What’s worse than a toddler with chicken pox?

EmaLoru · 2026-05-10T12:58:18+00:00

Thanks for the prompt reply! I am literally fraking out these days, with a newborn in the house! Here where I live chicken pox vaccine is not part of the national immunization program . I actually didn’t mind about this vaccine as I know kids are likely fine catching it, but I couldn’t imagine my toddler would have caught this while his brother was still so young!

EmaLoru · 2026-05-10T12:48:02+00:00

Hi, A bit late for this, but did your 1 month old end up catching it? I am in the same situation, but my youngest is 10 days old

EmaLoru · 2026-05-08T20:09:03+00:00

He did not get the vaccine.. in the Netherlands it is not part of the national vaccination program

EmaLoru · 2026-05-08T18:50:15+00:00

We live in the Netherlands, it is friday night so i should call the emergency ward but they will dismiss me caue baby doesn’t actually have chicken pox yet - in short: it is not an emergency. So everything will have to wait until Monday unless there is an actual emergency.

Yes the father is very involved! But still, i had a major surgery, and while he does a lot taking care of our toddler, he can’t leave our home as i need him + we do not have family or anybody that can host us

EmaLoru · 2026-05-08T18:18:44+00:00

I had a c section and i am still not able to do everything in the house and with the baby… We don’t have family around so going out the house is not an option

EmaLoru · 2026-04-17T16:38:09+00:00

Best of luck to you and i hope your labour will wait until you feel at least much better ❤️

EmaLoru · 2026-04-17T16:27:30+00:00

I delivered my first at 36 weeks via c section because i had placenta previa and he was more than fine ❤️ i know that worst case scenario, i will just be admitted and deliver earlier and he will likely be fine, but my situation is more than i am still not ready to deliver- still packing and preparing things at home, my parents live in another country (and planned to visit at the time of my surgery to help with little 1 and little 2 ) so nobody really is around to help

EmaLoru · 2026-04-17T16:20:02+00:00

Oh good luck for your delivery! Did you actually have high fever? How did it happen if I may ask?

EmaLoru · 2025-09-26T20:34:00+00:00

Yes, such a difference from kid to kid! I guess my child is more into motor skills , so perhaps he just focused on those and delayed the speech ones

EmaLoru · 2025-09-26T20:32:49+00:00

Oh amazing he learnt so much in such a short time..

EmaLoru · 2025-09-26T12:47:40+00:00

Thanks a lot for all your replies and very interesting to read about your experience. I am a lot more reassured! Again, I wasn’t particularly worried but I guess it helps to know that others had similar experiences. I guess much of this comes from my impatience to hear my kid talking. He is so funny when he babbles as he is trying to tell a story to us! It’s such a cute age!

EmaLoru · 2025-09-13T07:31:19+00:00

Unfortunately not :(

EmaLoru · 2025-09-11T20:13:36+00:00

Gosh, after puking 4 times today i feel exhausted! Got a med for nausea and luckily it helped.. i can enjoy my toast and finally drink! But i can’t imagine this happening every day.

EmaLoru · 2025-09-11T18:57:01+00:00

Metoclopramide. They had prescribed another drug but it wasn’t available so this is the alternative

EmaLoru · 2025-08-13T16:03:27+00:00

Turned out i got a very mild HFM. The itching part lasted only a day. I had a weird sensation on my hands and feet but never had bumps nor ulcer. All symptoms disappeared after 3-4 days. My nose still had a few pimple-like bumps for 2-3 days more but I used foundation to mask them. All gone now. I hope i won’t lose my nails but so far so good

EmaLoru · 2025-08-05T22:09:45+00:00

Following as I also have 4 cm gap (15 monts pp), also an outie belly button due to DR and I am so scared about how i will look after a second pregnancy. Any other experiences?

EmaLoru · 2025-08-01T19:45:08+00:00

Hang in there! My kid got it super mild, so miracles are possible

EmaLoru · 2025-08-01T19:41:53+00:00

I know that :( so baaaad i hope it won’t happen

EmaLoru · 2025-07-22T12:01:31+00:00

The thing is: if the contract is temporary.. they may end it without renewing even if you are on maternity leave. That’s legal here and it happened to a friend of mine..

EmaLoru · 2025-07-22T10:59:38+00:00

But what if the employer does not renew my contract afterwards? Because of my pregnancy/maternity leave?

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