Well, we're right in the middle of it.
I have to admit that watching my wee darlings go through it (and I know it's not a deathly illness or anything, and yes, it is good for the now to hopefully have immunity for life) I think I would go back and pay the $90 or so to get the vaccines. Probably because I hate seeing them miserable and apart from dosing them up on Pamol and having lots of baths and painting with Calamine sessions - there isn't much you can do apart from ride it out.
Things I have learnt:
* You can survive on minimal sleep - although a healthy dose of M&Ms and friends at the end of a telephone help
* Cornflour sticks to the bottom of the bath when you drain it
* Calamine lotion is more like calamine liquid
* Pinetarsol smells just as yuck at nearly 30 as it did when I was 13 (I had the pox when I was 4 and then again when I was 13)
* The pox go EVERYWHERE
* Snuggles with children are wonderful
* Sea air is great for drying out the pox (we went to a deserted beach yesterday for the morning, it was amazing to just be out and in the fresh air).
Anyway ... baby awake, computer time over ...back to being Mama.
That's terrible!! I'm so sorry. My mom had terrible, terrible chicken pox when she was pregnant with me, and she almost died. But she lived on to give me 6 more siblings (although I already had 2 older siblings), 2 adopted, the other 4 were hers... Now she's pregnant with yet another! My little brother Levi, is coming soon. I don't know, next Wednesday or this Sunday. :)
ReplyDeleteLots of love, Tane ♥