Chicken Pox!!! ????
My little guy just got diagnosed with Chicken Pox! I'm busting out the baby mit outfits again!
Actually, he just got his 6months injections on Wednesday. He was fine then! No fever, no fussiness, nothing!
He started feeling poorly last night and had a red spot on his face. When he woke up this morning he had more spots I thought maybe he was having an allergic reaction to the vaccines so I took him back in.
If anyone is wondering, I'm living in Dublin, Ireland. They do not vaccinate for chicken pox here. Even if they did, it wouldn't be given until 12 months.
This sucks because I'm American and I was supposed to fly to the US with him next week! Not happening now!
Shingles- know the facts
Shingles is caused by chicken pox. If you have been vaccinated or have never had chicken pox then you will never get shingles. Residual chicken pox virus lives dormant in the nerve cells closest to the brain and spine. Later in life it can "reactivate" and spread up the nerve to the skin. It will affect only one half of the body at a time. It will look like chicken pox, but it will hurt, not itch. It is unbelievably painful! If you get a blister near your eye it can cau...

Is this chicken pox?
He has eczema on his shoulders, but the rash on his back is different, appeared last night and he now has some on his neck and chest too.
Help!
Vaccinate for chicken pox or let your child get over it naturally? Thoughts?
think i have the chicken pox is that harmful to the baby
Remember how when we were kids everybody got chicken pox at least once? Didn't you ladies get it growing up? Is that still common or?
Thanks for clarifying ladies! Glad your lil man is handling it well. One of my favorite pics as a lil girl is when I had chicken pox. I had a pouty lil look on my face with lil red dots all over my face❤️