Chicken Pox

when i was little one of my brothers got the chickenpox and gave it to everyone else. But you have to be careful with little kids. On the other hand did she is probably to young to get the chickenpox shot. so there is a posibility of her getting it.

My son was 9 months when he got the chicken pox. It is really not bad. They still have some of your immunity, so it is usually mild (and may not provide full immunity). But be aware that it can take up to 2 weeks for the incubation before you see any chicken pox. Also know that at this age, they don't look like the chicken pox that you know. They look smaller and like white heads, then pop in about 24 hours. It will last about a week with new "pox" coming up every day. Once they have all popped, he is no longer contagious! They are contagious for the 24 hours before they start showing up though, which is why chicken pox are so contagious, that first 24 hours, you have no idea they are sick! So, no worries, just keep an eye on her!

As I remember, it takes about two weeks to incubate chicken pox, so you may not know for a while if your daughter gets them. But, if she's exposed, there's nothing you can do but wait.
Personally, I'm not really fond of the fact that the vaccine is required these days. Both my boys got the c. pox when they were toddlers, and while it was not fun, and they spent lots and lots of time in Aveeno baths, it wasn't horrible. I had the chicken pox when I was 16, and it was terrible! I even got pneumonia from it. My brother had them at age 35. He broke out on a military flight to Saudi Arabia, and they wouldn't even let him off the plane. This was back in the 1980s. He also ended up in the hospital with lung complications.
I'm not a vaccine hater, but I'm also not fond of unlimited manipulation of our immune systems. If your daughter gets the chicken pox, she'll at least have lifelong immunity.

Usually they get the shot at 1 year. But honestly, I'd be thankful. It's really not dangerous for little ones to get it and the immunity afterwards is better documented. With the vaccine they reccommend follow ups because the immunity doesn't necessarily last as long and it can be dangerous if caught when they are an adult or pregnant. I was seriously disappointed when I had just given in to letting my ped give my daughter the shot after convincing me that kids are all vaccinated and just don't get it and less than a week later, I discovered another child in our family had it. If it hadn't been for that shot, I would have taken my daughter for SEVERAL playdates to do everything possible to let her get it and have it behind us.

It does not mean your daughter will get the chicken pox. However, she has been exposed and you should watch her for symptoms. If I were you, I would call my doctor and tell him/his nurse that your daughter may have been exposed. They can tell you what symptoms to watch for (such as fever and the rash/bumps). They can also tell you what you can do to help make her more comfortable if she does get them. She is a little young but try not to worry too much. It may not even be chicken pox. Also, check with your doctor to see if she has had the vaccine already. Kids who have the vaccine may still get them but usually if they do it is a milder case. Try to remember that kids have been getting chicken pox for years and most children do just fine. But keep your doctor informed of what is going on in case problems arise.

Good luck and I hope this helps.

My oldest 2 children got the chicken pox whne they were less than a year old. My oldest when he was around 8 months, my second oldest at 11 months. I was actually very thankful. I did not want them to get the shot, and at that time I was too chicken speak up against the doctors. Neither of my kids had a problem with it. My oldest had a rather severe case of them too. We used desitin on the actual spots for itching. At the time that my oldest had them I worked in a daycare, so when we were exposed I let them know, and of course there was nothing to do but wait. About 2 weeks after he broke out, so did about 8 or 9 other kids. Most of them had the vaccine, and still got it. Some of the "vaccinated" kids still got a pretty good case of it too. As far as I am concerned consider yourself lucky if he gets the real thing now instead of partial immunity from a vaccine and then run the chance of getting it as an adult when it is worse.
My younger 2 children have never had the chicken pox or the vaccine, hopefully they get the actual thing before they are too much older.

S.,
To answer your question, Yes, it is a good chance that your baby may get chicken pox, depending on the amount of contact your daughter had with your Godson. However, infants typically have a milder case of this. One of my twin sons had it at around 12 months and got only a mild rash and slight fever.
Chicken pox is a virus that, once you are exposed, you usually don't get it again. There have been cases that an infant or very young child will have a mild case only to get a more severe case later in life, but it is, I believe, rare. Because your child was exposed it is better to get it over with.
Don't worry,your daughter will be just fine.

