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post #1 of 5
Thread Starter 
ok so here's the scoop. i need to know what you ladies think the chances of my kiddos getting chicken pox in this situation are .
i babysit my neice daily, in our home, she is fully vaxed. my children are not fully vaxed , i stopped vaxing a while back . neither of my children have had the chicken pox vaccine.
i get a call from my sister today informing me that 2 children her daughter was playign with all weekend have chicken pox . i promptly send her home. now she is not symptomatic, nor has it been long enough for the incubation period to get close to her being "contagious" which i believe is about 2 day before symptoms appear, about 14 days after exposure.
should i just let her continue to come over or ban her for 2 weeks until she either shows symptoms or no?
have my kiddos already been exposed or are they safe ? normally i wouldn't be too worried but my little guy is 2, and my 6 year old has end of the year feild trips and graduation coming up soon .

ETA: the hubbs has not had them yet and we do plan on TTC in about 3 months
post #2 of 5
I think the risk is very low...you are afriad of having your neice contract CP and bring it to your home? Your neice is fully vaxed correct? So assuming that the CP is effective (I have my doubts on that) than your neice would not get the CP in the first place.

Of course you need to do what you feel is best for your family, but if it were me, I wouldn't worry about it.
post #3 of 5
Thread Starter 
i am concerned with her being a carrier at this point, and yeah she shouldn't get it but the vaccine has about a 15 % fail rate of completely preventing it, though she would get a super mild case my kiddos would get full blown...which i had when i was 8 and remember like it was yesterday. oh it was awful.
post #4 of 5
There is no way to know 100% if your neice would become am asymptomatic carrier or not...if you don't want to exopose your kids further than make her stay home for 2 weeks, although 2 and 6 are good ages to get CP over with naturally (although I know you said the 6 yr old has graduation coming up).
post #5 of 5
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if it weren't for the graduation i'd be all for it.... but he is really looking forward to it.
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