dreaded chicken pox strike again.

At least they have them now and not at xmas. Andrew seems to have escaped from them this time. No spots have appeared at all and it has ben over the 14 days since the first case was found at his daycare.

How does it work for you being at work? As I have found out if the kids have them then we (parents) are carriers, as we have had them before. And in your line of work it must be hard.

Edited by mummy_becks

See now that is interesting Becks - i watched that conversation with interest about that a few weeks ago. Because we wear different clothes, and take the precautions of continuous washing of our hands, unless it is specifically US, that has comething contagious - ie running nose, conjunctivitis, d&V, or cold sore etc.. then we are ok to go to work. I double checked when Paris got the chicken pox - no one has ever said anything about being carriers and all that, EVER, so i found it really interesting that there were doctors advising people to stay away from other people and all that - however i have no idea about preggy women and all the guff that goes with that side of things really - so maybe it was just a little extra precaution on the doctor's side of things.

As far as i know, i have always thought that carriers were those that can pass on the disease, without having had an active form - which i suppose might be true of parents of the kids as if we have had them before then we wouldn't get an active form, but mostly it is all spread by close contact and by droplet infection IE contact with secretions from the infected person - (you know how most kids get runny noses, sneezy, coughing in the few days leading up to getting these sorta things.. and they sneeze or cough everywhere.. contact with the droplets can cause infection) so i guess as i said before - when i go to work, i don't wear my normal clothes, even shoes are different, hair is tied up, and hands are washed carefully - so chances of having any dropletty thingies on me to pass on is very remote.

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Aw, poor Ayja is having a really tough go of it. yesterday i stopped counting at 100 poxys, today she has probably twice as many, all in her ears, her nose, her eyes, inside her mouth, on her tongue and through her hair.. even on the palms of her hands. She is one big red blister.

poor wee ajya my oldest jade is showing signs today, and its going around at the moment at both her kindy and preschool. DOH! hoping its just a bad day and that she doesnt get them, too many things happening that she is looking forward to -kindy fun night, her friends bday, a kindy train trip, santa parade etc... i would hate for her to have to miss out hope ajya starts to improve soon. big hugs.

How did they start off? Poor Ayja and poor you they sound horrible..

as you know, Ella had a temperature last night and I'm wondering if it is related to chicken pox? they are going around everywhere.. do the spots just suddenly appear without warning?

Oh nooooo....poor wee Ayja!!

I hope she gets better soon. Zaara starts daycare on Monday....I am dreading what she will come home with!!!

Chicken Pox is no fun and so many.....poor bubba!!

that sounds really owchy and itchy janine. poor wee girl breaks my heart when kids are sick. i dont think my girl has them now... she has vomitted a few times so maybe she was blah cause of a tummy bug. she does have a wee rash on her tummy, but it hasnt changed over the day either. take care.

Yep they just start appearing from nowhere. We were really really lucky with Andrew. He had a high temp and the runny nose showing all the classic signs and his daycare had them and he never got them.

yep they can get it, i was waiting and waiting for Ayja to and she didn't until exactly 14 days after paris.. cos she obviously hadn't been exposed to them until paris - so went through the whole 14 day incubation period. and yeah - it's scary how fast they pop up.. From changing Ayja's nappy early this arvo, to when i bathed her this evening i was like WHOA!!! couldn't beleive how fast they are popping up, and still coming - she is starting to get clingy and grumpy this evening - i could hardly cook dinner cos she wanted to cling to me the whole time.

Ayja's are far worse than Paris's so maybe the immune system has something to do with it, ie older or younger. but who knows. depends on the kid.

here's hoping your girls cope ok, go to the doc and make sure, and you can get the pinetarsol and calamine while you're there too.

i know - mike took the week or so off work with Paris, now i have to take time off for Ayja - would have been nice in some sadistic way to have them both get them at the same time. Paris missed out on a birthday party and a barbeque with her little friend.

ok here we go heres some pics of my wee girl - day 2.5 of chicken pox. - she has just woken screaming and is cuddled with me on the chair. these taken before bath this arvo... still more coming up.

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