I have already posted that thing 2 has chicken pox and I have received some good advice. However, he is absolutely plastered in the them - they are in his ears (which were already sore from a bout of glue ear last week and have been bleeding) and he now has them in his mouth and throat. Is there anything more I can do for him? He is having piriton and calpol but the itching is driving him mad when the medicine wears off and he can't have any more. I am applying cream to the spots (well, I am virtually just covering him in it from head to toe). Can I/should I bath him? If so, can I put anything in the water to ease the itching? Thanks for any help.
Someone suggested an oatmeal bath to me and I have had a few since, just put some porridge oats in some old tights, tie up and pop in the bath and squeeze to release the oaty stuff.
Thanks all. Sqad, the stuff that comes out of his ear irritates the skin and makes them sore + chicken pox spots = bleeding ear (he may have rubbed it).