6 week old baby- had contact with friends DS who has come down with chickenpox-help needed

[sarahmikeharryandrosie]

Hi everone- My DD is 6 weeks tommorrow, DS is 3-

we went to the park with friends on monday and had a great time- went back for cuppa etc-

all well however she has called this morning to inform me her DS also 3 has come down with chickenpox woke up with it apparently- i am worried if there are any complications or greater risk if DD does get it- I know i can't prevent it but just a little worried and would like some info-

i have called hv but she has not called me back!

My dd2 got chicken pox from her sister when she was 5 weeks old. It was very mild and she didn't seem ill with it just a few spots. She was fully breastfed and I am immune so maybe that's why it was mild though dd1 only had it mildly too.

i have had chicken pox but i am not immune i had a test done when preg but chose not to have vaccine!!!

i am bottle feeding my dd also!!!

thanks for your help motherhurdicure

DS got chicken pox when DD was 4 weeks old. She was exclusively breastfed, I was told she was unlikely to get it, as I had it when I was a child.

When she was 6 weeks, she got it. She was fairly spotty but didn't really get too bothered by it (I seem to remember it made her sleepier).

I think the real danger is when babies are born with chicken pox, or get it at under a month. I took DD to the doctor when I realised she had it - he said that if she seemed really unwell that I should seak further advice, but she was fine.

thanks goingfor3

thanks idris-

Hi, my ds1 was exclusively breast fed, I'd had chicken pox as a child and he got chicken pox at 7-8 weeks.

He wasn't particularly unwell or spotty, the main problem was I felt we ought to stay confined to the house (he was my pfb!)

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Isn't incubation time up to three weeks rather than two?

It may well be that neither of your DCs get it (DS has been exposed countless times without a single spot), and the most likely scenario if they do would be that your DS gets it from his friend and then passes it on to your DD. So taking incubation periods into accoungt it could ba another month to six weeks before she develops chicken pox (if she does at all) by which time she'll be a bit older and stronger.

My 2 had it very young, ds was 11 weeks I was exc breast feeding he had a handful of spots, was pretty miserable with it. I have been told if a child has chicken pox under the age of one they could run the risk of catching it again in later life.

thanks everyone- your helpd is greatly appreceiated!!!!(SP)