Im going to warn dulwich...

[louloulabelle]

Yes my two lovely daughters have both had chicken pox recently.

No neither of them are infectious anymore.

Yes the youngest in particular is very gruesome looking with her incredibly scabby appearance following her severe bout of the pox which is only recently come to its conclusion.

BUT i am going to be venturing to local play areas with them this week following a 3 week forced house imprisonment with them both.

Please do not think i am stupid or uncaring enough to take them out if there is any, any, any! possibility of them infecting other children or adults or pregnant women.

THEY ARE NOT INFECTIOUS

so to the mums/carers/dads etc that saw my eldest daughter recently when we ventured out between their bouts of said virus and criticized me for carelessly taking an infectious child to a public area and pulled their off spring away from her as if we were ringing a bell and declaring 'the plague, the plague' .....

SHE WAS NOT INFECTIOUS - chicken pox is not infectious once the blisters have scabbed and dried

THE YOUNGEST IS NOT NOW INFECTIOUS -

I AM NOT STUPID ENOUGH TO TAKE AN INFECTIOUS CHILD TO A CHILDRENS PLAY AREA !!!

They just look scabby!!!!! bless them....

thank you.

[busymum]

good for you, we had all this 2 weeks ago, awful. I have sent you a PM

[srisky]

I'd rather my little one has chicken pox now rather than as an older child/adult, when it can be really awful. 3 weeks of house arrest does sound pretty miserable, though!

[Ruth_Baldock]

I am yet to have The Pox; I wish someone had bought an infectious child round to see me when I was little... Good for you,OP, some people can be so rude!!!!!

[Helen GV]

If you need back up we would be happy to meet you at a park...

[malleymoo]

Poor you Louloulabelle. I remember how my daughter looked when she had the chickenpox. Having had 30 spots on her forehead alone I remember looking at her one night and thinking she looked like she had some sort of medevil plague. I can understand why some misinformed people do get anxious about the look of it but my daughter did find people staring at her very upsetting.I found a bit of bio oil a baseball cap and long sleeves seemed to do the trick. Although the scabs are sometimes nasty it did seem to fade really quickly once the blisters had burst.