Chicken Pox

[Willow]

Pretty sure my son has it. He's been vaccinated but I am 99% sure that's what I'm looking at right now. I closed tomorrow and was already slated to be closed Friday through Monday so I'm going to bring him in in the morning to confirm and hope it's run it's course by then.

I really thought if a kiddo was vaccinated they couldn't get it but google is saying otherwise?

How long do you close if your kiddo gets it (if at all) and how long do you exclude for if a daycare kiddo comes down with it?

Any tips for speedy healing?

[Blackcat31]

Aw poor guy!

Chicken pox went through my daycare 15 yrs ago. I didnt exclude unless their spots were oozing still and if they had a fever.

Otherwise the contagious period was BEFORE symptoms so everyone may have already been exposed.

You can still get it even when vaxed. Apparently, just milder...

Plus if the other kids have all been vaccinated, odds are most wont get it.

Hope he gets over it fast... Maybe having the vaccination will shorten it as well.

[AcornMama]

I'm curious how old your son is. My son was vaccinated, but got a really good (as in not mild) case of it when he was 12 or 13 (can't remember). Apparently that's when a lot of kids are getting it because parents like me didn't realize you had to have a booster. My little ones at the time did get it also, but their vaccine was still effective, so they had an extremely mild case.

[Willow]

He just turned 9. I didn't realize he needed the booster either until our new doctor caught that he was missing it during a well child check in early July.

BC, just upon letting my current crew know what I *thought* that's what it was they all responded that they had alternate care lined up . They are scardies with it comes to most illnesses. If is have had everyone come and not told them and he did indeed have it they'd have had a complete bird. My kids rarely come down with anything since my sick family left so they don't mind. Worth mentioning I'm so glad they gone because they were non vaxers and that certainly could have gotten ugly for them. I would have been blamed out the gills for it too.

He does have the fever and save for the new spots which haven't blistered yet all the rest are oozing like crazy!

[itlw8]

at 9 he can be away from the group and do fine with just you checking on him.Back when ds got them he stayed upstairs and watched tv and slept.

You are contagious usually 24 hours before you break out and will often run a low fever the day before they break out. They are contagious as long as they have some that are not crusted over. That will be normally 5-7 days but can be longer if they do not break out at the same time. They used to say they should be excluded until all the scabs fell off but then I think they changed it to all scabbed over and starting to fall off.

[Willow]

Doc confirmed that's what they are! It's cortisone, benedryl and oatmeal baths for him the next few days as what I thought were hives are actually new ones fixin to blister up.

Worst ones are INSIDE his belly button. I took a q tip and swirled some cortisone inside it. His eyes literally rolled back into his head

[Willow]

Doc confirmed that's what they are! It's cortisone, benedryl and oatmeal baths for him the next few days as what I thought were hives are actually new ones fixin to blister up.

Worst ones are INSIDE his belly button. I took a q tip and swirled some cortisone inside it. His eyes literally rolled back into his head

[Rachel]

Poor boy! Feel better. My 4 older kids all had, the youngest hasn't, but we shall see. I will give the vax by about 10 if he doesn't catch in naturally, but this is exactly why I would rather him get chicken pox if possible.

[Willow]

Poor boy! Feel better. My 4 older kids all had, the youngest hasn't, but we shall see. I will give the vax by about 10 if he doesn't catch in naturally, but this is exactly why I would rather him get chicken pox if possible.

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What is exactly why you'd rather him get chicken pox?

[Blackcat31]

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What is exactly why you'd rather him get chicken pox?

I am guessing because why get the vaccination if the child can just get them anyways...

When they first came out with the vaccination, there was no talk of boosters. Now as of the last few years, everyone is suppose to get a booster for it.

Now I wonder though, do they have to keep getting boosters every 10 years?

I am so glad my kids just got it and now we are done.

I know there is danger to getting them and I know the whole deal about shingles later in life but I've heard of people getting shingles anyways even if they never had chicken pox so...who really knows.

Other than now your son is 100% immune to chicken pox for the future.

[Willow]

I am guessing because why get the vaccination if the child can just get them anyways...

When they first came out with the vaccination, there was no talk of boosters. Now as of the last few years, everyone is suppose to get a booster for it.

Now I wonder though, do they have to keep getting boosters every 10 years?

I am so glad my kids just got it and now we are done.

I know there is danger to getting them and I know the whole deal about shingles later in life but I've heard of people getting shingles anyways even if they never had chicken pox so...who really knows.

Other than now your son is 100% immune to chicken pox for the future.

You know the first thing I thought of was what would have happened if I'd still had my non vaxing family..... I don't want to turn this into a big debate about that but odds are his case overall will be mild. If their kids however would have gotten it from him odds are their cases would have been much worse and GUARANTEED they would have blamed me for the children getting sick, or worse.

He's been amongst all my littles obviously since he was first exposed and then three days into having the actual sores. Not one of them, 5 kids aged 7 months to 4 years, nor my daughter, have any symptoms. I'm glad that what I did will very likely lessen his suffering, and what the other kiddos parents did will very likely keep them from that suffering at all.