2nd little one with chicken pox :0(

Furny

Hi
Thanks for the kind words fishingcinema.
My DS is not too bad, he is absolutely covered though now in every place imaginable:eek: & still woke up this morning with more so I'm hoping thats the last of them (4days).
I did however have to ring the out of hours GP as both his eye balls are bloodshot, bright red & puffy under his eyes ( he does have pox round the eyes) but they said unless he was saying they hurt or I could see a spot/pox in his eye (which he would be in absoloute agony) he should be ok & keep up with piriton to help, it just scared me with the thoughts of his vision etc! he looks like he has had a very very heavynight out on the tiles!!!.:rotfl:
He is still playing, eating, drinking & sleeping normally though for that we are grateful!.
I know many people have said calamine lotion makes them more itchy but I have found it very good for DS he has hardly scratched them at all (tried that first because he freaked at the thought of me rubbing the Eurax in) so just gently dabbed with cottton wool & he's been having a bicarb or oat bath every night & that seems to have helped too!:).
His only concern has been he's missing school (explained it's now the school hols) & that his girlfriend at school won't love him anymore if he's spotty!(they are both 5yrs old!) :rotfl: we have assured him he will be returning to school soon unspotty & she will still love him !;).
DH bought him a Nerf gun he's wanted for ages yesterday for "been brave" so he replied "it's not too bad having chickens spots actually!"Errrm I think mummy & daddy disagree it has not been very :money:for us!!! ha!.
Best Wishes to you all. I hope life has almost returned to normal at your end?

pollys

Hi my DD had chicken pox really bad when she was 18 months old. She was also given antibiotics and medicine to sedate her. We took a photo of her as we knew it was likely she would have a few scars. She has got some scars but fake tan covers them, she is now 19 and has seen the photos and is totally cool about the scars, seeing the photos she can see just how bad she got it.

Hope your children recover quickly.

Pollys

ailuro2

http://www.cactusjuicetm.com/

wanted to tell folks this is the best thing we found when DD had chickenpox - the blue one in the picture - we had tried calamine, Eurax ( over the counter ) piriton etc.

the cactus gel just seemed to take most of the redness away in an hour or two , I wish we had tried it sooner.

Hope they all get better soon - DD was covered, though nothing inside eyes etc, she still has the scars today even though she never ever picked her pox marks ( how she managed not to scratch them I'll never know )

crusty_toenail

My 5 year old has chicken pox, but hers isn't so bad. I got chicken pox when I was pregnant with her, I had them as a child, but they didn't affect the unborn child and they were not as bad as shingles as some adults get that really bad, so best getting chicken pox when young and the risk that you get it during adulthood will be less!!! You can get it twice or more, but chances are small! I'm just a freak!!!!

fishingcinema

Furny wrote: »

Hi
Thanks for the kind words fishingcinema.
My DS is not too bad, he is absolutely covered though now in every place imaginable:eek: & still woke up this morning with more so I'm hoping thats the last of them (4days).
I did however have to ring the out of hours GP as both his eye balls are bloodshot, bright red & puffy under his eyes ( he does have pox round the eyes) but they said unless he was saying they hurt or I could see a spot/pox in his eye (which he would be in absoloute agony) he should be ok & keep up with piriton to help, it just scared me with the thoughts of his vision etc! he looks like he has had a very very heavynight out on the tiles!!!.:rotfl:
He is still playing, eating, drinking & sleeping normally though for that we are grateful!.
I know many people have said calamine lotion makes them more itchy but I have found it very good for DS he has hardly scratched them at all (tried that first because he freaked at the thought of me rubbing the Eurax in) so just gently dabbed with cottton wool & he's been having a bicarb or oat bath every night & that seems to have helped too!:).
His only concern has been he's missing school (explained it's now the school hols) & that his girlfriend at school won't love him anymore if he's spotty!(they are both 5yrs old!) :rotfl: we have assured him he will be returning to school soon unspotty & she will still love him !;).
DH bought him a Nerf gun he's wanted for ages yesterday for "been brave" so he replied "it's not too bad having chickens spots actually!"Errrm I think mummy & daddy disagree it has not been very :money:for us!!! ha!.
Best Wishes to you all. I hope life has almost returned to normal at your end?

Oh bles him
When it gets around there eyes they look really poorley dont they as like you say they go all red and puffy, my youngest ended up with them on the insides of her eyelids and the bottom eyelid inside her eyes were bloodshot but she did not complain, i think its because she was in so much pain with her side.

So he loves school does he, good job its half term then and bless him with his girlfriend, both mine got very conscieous about there spots as other kids without meaning harm will mention them.

Bet he was chuffed about Dh bringing him home his new nerf gun and it tends to turn an unhappy time into a nicer time when they get a gift.

Hopefuly by now his spots will be scabbing over

Things were returning to normal until i caught another cold that i think has turned into a chest infection and has flared my pluracy back up lol, oh well summer will be here soon hopefuly less illnesses about

take care x

shelleuk

My 10 month old sons just recovering from chicken pox (scabbing over). His little body must have been covered with about 1000 spots (mainly concentrated on his boys bits and face) so changing his nappy was a nightmare. We tried calamine lotion, calpol, ibrofen untill my friend whos child we caught them off recommended a product called virasooth thats available in chemists and is specifically made for chicken pox. My little one seemed to really calm down when we applied the stuff and it seemed to last a few hours. I think last week was one of the worst weeks i have had in many years, its heartbreaking when you can't do anything to help your child. Im just waiting for my 2 year old to breaK out in them because shes not had them yet. I hope its not worse when the second child gets them like many have suggested. Im glad your little one is on their way to recovery.

