough couple of weeks! Please say he's had it!! :)

mykidsmum · 20/04/2006 10:47

I have three poxy kids at the mo and it is a royal pain in the arse. We supposed to be a party on saturday and a christening sunday, don't think we'll be doing either Sad

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harpsichordcarrier · 20/04/2006 10:49

yes he's had it
me too
poopoopoo
anyone like to ring my MIL and tell her

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Wembley · 20/04/2006 10:51

I'll do it Grin actually maybe not - good luck ;)

bakedpotato · 20/04/2006 10:56

Shame it's at a restaurant. If you were going to someone's house, and were sure all the other guests were immune, and had warned them, I'd probably take her. I'll bet by Sunday DD1 is feeling fine.
Is there a chance the restaurant could find you a private room?
DD2 prob won't get it for a week/10 days.

honneybunny · 20/04/2006 15:11

hi hc! isn't your dd2 just 5months old? i am in similar position: ds1 with pox is 28mo, ds2 is 4 months. and i was told by gp that it is v.unlikely that excl.bf babies under 6 months get it (if you've had it). we are due to fly to holland on saturday, so ds1'd better be well enough to fly!

Bozza · 20/04/2006 15:25

But DD did!

mythumbelinas · 20/04/2006 15:30

If they've had it, no worries, just ask the people you think might mind ie, other guests, the restaurant, some waiters/waitresses might not have had it.
We had booked a big family gathering at a restaurant for when dd2 was 1 month old. A few days before dd2 came down with chickenpox!
Called around to make sure everybody was okay about it and not at risk.
Only person who didn't come was a sister, but she had just given birth to a baby 3 days previously, so she stayed home with her 2 little ones who hadn't yet had chickenpox. She wouldn't have minded if they'd caught it (better to get it over and done with when they are younger and tends to heal better) but not with a newborn.
Didn't know you a baby wouldn't catch it if they are bf.
Restaurant were fab about it, dd1 got lots of 'ahh poor you' from the waiters/waitresses .. we had a private room .. so all was happy and we have the family pics (altho dd1 is all spotty)

mythumbelinas · 20/04/2006 15:32

i meant dd1 came down with chickenpox, not dd2 Blush

Pfer · 20/04/2006 16:29

personally, I kept myself and my DS's well out of the way of anyone except those we couldn't avoid while contagious. It's not just those who are obviously vulnerable that are at risk is it? There's the shingles virus to consider as well isn't there (could be wrong on that). Anyway IMO I'd stay away.

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