My kid has the pox, i´m nervous, and feel alone

[paakbaak]

Normally I don´t feel this way, but today it´s just alot.
i´ve been waiting for a long time to do a yoga for kids training course. finally i have the opportunity, i get financial aid, translate part of the manual... and my kid gets chicken pox. little have i done for myself these 2 years, and now that i have the opportunity, it kinda backfires on me.

my mom, whom we live with, decides she doesnñt want to take care of him because he got pox because of my stupidity...he´s not vaxed. so she gets scared and anger comes out of her always. finally decides to help me out, i go to the first day all day long. he´s fine all day.
today she calls at 2, heñss itchy, unsteady, etc. so i get out of class and come home, we fight, my son gets out of control, she leaves and we´re ok.

but i think he´s getting worse, a new aoutbreak, so he´s not feeling good, i´m nervous cuz of the course and cuz his ped isn´t in town nor on the fone... i´m nervous and i broke down a bit.

oh how hard it is sometimes to be alone!!!!!!!

and i know, he´ll get over it, the course will pass and life will go on. no big deal, noone is dying, noone is out in the cold. it´s cool. just not cool enough!

ya know?

[Learning_Mum]

It's so hard! About three months after my husband left all three of us came down with a stomach bug. It was HORRIBLE! My parents came round to help, but of course the boys just wanted Mama. I felt sick and soooo achey and just wanted to sleep. It was the worst few days that I can remember.

He'll get better soon. I don't believe there's alot you can do for chicken pox anyway, apart from Tylenol to keep them comfortable and some lotion (that I've forgotten the name of!) to soothe the itching. Calamine! That's it!

Good luck Mama, just take it easy and it will be better soon!

[Theia]

I'm sorry. I hope he has a speedy recovery. I've also heard that oatmeal baths are good for relieving the itchiness. Or apple cider vinegar (the brown kind) in a bath is supposed to be good. I've not gone through them with DD yet, but our time will come I'm sure.

Maybe check this link for suggestions.

[Labbemama]

I highly recommend the Aveeno Oatmeal bath for your dc and a Calgon one for you. :-)

The chicken pox is a hard illness because the kids are irritabile and itchy and it lasts so long.

My youngest got it IN Spite of being vaccinated for it as an infant. (Her dad took her and the Rn convinced him to do it.) They have found that boosters are needed. SO even if you had got him the vac. he might have StILL got it.

I was so peeved at him for doing it and then she had a really fine rash that didn't present like normal chicken pox during the week everyone else in our family was on mission trips and we were supposed to start t-ball and a week of mommy and me fun.
And the ER doc was thinking it was the measles.
I think chicken pox just knows when you have something special planned.

My brother and sister and I all had it the week my mom got remarried. LOL.

(hugs to your both) for a speedy recovery.

If he needs to get out of the house I recommend a ride thru the drive thru of his favorite restaurant. My youngest so hated being housebound.

[paakbaak]

thank you soooo much. yes, i also believe that the pox have a hint about when important things are about to happen!!!!!

i´m home today, can´t goto the course int he morning, but i´ll leave him the best i can and i´m off in the afternoon. wow how overwhelming these situations can be!
i would looooove, at this particular moment, to have a loving partner who would help me out with everything...

but it´s cool not too also!

thanks!

[incorrigible]

aw...if you lived closer, I'd totally offer to babysit! lol We were THE most popular family on earth when mine had pox. Kids we didn't even know were getting sent over with treats to share, and such. =D Maybe you can take advantage of your LO's condition to get some free childcare? Pox is like gold in the right circles!

[RiverSky]

Originally Posted by incorrigible

Maybe you can take advantage of your LO's condition to get some free childcare? Pox is like gold in the right circles!

No doubt! I'd LOVE to take care of your child so my children could catch the pox, while you went to class. I wish you lived in SW Florida!

[New_Natural_Mom]

COngrats on getting wild pox! Your kid is now set for the future. Boo to an uneducated gma who thinks vaxing would have helped. Lots of vitamin C for the little one and perhaps a bath in calcium bentonite clay.

[meemee]

aaaaaah mama if you can survive this, what else can you NOT survive kwim?

i have had mastitis delirious with high fever and had to take care of an 18 month old who was v. sweet and slept with me. her dad did get me the medicine but never asked if i needed help

i am incredibly proud of myself and extremely thankful of my ex to give me the opportunity to discover all that i can do about myself.

yes its going to be hard while you are going thru it. but man you feel such a winner when its all over.

my poor mom. my brother and i got pox all at the same time. it wasnt bad for me but my poor brother suffered some.

[paakbaak]

thank you so much, i wish you were here also...

took him to the allergist today, his pox is kind, not a big at all.
the huge eruption is part of his atopic skin, it´s huge and dry but it´s not pox...pheu!

the course is over, I am now a Rainbow Kids Yoga teacher for kids and families!!! now that´s a good one hovering over all the other feeling this weekend.

thank you all very very much!

[Theia]

Congratulations on getting your teaching course completed! And on your sons health.

[justmama]

Originally Posted by New_Natural_Mom

COngrats on getting wild pox! Your kid is now set for the future. Boo to an uneducated gma who thinks vaxing would have helped. Lots of vitamin C for the little one and perhaps a bath in calcium bentonite clay.

I know huh? I am so jealous.

[paakbaak]

jealous of the wild pox? just get on a plane and come over!

thank you all very much

[soso-lynn]

My daughter has chicken pox right now and I was really excited when I noticed it. I was worried she might get it when the baby is born but now it is all settled.

[paakbaak]

congrats!