I'm planning another Walking Wounded group for this Friday (a
get-together for clients, so they can support one another).  But one
of the moms has a 5 week old daughter who was exposed to chicken pox a
while back and who will still be within her potentially contagious
period on Friday.  The exposure amounted to visiting in the same room
with her 3 year old cousin, who touched the top of her head at one
point.  That's it.

The mom is hesitant about coming, because she doesn't want to put the
other babies at risk.  All of the babies are being supplemented but
are at least half breastfed, none is over about 3 months of age.  I
told the mom I'd check w/ the other moms, but that I figured her risk
of exposing them was pretty darn small.  What do you think?  Seems to
me it's virtually zero, given her own level of exposure, her age, the
ages of the other babies, and the fact that she'll be in mom's lap the
whole time.

What do you think?

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC  Ithaca, NY

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