Just a little note...Currently waiting on a call back from the GP but thought I'd ask for other's opinions on here whilst we wait!
On Sunday (22nd May) my 11 month old wasn't herself at all. As the day went on she started to get a temperature, we gave calpol and kept an eye on her. She also refused most of her food, very unlike her. That night sleep was horrendous with hourly wake ups. This continued Monday and Tuesday (minus the fever, that only spiked on the original Sunday). On Wednesday, she was her usual happy self all day and then later on - when we went to bath her before bed - we noticed faint spots all over her back! We immediately thought chickenpox as her symptoms matched the early onset of it exactly as described on the NHS. We had another awful nights sleep too.
Yesterday she was again her usual happy self - although still not really eating much food and wanting a lot more breastfeeds. Sleep again was awful and for the third night in a row she was in our bed. I've checked her over last night and again this morning and it seems as though the spots have now disappeared!? I can feel some slight raised bumps on her arms bit these can only be seen in the light - they don't look like chickenpox spots. She's not been itching her skin at all, just itching her ears a lot.
I wondered if it was teething but calpol didn't seem to make any difference! And every other times she's teething we've not had this spotty rash on her back.
I've been keeping her home and away from classes as a precaution but she's going a bit stir crazy now as she's such an active baby and I feel awful if there's actually no reason to!
Just wondering if any parent can advise if this sounds similar to your experience of the start of chickenpox or not? I'm a FTM so it's all very new to me! Thanks!