Spots on my toddler - Page 2

[nattybo]

My vote is for flea bites, especially since they were only on your hubby's ankles. Fleas are a big problem this time of year. Fleas nest in lawns, jump onto your socks as you walk by, take a bite "say yuck" in flea tongue(cat/dog fleas do not prefer human blood) and jump off. By this time you might have walked into your house where they jump off into your carpet. And carpetting is fleas second best place to live.

Vaccum well. Since you do not have pets, they should die off in a few weeks should you miss a few vaccuming.

[Ellien C]

My DD woke up Monday covered in spots on her torso. Tiny little bumps, like a small pimple - maybe 1-2 mm across. I had them, too. Our doctor diagnosed them as chicken pox, even though we have both been vaccinated. (I never had them as a child) I thought they were bites as well, but there were too many of them and they didn't follow a bite pattern - which is more on extremities. Apparently chicken pox present differently in vaccinated people. She wasn't sick, didn't have a fever and the bumps itched, but not excessively. She wasn't scratching them raw or anything.

I'm not totally convinced it was chicken pox, but we kept her home from day care all week. I do think it might have been some other virus. Just FYI.