[AFWife]

If you've exchanged these were you successful in getting CP from them?

 

[CookieMonsterMommy]

1st CP party we went to--nope, didn't work. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/greensad.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="greensad"><br><br>
CP party we hosted when ds finally got it, didn't spread it either.<br><br>
He caught it from a shirt, and thats the only thing that worked (for us) in passing it along.<br><br>
Whatever method(s) you decide to try, good luck! <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/orngbiggrin.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="orange big grin">

 

[AFWife]

CookieMonster: Are you post stalking me? lol<br><br>
I'm really thinking I'm going to try while he's young. I'm sure that I'LL be more miserable than he will...but I want to get it out of the way while he's nursing.

 

[CookieMonsterMommy]

lol, i just thought of that. Nah, I'm on a "New Post" bender.<br><br>
FYI, it took me a good 3 seasons for ds to actually catch it. Too many kids are vaxed.

 

[Mirzam]

The pox lolly worked for us. At least one of my children, the other caught it from sissy.

 

[amnesiac]

Since this isn't about vaccines I'm moving to H&H.

 

[annethcz]

It worked for 1 out of kids who were given a pox lolly and also played with the child who had the chicken pox. After the first child contracted the pox, the siblings also got it.

 

[Peony]

A t-shirt worked better then a lolly for us. We did both and did a bath as well when I wanted the girls to get it, and they did. We had many a family that wanted to come over and get it from us afterward, <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/thumb.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="thumbs up"> the t-shirts seemed to be the key to success. I had kids that never even stepped foot in my house, get pox from a tee that one of my children slept in the night before.

 

[TiredX2]

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It looks like he's just over a year? Is he still nursing? I'm only asking because DD was still nursing *a lot* at 18 months and got a very light case of chicken pox. Then, when she was 4 (and still nursing, lol) she got a "true" case. DS got his big case at the same time (so, actually only 16 months) and was a big mess. He was also nursing a lot then.<br><br>
BUT, I was told that if your child is nursing, they may get the immunity from you basically and not get a "real" case--- in other words, not get true immunity. It's apparently rare(r) for bfed kids to get things that their mother is immune from <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/shrug.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="shrug"> So trying to get it young might not work out for you.<br><br>
To me, it was MUCH easier with DD (at 4) than DS (at 16 months) because DD could *tell* me what hurt, how to help, etc... With DS he was just pitiful <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/greensad.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="greensad"> My mom had 9 kids and said the worst case BY FAR was with the youngest child. I'm sure you've thought about this, but felt I had to mention it.