Although 8 months old is young to get chicken pox, getting it is actually a good thing. If you get chicken pox while being a child it protects you against getting shingles as an adult or having a SEVERE case of chicken pox as an adult. More and more people are NOT vaccinating for chicken pox and are acutually trying to have their kids get it before a certain age. Preferably I think you want to wait until your child is 1 but if she got it I don't think it's necessarily all that bad. As far as I know there is a possibility that she can get it from exposure. I'd check out www.askdrsears.com They have a lot of GREAT info on that site! Good luck. Jenn

NO IT DOESNT MEAN YOUR DAUGHTER WILL DEFINENTLY GET THEM, BUT THERE IS A CHANCE. MY CHILDREN HAVE BEEN AROUND PEOPLE AND DIDNT GET THEM. DONT STRESS TOO MUCH JUST KEEP AN EYE ON HER.

Like any virus, your daughter might not get it. But if your daughter does get it, it's actually a good thing. It works better than the vaccine they have out and she won't ever get chicken pox again. It's hard to find children with chicken pox at this point. If your daughter does have it, please let other parents know because a lot of them would love to expose their child to it naturally instead of getting the vaccine shot.

My son at 10 months old got the chicken pox....I had to assume at the time that he actually got it from the Doctors office ( we had been in like 5 days before the dots showed up) As long as you have had them I wouldn't worry about it too much. It is possible for your daughter to get it, but my 10 month old was fine. He never tried to itch any of the marks.
If she is going to get it, It's usually going to show up within about 5-7 days. If she does get it chances are the doctor won't even need to see you, unless of course you insist on being seen. you will want to check with the doctor about medicine dosages though. You may want to give her Children's Bendryl, but because she is so young, check with the doctor to know exactly how much to give her.

Unless she got the shot (can't remember when babies get that), I hate to say it, but chances are that catching it is likely. It is an airborne disease and can be spread by touch after scratching the "pox." You don't know for sure what it is yet, so just keep an eye on her and call the doctor if you see it start. You both will be fine.

Hi S., A very similar thing happened to me. We visited with our neighbors on a Friday night and their oldest played with my 7 month old son. Even let my son chew on his hand. On Sunday we learned that he came down with chicken pox. Our neighbors' three children were given the chicken pox vaccine. As a result, he seemed to have a very mild case. I took my son to the pediatrician and learned that the incubation period for chicekn pox is 14 to 21 days and that the most contagious point is when the fever shows up, just before the blisters do until the blisters heal over. So we were there at the peak of contagion. My pediatrician said that my son had some immunity from me (I still nurse him) and that if he did get them, it wouldn't be that big of a deal. I've since heard that mothers used to expose their babies to other kids with chicken pox in an attempt to get the experience over with while they were little enough not to scratch and cause scarring. We escaped without the pox even though the neighbors' youngest got them too. Good luck to you! If they show up, at least you'll get them out of the way early. S.

HI S. YES SHE WAS EXPOSED TO THE CHICKEN POX. THERE IS AN INCUBATION TIME BEFORE YOU BREAK OUT. HAS THE BABY HAD HER FIRST CHICKEN POX SHOT. DID THE CHILD WHO GOT CHICKEN POX EVER GET HIS SHOT. YOU DONT SEE CHICKEN POX TO MUCH ANYMORE EVER SINCE THE VACINE HAS BEEN GIVEN. IF SHE DOES GET THEM SHE WILL BE OK. SHE WILL BE CRANKY BECAUSE SHE IS SO YOUNG. I WILL PRAY FOR HER NOT TO GET THEM GOOD LUCK STEPH

Is your godson's parents against vaccinating? My children both got the chicken pox vacceine. It is available at your pediatricians office. As always if you are worried that she may have gotten it you should take her to the doctors to see. I wouldn't worry though.

Has your daughter had the chicken pox vaccine yet? I'm not sure at what age they do this, but I do know that if she hasn't had it she would definately be at risk for catching it. But, the vaccine is relatively new.....we all had the chicken pox as kids, and turned out just fine.

She might. And chicken pox is most dangerous in the very young and the very old. You should call the pediatrician and tell her that your baby's been exposed to chicken pox.

We all (including my husband and me) had the chicken pox when our son was 4 and our daughter was 10 months old. We had a very easy time of it...they barely even itched. We did all get an upset stomach a day or so before the first pox showed up, but that was the worst of the whole thing. The baby did just fine...I kept her skin well moisturized and there's not a mark on her. She was maybe a bit fussy at times, but no more than with teething.

Personally, I'm very relieved that my daughter had the chicken pox...she has lifelong immunity, unlike that offered by the vaccination, which will require lifelong boosters or leave women of childbearing years unprotected.

Chicken pox were considered a normal childhood illness until a vaccine became available, and then suddenly it became a deadly killer and everyone's in a tizzy about the thought of catching it. Mighty good marketing there!

M.