I have a next door nabour that has isolated her children from mine. She is moving to austrailia in a few weeks and has had her children immunized from the Pox but still being rude to the fact that my child was subjected to the pox. She has since talked to a friend of mine who is pregnant and another mother of a young child,she is scaring everyone I know about it. She has even gone so far as asking me what I do with my kids on days we are out and about so she knows not to go there. Im fed up with her attitude and general rudeness and a little unsure of if she has her facts right. She has talked to her kids and now they yell and my son who is just turning 3 too go away because he is sick. She is so pissed at me and all im trying to do is whats best for my family. What should i do or say to her? When is it contaigous? How do you contract it? What are the risks for her children when they have alredy been immunized? Please help because she is making my life as well as my sons hell.Any info!
2006-07-10 04:27:31 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
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2006-07-10 04:32:33 · answer #1 · answered by The Kings 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My guess would be that she is keeping your kids away from hers because if they do happen to get the pox virus (even if the chances are very, very slim) she will not be allowed to enter the airplane. If she plans on leaving on a certain day and her kids/kids are sick where will she live? This could make a large inconvenience for her entire family. My daughter has had the chicken pox virus too but the thought of it happening would enter my mind. Also even if the kids have had the virus it is possible for them to bring it home to their parents. Have the parents had the Chicken Pox's? Could it possibly be that you are taking this too personally? Maybe it doesn't have anything to do with anything other than this virus that she is afraid of spreading to her family prior to her leaving the country.
I would imagine that it must be very hard for the children to not all of a sudden play together when they had been able to prior to this incident. Once they leave and this isn't an issues could the children become pen pals? This would be a great way for them to keep in touch and not end a friendship on a bad note.
Give your neighbor a call. See if she wouldn't mind giving you her new address.
2006-07-10 05:23:03 · answer #2 · answered by bethany g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok first off, that Biitch needs to get a ****** grip... the chicken pox does not always pass to a person, and even if your children have had the chicken pox does not mean that they have it now, it just means that their immune system has the antibodies to fight it if it happens to come around again, it will kill it. A person gets sick when their immune system is weak, and that has to do with a lot of factors... dating back to when the baby is born.. not your fault. As for contracting; Chickenpox is highly infectious and spreads from person to person by direct contact or through the air from an infected person’s coughing or sneezing. Touching the fluid from a chickenpox blister can also spread the disease. A person with chickenpox is contagious 1-2 days before the rash appears and until all blisters have formed scabs. This may take between 5-10 days. It takes from 10-21 days after contact with an infected person for someone to develop chickenpox.
The chickenpox lesions (blisters) start as a 2-4 mm red papule which develops an irregular outline (rose petal). A thin-walled, clear vesicle (dew drop) develops on top of the area of redness. This "dew drop on a rose petal" lesion is very characteristic for chickenpox. After about 8-12 hours the fluid in the vesicle gets cloudy and the vesicle breaks leaving a crust. The fluid is highly contagious, but once the lesion crusts over, it is not considered contagious. The crust usually falls off after 7 days sometimes leaving a craterlike scar. Although one lesion goes through this complete cycle in about 7 days, another hallmark of chickenpox is the fact that new lesions crop up every day for several days. Therefore, it may take about a week until new lesions stop appearing and existing lesions crust over. Children are not sent back to school until all lesions have crusted over.
2006-07-10 05:21:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chicken Pox are contagious from 2-3 days before blisters appear and up until all blisters break and scab over. Once they are dried up and scabbed the child is no longer contagious. Both of my kids just had chicken pox in May. First one got them then 2 weeks later the other got them. The incubation period is about 2 weeks. But from the sounds of it she's not going to believe anything you tell her so just stay away from her and then on the day they leave go and give her a hug and a big, wet, slobbery kiss on the cheek and tell her "Oops, I have chicken pox, I guess I shouldn't have done that!"
2006-07-10 04:53:08 · answer #4 · answered by Mollywobbles 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son had the shot, and his doctor told me that there is still a slight risk that he could get it, but he would not get it as bad. She is being WAY over paranoid. I had Chicken pox as a baby (had them on my first b-day) and I lived through it. Even pregnant women...if they had it as children will not pass it to the unborn child. Some parents actually like to take their kids around other children who have it...epsecially if they are not in school yet, because then they don't have to miss school if they get it later on. Just ignore her..like you said, she is moving. I'm sure other people think she is a nut case, so don't worry too much about it.
2006-07-10 04:33:57 · answer #5 · answered by Ryan's mom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she sounds like a nut case. even if u have the shot it doesn't always work. besides it's easier if a child gets it. they get over it better then adults. i think u just need to say away from her and keep ur son away from her. u don't need ur son knowing someone like that. the link that the first person gave u is a good one. my sisters and i had it when we were young and my moms best friend had her son with use so he could get it. he never got it. some ppl don't get it at all. your neighbor needs to mind her own. she doesn't need to worry about what's going on with ur family. some times chicken pox can kill, but with all the advances we have had it's unlikely. she should have nothing to worry about. i can't believe none of my kids haven't gotten it yet. i would want them to before school starts. u just keep doing wants best for ur family. don't pay any mind to her.
2006-07-10 05:26:20 · answer #6 · answered by angela934 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, you are only contagious when the bumps are present. Once they are all crusted over, you are no longer contagious. If he was exposed but has no pox on him, then he's not contagious. The chicken pox shot is great, but it is possible to get a milder case of pox even if you've had the shot. The incubation period is 2-3 weeks.
2006-07-10 04:45:12 · answer #7 · answered by Velken 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would stay away from these people anyway from now on. What a psycho. Chicken pox is not that serious. My children have been immunized and have both been exposed and neither one caught it. Even if they would have caught it, big deal. Don't worry about this crazy lady. Just keep your son away from them, not for their sake, but for your sons sake! Thank god they are moving!
2006-07-10 04:34:11 · answer #8 · answered by #3ontheway! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She's in for a big surprise, because eventually her kids will get the Chicken Pox, everyone does! It's much better for people to have them when they are children, because they are so much worse if you are an adult. Why don't you just ignore her?
2006-07-10 07:38:41 · answer #9 · answered by treefrog_32 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chicken pox vaccine isn't always effective. My son was vaccinated and still got chicken pox. Your neighbor sounds nuts, though.
2006-07-10 04:55:34 · answer #10 · answered by squirrel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find a way to get ahold of the virus and give it to her!
2006-07-10 05:11:35 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