It has begun...

sounds omnious eh ?

So far the dot count is not too bad. I'd guess a good 40 / 50. We'll see how it goes tomorrow. Hald a dozen are near bursting. We paint them with iodine to keep them dry, and to have them make clean crusts if they should burst.
My oldest had it pretty bad, and at day 4 she was nearly completely red. As were me and my wife .
So far no fever, and not too much discomfort. She seems to do better than my oldest for now.

I am hoping she will have an easy night.

Quote Originally Posted by majurey View Post
it was galling to have to take the day off since he was clearly OK in every other respect, but of course you still can't let them mix with other kids in the nursery.
Over here the day care parents don't mind. They are free to go (well in truth it depends on the day care parents) if they are up to it.
Everybody over there has had the chicken pox over the last couple of weeks. It was bound to happen. Also, I was told that the infection is most contagious before you see the spots, so from an infection point of view, the damage was already done.

The concensus here among parents is that it is best to put them together with the rest if they are up to it, and let the infection spread.
That way the kids get it at a young age, and that way they have the least discomfort. If they get too old they are unlikely to get it because they don't have much contact with the kids who do. And then they can attract it as an adult, and get deathly ill. Having the chicken pox as an adult can kill you if you're unlucky.

All in all, the chickenpox are inconvenient, but at this age they are pretty harmless.