Chickenpox doing the rounds - your best tips please!

[WildWombat]

Somehow DS managed to escape the last epidemic that went round nursery. God knows how! Today the first case of the year has been confirmed so I'm bracing myself for him to pick it up this time. What do I need to stock up on to help him get through it? And did your little ones feel really awful with it? Dreading it, tbh, but it's not something we can avoid forever 😣

Calamine cream kept in the fridge rather than the lotion that can be drying. Naked as possible.

Porridge oats in a sock or tights/pop socks ove the tap. Makes a lovely oatmilk bath.

I'd recommend Piriton syrup as well but it made DS hallucinate which was great at 3am.

Vaccination.

Vaccination

Vaccination! You even get boots points for it

My DS had it pretty bad when he was 3, it was all over his eyes and we had to take him to specialist eye dept at A&E.

We had his younger sister vaccinated.

Get him the jab. It's standard in many other countries.

It is something you very easily avoid forever by getting vaccinated

Another vote for vaccination! It's highly unpleasant and can cause lifelong scarring as well as other complications. If you can afford it, then I think it's a no-brainer personally (and it'll probably cost you more salary in missed work and/cancelled events when they do get it anyway).

Bicarbonate of soda in the bath.

DS2 had spots on top of spots. He was really unwell, however I read about bicarb baths and they worked wonders. He didn’t scratch and hasn’t got any scars. It was just a shame I didn’t know about it a couple of weeks before when DS1 had them.

You can’t give ibuprofen when children have chicken pox, either.

Although it's still possible to catch even if you've been vaccinated, but hopefully a milder dose.

We found Virasoothe gel helped DS more than calamine, he did have it at the height of summer however so probably had a cooling effect.

Don’t do calomine, it dries the scabs up making them more likely to scar. What you need is Virasoothe. It’s a gel. Cover child in it, and remember DO NOT give ibuprofen for chicken pox. It can make the spots go rogue. Google it.
If you have any other children, the second child to get it, will get it worse as they will be subjected to a longer virus load. My twins had it, first had it, around 50 spots, then two weeks later his brother got it and there wasn’t a bit of him that didn’t have a spot. But we used virasoothe, and neither has a scar. It’s miracle stuff!
Good luck!

Another vote for vaccination - it will also make it a lot less likely he gets shingles later in life.

Vaccinate, like we all do in most other developed countries.

Vaccinate, why let them suffer if they don’t have to.

Pour calamine lotion in the bath

Vaccination! You even get boots points for it

Bah! I took my kids to Superdrug! Didn’t even think about the advantage cards points. Gutted! 😂

Seriously though, anther definite vote here for vaccination.

How much is the vaccination ?

Oat baths!

Porridge oats in a sock

Also how long does it take to work does anyone know? Nursery has pox going round at the mo I’m worried...

Poxclin mousse and virasoothe were game changers for DD. She was in such pain and the Poxclin was utter relief. The virasoothe prevented scarring, she was absolutely covered.

@Dcrolo12345 it’s two jabs six weeks apart. I paid £70 for each jab.

@Dcrolo12345

How much is the vaccination ?

We paid £140 at Boots for it-It’s 2 doses.

Vaccination is cheaper than taking unpaid leave from work to look after a child with chicken pox!

Vaccination. I really suffered as a child and didn’t want my Dc to go through that.