Chickenpox vaccine

They had chicken pox and I wish I knew about the vaccine

Got my lb vaccinated as soon as we were able to at 1 year old

Why would you? Chicken pox doesn’t have complications.? Am I missing something here. Are ppl scared of the chicken pox now? Like I wouldn’t intentionally have my kiddo catch them like they did in the 80s with pox parties but I’m not sure why you would add poisons into little bodies to prevent their own immune systems from doing the work? X

@Kerry I found it really hard to watch my girl cry non stop for days without being able to help her and without getting any sleep (none of us did). It was like torture 😔 There are no complications if they get it early. Get it later on as a teenager/adult and it is a different story all together.

@Kerry chicken pox can have complications. Most people won’t suffer from them but it does happen. I remember a teacher from school saying her son has brain damage after getting chicken pox. Also, the severity of which people get it does vary and some children can get very ill with it. The NHS intends to include it in routine childhood vaccinations so it is serious enough for it to be added to the list.

Both of my children have had the vaccine and they had no side effects.

So there’s something to the pox parties then! Who would have thunk it!!? 😂 Just done a bit of reading and I don’t think I would personally be bothered about vaccinating my children. Although I definitely agree it was horrible watching my lo suffer when she had it 15 years ago. I feel like overall ppl need to do their own research when considering vaccines. You never learn anything about vaccines talking to normal ppl about them but you learn a whole bunch when talking to an antivaxer about them. So if you know any, start there for a crash corse in why not. That is what I have learned on my journey so far anyway (my kiddos are semi vaccinated. And I wish I knew more earlier.)

We had our lo vaccinated - if you have had chicken pox as a child, the virus remains in your body and can flare up later in life as shingles. We figured if we could stop chicken pox and therefore any illness and complications later on that was good for us! If you want to message with any questions, feel free 😊

He had chicken pox last summer. Bizarrely his sister who was only 6 months old at the time didn’t catch them 🥴

My son’s birthday party 3 weeks ago accidentally has turned into a pox party as one of the children had chicken pox the next day. My son started on Monday with them and he’s only had them very mild. My 9 month old hasn’t caught them yet, but 6 other children from the party have 😩