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For those of you who've had one child pass the chicken pox onto another, could you pls tell me how many days passed before the 2nd child turned spotty? Our toddler woke up with spots on Thursday and so far our newborn hasn't gotten it. Was wondering when i could start celebrating.


many thanks

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My daughter had it whilst we also had a new born, my gp happened to get through to a top guy at Kings (randomly I suspect...) who said that a fully breastfed baby would have approx 6 months of immunity if the mother had had chicken pox. Not exact but a guideline I think.

Breast fed newborn not that likely to get it, though sometimes they get a very mild dose & you don't even know.


TBH it's kind of good to know its out the way - our 4 year old is yet to get it as far as I know, and having had to miss a plane thanks to older child's timing it is hanging over me like the sword of Damocles!!!

My twins were exposed to chicken pox at about 5 months whilst still breast fed. One did not get it, one got a very mild dose and I was told by the GP at the time that they would have benfitted from my immunity but as a result the one who had a very mild dose would not have built up her own immunity. Sure enough they both got it again at the age of about 4.

My 3 year old got it a few weeks ago - my 4 month old got spots pretty much exactly 2 weeks after the first spots appeared on my 3 year old. My baby is still breastfed but only 1 feed a day so not enough for immunity I guess.


I treated my baby as infectious for the last few weeks and avoided mixing him with other babies who hadn't had it as didn't want him to spread it. As it happens he has been relatively ok. Good luck

Sorry to hijack this thread but I have a question. My youngest (3 1/2) hasn't had it yet. So when she does have it what do I do about keeping her at home when I have to drop off and pick up my eldest from school (we have to go indoors and queue up outside his classroom door and then they let them out one by one)? I'm not going to be able to rely on friends to drop off and pick up every day for the whole of incubation??


Would love to hear how people get around this issue?


Thanks

My nephew broke put on spots on Boxing Day, then my daughter 2 weeks later, then the children I was looking after 2 weeks after that.........


Pebbles, I've cared for a child with the pox and had to do a pick up like that, I kept them in the buggy with the rain cover over them! You could always pick up 5mins early or deliberately late.

Pebbles, all the stuff I read said that if you're outdoors then you're ok - in other words your child is highly unlikely to infect another unless they are in physical contact or in the same room. So the solution of keeping the infectious child in the buggy should work fine if you don't have to go indoors to do the pickup or if you can leave them outside for a minute or two.


pebbles Wrote:

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> Sorry to hijack this thread but I have a question.

> My youngest (3 1/2) hasn't had it yet. So when

> she does have it what do I do about keeping her at

> home when I have to drop off and pick up my eldest

> from school (we have to go indoors and queue up

> outside his classroom door and then they let them

> out one by one)? I'm not going to be able to rely

> on friends to drop off and pick up every day for

> the whole of incubation??

>

> Would love to hear how people get around this

> issue?

>

> Thanks

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