yesterday i exposed the dsses to chicken pox - how long before they are likely to show symptoms if they have caught it? and will they definitely get it?

[Tutter]

[medical dunce]

it's 2 weeks isn't it?

12-14 days. Spots start on the tummy, generally.

about 2 weeks and not a definate thing iyswim

it's about 10 -21 days, and no they won't definitely catch it.

Anything between 10-21 days (but 10-14 is more likely)

Not sure they would definitely get - very likely though if they were exposed to it enough

no idea tbh

lol at exposed, did you waggle them about in front of a spotty child?

How did you expose them? And how long had the child in question had CP - the longer they've had it, the less contagious, from what I know.

we switched ds1's and his friend (infected)'s juices over midway through, and made them give each other goodbye kisses

his friend's spots appeared on tuesday morning

I remember tons of children having it at M&T group and dd1 didn't get it

I booked a week off work to have some fun time with children.....dd1 then got it so I spent a week plying on soothing cream instead of going out

dd2 got it practically straight away then

I think if they play close together it is a guarantee isn't it?

they are most contagious 2-3 days before the spots come out... but are still infectious until the spots all crust over

I've tried exposing dd loads of times and she has never caught it. Shes cuddled poxy babies, gone on playdates and nothing!!! I think shes determined to get it in her own (awkward) time.

well, yes it doesn't fill me with joy, tmmj

but i believe it's better now than when they're older, no?

it's generally better to catch it during childhood then in adult hood. But not under the age of one year.

well, they're 3yo and 11mo

i always heard 10 days incubation and as they're still infectious til the last spot appears.

another evil mommy here, have been sending dd into playschool each day with the words 'go catch chickenpox'

her best friend mother minds one of the other girls there and she has it since the weekend, so her bf should have it soon and then hopefully dd will catch it..... i so want it over and done with young.

although the amount of hugs and kisses ds gets from these girls he'll probably get it first!

dd1 was ok with CP, dd2 was quite ill

I can't quite remember the ages but similar to your Tutter

I thought that I could explain the spots to dd1 but not to dd2

she used to sob in the bath

just done a quick search, was March 06 (MN is like a diary, no?)

so dd1 would have been 3.4yrs, dd2 was about 19 months or so

10 day average incubation till the outward signs appear, but they may be contagious before then. So make sure your children do not have contact with pregnant women or anyone with compromised immunity (including newborns) in that time. An average of 100 cases are hospitalized with chicken pox annually, with conditions such as pneumonia, blood poisoning, encephalitis, ataxia (loss of control of limbs), toxic shock and necrotising fasciitis, so watch for any of these developing. Between four and eight children die from chickenpox in the UK every year.

10-21 days. DS has failed to catch it in spite of its having swept through nursery several times while he's been there, and laying low all but one of his friends.

my friends DD was hospitalised with chicken pox, it can make you very ill.
Also if you get it under a year you may not develop immunity and may still get it at a later date. you would do this deliberately, especially as your 11 mo may have to suffer at a later date as well.

thanks jan