Chickenpox

I guess it was only a matter of time, as the Chickenpox virus had been going around all the local schools and nurseries over the last month or so. Henry finally got the nasty itchy, scratchy disease, luckily the first spots started to appear on a Friday, so the worst of it was over a weekend.

Days were just about manageable just keep distracting him, however nights were hell, crying and scratching for hours. Loads of Calamine lotion and aqueous cream seemed to help, but possibly just helped cool him down, as well as tepid baths,

up until he looked down and noticed his whole body was covered in scabs and he got a bit upset.

Fortunately the worst was over by Monday, and no longer needed any Calpol to keep his temperature down and most of the scratching is now due to his usual eczema irritation.