Why do kids only get ill when due back in school?

Violet_Isle

Is it just mine or do kids only seem to get ill when they are due back in school after the school holidays?

Mine have come down with chicken pox this morning which was the absolute last thing I needed as I've had to be at home with them through the school holidays already.

Little boy has got a chicken pox on his lower eye lid looks painful. Looks like at least another week of school for them

Rachie_B

awwww no

poor thing ,chicken pox is horrible

touch wood mine are both fine,though they dont go back til tues as have an inset day tomorrow !

Scarlett1

Violet how awful, my DD had it when she was 3 and its a good 2 weeks off as the schools dont like the children back in until the scabs have started falling off

Smashing

Never worked for me...I managed to get chickenpox during the easter hols. :rolleyes:

How many have got it? Probably best to get it out of the way with all of them - best stock up on camomile lotion!

Violet_Isle

Yeah DH has just gone to the chemists now

The two youngest have got it, the eldest is in cyprus with her dad, and chicken pox has a 20 day incubation period so I hope she doesnt get it!

I'm on steriods for sinusitis and an allergy too so shall we place bets now that I get shingles.?!

Broken_hearted

Hope they are better soon. I find that the kids take turns in being ill one gets it then the other then they pass it back.:rolleyes:

alwaysonthego_2

my dd's always get ill in my holidays so they have to have time off nursery. Sods law

ALIBOBSY

Just a tip here try some anti hystemine (spelling?) medicine as well. My doc recommended this and it really helped reduce the swelling and itching round the spots. I got a liquid kids version from the chemist and hardly needed to use the calomine at all
ali x

jockettuk

Violet_Isle wrote: »

Is it just mine or do kids only seem to get ill when they are due back in school after the school holidays?

Mine have come down with chicken pox this morning which was the absolute last thing I needed as I've had to be at home with them through the school holidays already.

Little boy has got a chicken pox on his lower eye lid looks painful. Looks like at least another week of school for them

this happened to mine last oct half term. got ckn pox day before going back..

one of the joys of being a parent

Rachie_B

bicarb of soda added to their bath helps too

my eldest son had it when he was 4 and was fine with it,didnt really bother him too much

i caught it from him as id not had it in childhood,it was awful was off work for weeks and the stinging / itching was unbearable

the younger they get it the milder it seems to be ,as my youngest son also got it when he was 4 and he didnt suffer too badly either

modgit

Rachie_B wrote: »

the younger they get it the milder it seems to be ,as my youngest son also got it when he was 4 and he didnt suffer too badly either

My 2 DS's have had it in the past 3 weeks! DS2 went down with it and he's 6 , had 7 school days off which tied him over until half term, and apart from spots, you wouldn't know he'd got it, he's enjoyed the time off school, however DS3 went down with it on Thursday, and he's been awful, I've been to the GP and to the emergency GP, (and I'm not a panic stricken mom) cos his temp was so high and the spots were horrendous and apparently on the verge of becoming secondarily infected....
Anyway, according to the GP children cope easily with chickenpox, no symptons etc, but babies and adults suffer, they get flu like symptons and temperature as well as the spots.