My five year old got chicken pox yesterday. Its day two and it seems relatively mild so far (knock on wood). She is itchy but no real fever.
I'm pretty sure my six month old will get it now. She is still all boob nourishment.
Anyone have any fabulous advice on dealing with itchy five year old and very young itchy six month old?
Thanks!
We just did oatmeal baths, which my little ones love anyway, and calamine lotion. And character bandaids helped the really itchy ones, they were less likely to pull off Blue's Clues to scratch. Not a very crunchy solution, but it worked for us
my kids hated the baths. We did a qtip with a little container of calamine and let them paint themselves.. didn't have many problems with them itching until they scabbed - then they said it hurt more than itched.
first time we were exposed, Leila was 11 months and exclusively nursing. She didn't get it and we were around the little girl continually as I was babysitting her full time.
Thanks for the replies.
My five year old is now almost completely over them now but baby hasn't shown any signs.
She might next week sometime but she is exclusivly breastfed so I guess I will just wait and see.
Update:
My seven month old got the chicken pox and though she had quite a few spots did very well. I think the worst part was that she was cutting her top teeth at the same time.
Let me just add that it seems to be easier to handle chicken pox when you can nurse! =)
Chicken Pox
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