chicken pox - help please
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Topic: chicken pox - help please
Posted By: jaycee
Subject: chicken pox - help please
Date Posted: 15 July 2009 at 4:16pm
Well my poor little Sophie has go chicken pox (a week before she was due to be vaccinated no less  ). She is mostly OK BUT a large amount of the spots are in and around her bottom (front and back).
I am being super careful during nappy changes to be very gentle and I am using muslin clothes and little flannels with water to wipe (rather than baby wipes) but my question is: what can I use to sooth the area? I have Calamine lotion and Weleda Combudoron gel for the rest of her body but I can't use in in and around this area. PLEASE does any one have any ideas of what I could add to the water to help sooth and calm the area, it looks so sore    -------------   
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Posted By: weegee
Date Posted: 15 July 2009 at 4:22pm
baking soda 
ETA -  to both Sophie and you!------------- 
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 15 July 2009 at 4:45pm
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Put her in a bath of Pinetarsol. Also Hypercal cream will be safe to use. That is the only things I used on Alia when she had a really nasty dose & yep they were everywhere too ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Andriea
Date Posted: 15 July 2009 at 7:55pm
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Alphakeri is good in the bath to and it smells kinda nice. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: xLUCKYx
Date Posted: 15 July 2009 at 9:03pm
| We also used pinetarsol and I would give Gabrielle a sponge bath with it during the night - she was miserable with it. Hope Sophie gets well soon! |
Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 16 July 2009 at 9:53am
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We did baking soda - 1tsp in the baby bath (so you'll want to up the amount) when Rowan was a baby and had weeping nappy rash.
I know it's not exactly the same but probably the same principle. -------------  
 
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Posted By: CuriousG
Date Posted: 16 July 2009 at 10:35am
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I also used pinetarsol. I hate the smell but it really helps. I got a 1L bottle from the chemist and I use it for other things too (like its great for thrush). ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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