[Deleted User]

Rightly or wrongly i've willingly exposed my two to chicken pox today, despite my many attempts for them to get it young as babies and young toddlers, they've still avoided it. I even had it as an adult when my son was 5m old, he never caught it from me then and i was the primary carer. I think they have a high resistance to it, but fingers crossed maybe this time we might be lucky.

I say lucky, in the fact i suffered terribly as an adult and i've heard to sooner the easier it is and also means less time off school. Not that we are at that point yet, but im thinking ahead.

There are lots of helpful suggestions on here, to which i am grateful but now i am slightly confused what to use if it does happen.

I'm guessing the essentials are

paracetamol
ibruprofen
piriton
calamine or similar


i ended up just using paracetamol/neurofen and piriton and wasn't itchy but was it different in kids? Both mine are pickers, they can't resist a scab, so i know that spots will be irresistable, so i'm thinking putting gloves and tights on them and lots of long sleeved tops to avoid scars!

Furny

CRUSTY TOENAIL- Glad your little one just got a mild case & hope is recovering well.

SHELLEUK-Glad your youngest is recovering, & fingers crossed your 2yr old doesn't get them.

BAILEY- You can't go too wrong with that list. Many people will suggest Eurax cream instead of the Calamine Lotion but I found it good for my son. If you want something for the bath Bicarbonate of Soda (few teaspoons) & porridge oats in some old tights let the water run in to the bath is good also I found. Many people like chamomile creams/tea tree lotions but you could spend a fortune buying everything people suggest. As long as you have the Piriton, Ibubrofen, Calpol (no dispute over these) then just choose the cream or lotion to go on the spots eg. Calamine, Eurax , chamomile cream or tee tree. I used the Calamine first as it was only 99p then thought I'd try the others if need be, but he was fine with that so there was no need.

FISHINGCINEMA- You poor thing, I do hope you feel better soon you have had such a bad time recently. My son still had spots coming through sun/monday so thats the last of then now (6days:(), so just waiting for them to scab, some are, some aren't then hopefully we can get out!

fishingcinema

shelleuk wrote: »

My 10 month old sons just recovering from chicken pox (scabbing over). His little body must have been covered with about 1000 spots (mainly concentrated on his boys bits and face) so changing his nappy was a nightmare. We tried calamine lotion, calpol, ibrofen untill my friend whos child we caught them off recommended a product called virasooth thats available in chemists and is specifically made for chicken pox. My little one seemed to really calm down when we applied the stuff and it seemed to last a few hours. I think last week was one of the worst weeks i have had in many years, its heartbreaking when you can't do anything to help your child. Im just waiting for my 2 year old to breaK out in them because shes not had them yet. I hope its not worse when the second child gets them like many have suggested. Im glad your little one is on their way to recovery.

Bless him bet it was a nightmare for you, like you say its heartbreaking when you can not do anything to help them or even cuddle them to settle them down as there spots hurt too much.

Never heard of the virasooth but it sounds like it worked really well for you.

Im afraid that if your 2yr old catches them they are likely to be alot worse from my own expericene and others on this thread, the only constellation is that you have just dealt with it once, the docs told me that my youngest will get it 2 weeks after my eldest has it and to the day she did get her first spot 2 weeks later.

Very tiring, upsetting, lonely and expensive but best to get it out of the way now
Hope all goes well for you :0)

fishingcinema

Deleted_User wrote: »

Rightly or wrongly i've willingly exposed my two to chicken pox today, despite my many attempts for them to get it young as babies and young toddlers, they've still avoided it. I even had it as an adult when my son was 5m old, he never caught it from me then and i was the primary carer. I think they have a high resistance to it, but fingers crossed maybe this time we might be lucky.

I say lucky, in the fact i suffered terribly as an adult and i've heard to sooner the easier it is and also means less time off school. Not that we are at that point yet, but im thinking ahead.

There are lots of helpful suggestions on here, to which i am grateful but now i am slightly confused what to use if it does happen.

I'm guessing the essentials are

paracetamol
ibruprofen
piriton
calamine or similar


i ended up just using paracetamol/neurofen and piriton and wasn't itchy but was it different in kids? Both mine are pickers, they can't resist a scab, so i know that spots will be irresistable, so i'm thinking putting gloves and tights on them and lots of long sleeved tops to avoid scars!

Some people will say its wrong and some will say its right its your decision when googling chicken pox i even read about chicken pox partys lol.

Like you say being an adult sufferer yourself it is supposed to be horrible and can get shingles wich i have heard attacks the nerves and is very painful.

You have the essentials list ready so should be fine. :0)

My youngest is going to scar despite the fact she did not pick but she had them that bad, since she has been better and they have scabbed we have been out and about and so many people have said that is the worst case they have ever seen :0(

Gloves tights and long sleeved tops may help but they may pull them off if they are scratchers/pickers anyway best thing is going to be trying soothing the spots so they do not itch and wont feel the urge to scratch /pick them alot of people have posted on this thread with things they used on there children different stuff has worked for different posters, just can work out expensive lol.

Best of luck :0)