chicken pox

does anyone no of anything elseother than calamine lotion to help soothe chicken pox as my 3 year old has them lewis had them too and we had to suffer as there was nothing but i was think with dominic being older there might be something else
any ideas are welcome as he is really covered they are in his mouth on his privates and everywhere
he looks like superteds best frind lol

awwwwww bless him. sorry i only know of calamine lotion. none of my 3 have had it and eldest is 10

thats ok hunni i just thought i would give it a try ohther mums do different things dont they yours havent had cp yet they lucky its the most common childhood illness i believe he is a sleep at the moment but its really doing his head in bless him he hates it i guess like his brother its cos they cant really tell us how they r feeling can they his brother is only 11 months now he was hard work lol
thank you anyway for your advice

poor thing. they are awful but its better they get them while theyre young. mine have been in contact with ppl wou have gone down with it but have never caught it. i do wish though jami had. as shes almost 11 and ive heard its worse when theyre older.

hope he feels better soon xxx

have you tried asking at the chemists.

My two have just had it and thankfully the spots never bothered them - was sooo lucky.

I was advised though that there is a cream you can get which sooths and helps to prevent the itching. Calomine lotion ( and you can get cream too) just sooths it apparently.

sorry not much help. Hope they start to get better soon. It was being stuck in that drove me crazy!
Gemma

It may sound strange but Sea water is very good for skin conditions including chicken pox,trouble is it's not the most obvious place to take a sick child. Especially at this time of year

When my youngest, ben, had chicken pox a few months ago the doc recommending using something like priton to help with the itching, never tried it cos he wasnt really bothered about them but might be worth trying.

calamine lotion and bathing in poridge oats not soap (porridge oats in a foot of a pair of tights, use as a sponge) works a treat!!

thankyou all for all your suggestions i am glad to say dominic is now 100 percent better his cp have scabbed and he is back at nursery tomorrow thank god as he is driving me mad lol

awwwwwww glad hes feeling better hun xx