chicken pox

[suzie1]

5 year old has got them, just appeared today, stayed off school, doctor says if she is feeling fine, then she should got school as per normal, dont know what the school are gonna say to that.

what do you think i should do? send her to school on monday or leave her to stay home?

i have to go work and have no leave left, and have had a lot of time off this month with the 2 year old and i am up for promotion, thats not going to go down well with the boss! my kiods are priority, but if i dont work we dont get much income

[dove]

chicken pox are infectious until they scab over, no way should you sent her to school on Monday!

[redcrx]

i wouldnt be too amused if i saw a child with contagious chicken pox at my sons school.

can you find someone else to babysit or take unpaid leave.

oh and chances are the 2 year old will have it in a week or so so be prepared

[suzie1]

can she have a bath with chicken pox, can she play in the garden

[B00]

Yeah suzie, she can play out and have a bath etc.

But as the others have said, i wouldn't send her to school until they're scabbed over. That being said though, alot of parents don't actually mind all that much, prefer to get them over and done with so to speak.

[suzie1]

i wont be sending her to school, it wouldnt be fair on other parents, some parents, like myself, would like to get it over with, but some parents are working and it could be an inconvenience to them for their kids to catch it at the wrong time. and also im sure the school wont be happy with her going in. she can stay home and read and write for a week. thanks boo. x

[sherrardk]

You also have to be careful that there are no kids at the school who have underlying health problems - there are two kids in one of my son's classes who have lukemia so I never send him if he ill as it could make these other two kids really poorly.

[B00]

No worries, hope she gets better soon.

Oh and try to stop her scratching them, especially if on her face ;-)