Anyone have chickenpox in SW19/18

[Darlingdamsel]

Hi there

I have a two year old and am starting full time work in a month. It would be lovely for him to get the chicken pox out of the way if anyone has it?

And yes I did look into the vaccine. There is too much mus-information as the UK authorities aren't advocating it. I don't feel comfortable wit the risks.

Thanks!

Stefanie

Some people get chicken pox more than once. My mother had it 6 years running. Something to do with there being different varieties and some not becoming immune to them all.

Just thought I'd add that.

All my now grown up children had it eldest gave me it I was poorly but not ill FYI if you don't get chicken pox as a child you wont get shingles instead as an adult but chicken pox depends which variant of the virus you are exposed to and the younger you are to get chicken pox the more likely to have it more than once my youngest had it as a 9 month old, a 3 year old and 5 year old last time was the most serious only one of my 3 who was ill with it. Why any caring mother would make her child ill is beyond me.

you can ONLY get shingles if you have had chicken pox in the past as shingles is a reactivation of the chicken pox virus that you have had in the past. You cannot get shingles without first having had chicken pox!

p.s. there is an incubation period of up to 3 weeks so if you really wanted to expose him intentionally to chicken pox you should have done it several weeks ago or he will be ill just as you start work full time

I agree with you that it's best to have chicken pox earlier in life if you're going to get it BUT I'm afraid that you can't control everything in life and you sound very controlling. You can't guarantee dc would catch it just because you want them to. Dc get ill sometimes and whether you're on your own or not, whether you work or are on benefits (low blowfrom you there imo) is tough. Dealing with the hard times of parenting is part and parcel.

If you're lucky enough to have a month off with your child (which some of us would love) then get out and enjoy it rather than trying to inflict illness on them!

How guilty would you feel if your son died or suffered brain damage from an illness you deliberately infected him with? Just out of interest oh wise, well researched one.

Wow. Some harsh responses! I thought "timing" cp is one of he things you do if you can!

I have never heard of timing an illness. I will blame my Mum for me getting it at 16 in that case.

I don't understand the shingles thing. OP says that not having chicken pox as a kid puts them at risk of shingles as an adult.

erm. shingles can only be got be those who have had chicken pox!

Shingles is not the adult version of chicken pox. kids get chicken pox, adults get shingles.

No. Adults who had the chicken pox as kids can get shingles.

From the NHS Website

"What causes shingles?

Most people have chickenpox in childhood, but after the illness has gone, the virus remains dormant (inactive) in the nervous system. The immune system (the body?s natural defence system) keeps the virus in check, but later in life it can be reactivated and cause shingles. "

It is a reactivation of the virus present in your body from having had the chicken pox. It is not itself something you catch.

My ds had contracted both chickenpox and shingles by the time he was 3.

If you're starting your own eBay business anyway surely you can take the five days out to care for the little one when and if he does catch it. I mean you're mad you anyway with all the hard work you do right so it should be a breeze. BTW you really shouldn't be advertising via your orofile.

I am really scared that people actually do this.

Regardless if all the opinions above, you are cutting it fine if you are going back to work in a month. Both my DC had chicken pox last summer. DS came out in spots 14 days after his friend; then DD came out in.spots 14 days after DS. They were both too poorly for childcare for 6 days, and both were so poorly they they both had very bad colds immediately after the CP. In DS's case it became bronchitis. I reckon exposure to CP back to normal health was at least a month for both of them, may e closer to 5 weeks.

I think you're nuts though. CP may be worse as you get older (I havn' t heard this) but younger children ( mine were 9 months and 3) do not have the emotional maturity with being so ill. And they both were really ill, fever, aches, pains, no appetite, bad sleep, sore throat, chesty coughs. It is necessarily just an itchy rash. Both were also extremely clingy for sometime afterwards- several weeks - so having CP right before you returning to work and your DS staring childcare could be really quite emotionally difficult.

Having said all that, I was secretly quite pleased that mine had CP when I was on maternity leave. It would have been difficult to take 6 weeks off work. As a,working parent, I always have a few days annual leave in hand for the DCs being ill. DH works away from.home a lot, so he can' t really do short notice childcare stand in.

may increase the risk of other non-vaccinated people getting shingles later in life.

Give you can only get shingles if you have had chicken pox, how does that work...?