Chicken Pox

My nephew Seth has them.....

Apparently he's been contagious for 2 weeks.....he's been staying here and bathing with Hebe over the holidays.....

My sister said that as long as I'm BFing her she should be ok - Seth caught them from her best friends toddler. Her friend also gave birth on Christmas Day and the hospital said she could only take her baby home if she was BFing as that would protect the baby as her friend is immune. Fortunately she's a BFer so that wasnt ever in question.

So, can BFd babies get it then?? What do I look out for oher than the spots?? And how bad is it if a 2/3 month old gets it??

Lots of questions this morning!!!

TIA x

Aww hun, :aww:
I'm not 100% but i think she can still catch it. Its proberly not as bad having it so young as it would be as she gets older. She won't scratch hopefully she won't get it too bad. :aww:
The spots to look for are like small blisters.

Just a tip if she does get it ask Dr for calomine cream instead of the lotion as its much easier to put on a baby. Lotion is a little runny. Lana had it at about 4 months i think.

FC she doesn't get it.
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Thanks hun. I didnt know about the cream till my sister just asked me to get some for Seth today!! Sounds much easier than the lotion. My 14yr old has gone to town to get him some bless her x

Yes there is still a good chance she will, its horrible them getting things like this but babies and young children recover and deal with it very well.

And as you are bfing you will help her get over it much quicker, and your body would of started producing the anitbodies as soon as infection was present around her and yoursellf.

Even when you have had it before you can still carry the infection.

Natasha wrote:Yes there is still a good chance she will, its horrible them getting things like this but babies and young children recover and deal with it very well.

And as you are bfing you will help her get over it much quicker, and your body would of started producing the anitbodies as soon as infection was present around her and yoursellf.

Even when you have had it before you can still carry the infection.

agree with above
:boob: makes it easier for them,thats a giant plus when they are poorly they still get to eat/drink & get antibodies from mummy ...... and at least you can put scratch mitts on so they cant scratch.

Thanks girls - she was a bit grumpy last night went I was trying to get her off but so far so good.

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yes is the answe as my andrew had them when he was 16 weeks old, he was really poorly xx

Tiny Terror has had chicken pox, he is just getting over it now.

You are only infectious for a couple of days before the rash appears btw, but you can incubate the virus for 2-3 weeks before it starts becoming infectious.

My friend's baby(15w older than Tiny Terror) had chicken pox a Christmas and was poorly with a high temp for a couple of days. He was ff pretty much from birth.

TT on the other hand, is fine, carrying on as normal just a bit more unsettled at night but I think it's more of a teething problem. First spotted the rash Friday morning, today most of the spots are disappearing and the rest are now scabbed over - no temp, no loss of appetite or anything and I firmluy believe he has coped better with it than my friend's little boy because of being breast fed. Interestingly, the blisters never popped, and he had very few of the blistered spots - just quite a few of the red ones. I had it confirmed by a GP that it was Chicken Pox.