hi

my daughter had a spot on her tummy yesterday and today they all over her back and tummy and have had it confirmed that it is chicken pox. How long normally do they have to stay off nursery,she only goes mon tues weds, the only reason i ask i so i can let work know roughly when i will be back

i forgot to add, its also her birthday next monday and need to go out at some point to get her prezzies

Poppy had them over new year and she was away from her child minders for a week, she got them on NYE and didn't go back until 11th Jan, even then they hadn't gone, they'd just scabbed over.
Hope she's ok soon.

is it ok to give her a bath or should i try to keep the spots dry

Doc told me to keep lo away from nursery for a week - after a week he was pretty much back to normal.

Definately give her a bath and put a tub of bicarb of soda in the bath - it helps to dry out the spots and stop them itching so much

I have just been googling this as Cally has a few spots on her back and beside her ear that look like may be chicken pox. LO will be able to go back to nursery as soon as last spot has scabbed over. Calamine lotion and warm baths help, also antihistamine may help, it said they cause drowsiness so may help lo to sleep if they are really itchy. And Calpol or ibuprofen for fever. My older 3 had it years ago and 2 of them didn't have many spots and were not really poorly but the middle one was absolutely covered and quite poorly. I hope you LO is better soon. x

I have just been googling this as Cally has a few spots on her back and beside her ear that look like may be chicken pox. LO will be able to go back to nursery as soon as last spot has scabbed over. Calamine lotion and warm baths help, also antihistamine may help, it said they cause drowsiness so may help lo to sleep if they are really itchy. And Calpol or ibuprofen for fever. My older 3 had it years ago and 2 of them didn't have many spots and were not really poorly but the middle one was absolutely covered and quite poorly. I hope you LO is better soon. x