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My3Sons 
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Posted: 12 December 2008 at 9:33am |
expose your kids to chicken pox?? DH and I were discussing this the other night, there is usually an outbreak of chicken pox here around Xmas time and my DS#1 caught them from one of his little friends when he was 2. He only got a really mild case and it was over relatively painlessly. However his little friend was covered top to toe and miserable and scarred and it was horrible! Anyways DH said "oh you will have to make sure L gets them"if we get another outbreak and at first I was horrified! Then I thought, well is it better for them to get them when they are young and maybe he has a point?
Would love to hear what others think on this one!!
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Posted: 12 December 2008 at 9:36am |
Ummm off the top of my head without researching .. I would say no .. I wouldnt deliberately expose Issy.
But let me get back to you when I think into a little more 
I will say I had them quite late 12ish .. and I had them quite bad .. (so bad even my Mum looked scared) .. however I think I would rather have a heathly strong 12 year old fight them off than a wee lil bubba.
(Although like I said .. I havent really thought about it)
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Posted: 12 December 2008 at 9:38am |
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NO way, but we had an extreme case of chicken pox which resulted in 5 days in hospital and a very poorly little girl. I would vaccinate if I had time over again. Fay ended up on morphine, codeine and anti viral drugs to control the pain and the severity of her infection
I am probably not the most impartial person to speak to because of this, strange tho as most of my firends who we joked about a chicken pox party with have since vaccinated. There is a thread called chicken pox from october which tells our experience
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Posted: 12 December 2008 at 9:38am |
yeah thats the problem I had with it J, we didnt know Z had been exposed so there was nothing we could do about it anyway? Chances are if L got the pox then D would too and I wouldnt want my wee man to get them at his age if I could possibly help it!
Wow Redbedrock, that is scary, your poor wee girl!
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Posted: 12 December 2008 at 9:39am |
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no way! Lots of people write chicken pox off as not being serious but it can be really nasty - as your friends child found out. I had it when I was 14 and it was miserable. I don't understand why it is *OK* with chicken pox - you don't hear of people try to give their children measles or rubella.
I had Amy vaccinated when she was 15 months and Sophie will be too once she is old enough (they have to be over 1yo). In Aussie the vaccine is now part of the regular immunisation programme.
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Posted: 12 December 2008 at 9:42am |
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Vaccine here is from 9 months and you do have to pay about $80 depending on what your GP charges. If (big if) we have another I will be signing her up for it at nime months no hesitation I would never want to go through that again
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Posted: 12 December 2008 at 9:45am |
Thats a good point Jaycee! I would never even consider taking my kids near sick people deliberately in any other circumstance, maybe if you havent seen how nasty chicken pox can be you dont realise? I guess in an ECE or school situation most of the time your kiddies would have already been exposed without you knowing before the actual spots have come out?
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Posted: 12 December 2008 at 9:49am |
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I wouldn't. I'm going to deliberately keep Daniel away from any potential outbreak. I haven't had chickenpox and after this pregnancy I'll be investigating the vaccine for myself and possibly Daniel
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Posted: 12 December 2008 at 9:54am |
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We have discussed this and have decided to vaccinate our children. My nephew got a mild case of the chicken pox and ended up getting it three times!!!
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Posted: 12 December 2008 at 9:55am |
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Nope.
I did consider it briefly, for the sake of getting it over and done with but we had a family member who was hospitalised with a very nasty case of it too and there is no way I would want to have deliberately put them through that.
Even though chances are, they wouldn't get them that badly, I just feel it is unnecessary.
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Posted: 12 December 2008 at 10:00am |
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Nope, my nephew had a very severe case as well and he was in agony.
I only had a really mild case and I was told that because it was onlly mild I could get it again. So it's not like it's a guarantee that they won't get it again anyway.
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Posted: 12 December 2008 at 10:09am |
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No i wouldn't at all. I got my DD vaccinated against chicken pox.
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Posted: 12 December 2008 at 10:38am |
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Nope but years ago it was a common practice for people to do this.
I want to get the vaccine for both Neosha and I, I haven't had them and it is more sever in adults aparently so I should really get onto it soon.
The pox can be really bad in some cases so I don't think I could deliberately let N contract it but as I say older people believe in this theory... for them it was a good idea! ( well all the "older" people I have spoken to especially ones who lived in small communities).
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Posted: 12 December 2008 at 11:07am |
We're getting Rowan vaccinated since in DH's family it is common for his adult brothers and sisters to develop shingles and apparently the vaccine also helps to prevent this.
If you are going to get the Vaccine give your GP advance warning since they often have to order it in. 
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Posted: 12 December 2008 at 11:13am |
Thanks for your opinions! No way will I be deliberately exposing the kids to it, I dont think DH realises that it can be so nasty!
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Posted: 12 December 2008 at 11:21am |
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I wouldn't, especially since its no guarantee they won't get it again. A girl in Amy's class (7yo) just had them and her dad who teaches at the school told me she had had them already as a preschooler but a mild case.
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Posted: 12 December 2008 at 11:34am |
i wouldn't
i wouldnt expose my kids to others either
my second child has chicken pox right now, had them for 3 days. she is miserable.
im now expecting my 3 others to come down with them sometime around christmas.
i just hope they dont get it as bad or worse than em, she is such a good kid but this has knocked her for 6, her big sister is the worst at ill's so am really not looking forward to it 
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Posted: 12 December 2008 at 11:56am |
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I got Chicken pox when I was 20 for the first time and man did it do me over!!!! I couldn't move from my bed for 2 weeks! Felt like I was on my deathbed. I wish Mum and Dad had exposed me to it early. It's much worse the older you are when you get it and it goes around so much it's very hard to avoid for your entire life lol!
I watched my 3 year old nephew and 20 month old niece get it at the same time and you wouldn't even know they were sick! They were miserable for about a day then they were running around all over the show. I guess the only problem with having it at that age is it's harder to convince little ones not to scratch.
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Posted: 12 December 2008 at 12:00pm |
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Interesting question... I caught chicken pox when I was about 5 and remember it not being very fun! Definitely wouldn't want my bub to get it on purpose!
My mum must have thought it was a good idea though, and when my cousin had the mumps, mum took my brother and I round to spend time with him so that we would catch it. My brother caught it but I didn't.
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Posted: 12 December 2008 at 12:03pm |
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Wow I had no idea it could be so nasty! Glad I read this thread!! Mum is a nurse and offered to pay for the vaccination for our boy if we choose to have it, so I think we will...
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