Des Moines Nesties
Dear Community,

Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.

If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.

Thank you.

Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.

Chicken pox vaccine and rash/fever

Luke got the chicken pox vaccine a week ago, and after a week, came down with a low grade fever, and a day later broke out in a rash covering his back and wrapping around to the front. He also is just extra unhappy in general. I plan to take him in to the ped tomorrow, but wondered if any of you had experienced anything similar... I read that a small number of kiddos get a mild case of chicken pox following the vaccine.

Re: Chicken pox vaccine and rash/fever

  • We had a similar experience after our 15 month shots.  Our pedi told us to be prepared for a fever and/or rash on his head and chest.  He said it could happen between 7-10 days post vac.  Sure enough, day 7 we had a wicked fever.  It did last about 2 or 3 days.

    I think it's probably par for the course and there won't be much your dr can do for it.  But it never hurts to take them in for peace of mind :)

    Image and video hosting by TinyPic
    Lilypie Second Birthday tickers
    Married 10.11.08
    Baby LJ 05.21.10
    TheRookieChef.com
  • Same rash experience here.  I think it was after 12 month appts and he had both Chicken Pox & MMR shots.  Not fun!
  • Well, turns out it is hand foot and mouth... :( She said some kiddos get a rash on the body as well. I still wonder if it could be that one top of a possible chicken pox vaccine? Ava had HFM around the same age. Thankfully both of them had pretty mild cases. 
Sign In or Register to comment.
Choose Another Board
Search Boards