CelebBabyLover; they don’t have a private jet. If and when they do get one, there will no doubt be a 16 page exclusive spread in OK magazine here in the UK though…

They said weeks ago that Junior had C Pox, so basically they have taken her on a flight anyway, exposing hundreds of people to the disease, many of whom will be British and unvaccinated, some of whom will also probably be pregnant or high-risk for other reasons.

Then, they have chosen to take her out in front of the media when she’s unwell. Not for a walk, or to the park but to some well-known celebrity hangouts. Where are her other kids? Probably at home with the nannies as they’re not that interesting to her now that she has a girl. Anyone who doubts this will soon change their mind when you see their new show, I promise you.

I think they are selfish, irresponsible parents

to the people who touched on the vaccination issue – here in the UK we don’t tend to vaccinate for chicken pox so that is why none of her children have been vaccinated.

fi- I understand where you’re coming from (about certain people being at high-risk for Chicken Pox or complications for it), but I want to point out that you cannot get Shingles by being exposed to someone who has Chicken Pox. What happens is that, after a person gets Chicken Pox, the virus remains in the body, but goes dormant (at least sometimes. I am unsure if this happens with all cases of Chicken Pox). Sometimes the virus re-emerges later in life (similar to what the cold sore virus does). This is what leads to Shingles.

Anyway, I want to point out that Princess may very well have been MORE miserable if they’d left her at home. Babies and young children usually want only mommy and/or daddy when they’re sick.

Sorry but they should have kept her at home. Knowing there was even a chance she would get it and taking her abroad was just stupid and selfish! I understand what people sre saying about ”once the spots are out” but not everyone has had chicken pox, theres also shingles to think about plus some people on medications must not be anywhere near anyone with or anyone who has just had chicken pox. I am one of them.

New medication im taking means if i happen to be in contact with someone with chicken pox or someone whos just got over them means i need to go to the dr ASAP for an injection or id end up pretty sick.

Not only that the poor child must be feeling horrible with it, im sure the last thing she needs to being karted around with her parents in the US!

I was vaccinated as a child but I got the chicken pox at 20 years old. I wasn’t miserable nor did I feel sick. I looked terrible and the doc kicked me out of his office and said I shouldn’t be there for pox. There was nothing they could do for me and to go home so I didn’t infect anyone. That should be common sense to keep the kid home-ish. But I’m less concerned about the pox than I am about how you pronounce the kid’s name. How do you say it?

i thought that once the pox started you were only contagious if you touched the sores?

Okay, first of all, there were at least two different sets of pictures of Princess posted within the last week, and she did not look miserable AT ALL in either of them. She DID appear to have some spots in one set, but, to me at least, she appeared to still be in the very early stages of the diease (and thus may not have been exhibiting many, if any, symptoms yet).

Also, they may not have exposed ANYBODY except their own staff to Chicken Pox. They may very well have a private jet, like many celebs do. Yes, they were seen at an airport, but many celebs land their private jets at regular airports (for example, Brad and Angie have been seen both boarding and get off of their private jet at various airports).

Given the fact that Harvey has special needs (and thus it’s probably not that easy to take him on a regular plane), I’m guessing they probably do have a private jet (I’m also guessing that Harvey and Junior were also with them, but just not photographed, as they usually take all three kids with them on their trips to the U.S.).

All of that said, I also want to point out that, if they HAD left Princess at home, they’d probably be called bad parents for that, too (at least until people found out that she had Chicken Pox). I mean, look at all the negative comments Brad and Angie get when they’re out without Shiloh!

luv–I was looking again at the pics of Princess at TMZ and it appears she’s at the tail-end of the infection. She’s got marks where pox were but have since faded.
Regardless, I’m not arguing either. For me, this isn’t that great of a concern (getting chicken pox twice). My bigger concern is the growing trend of children who don’t receive immunizations and the ramifications of that (a topic only marginally related to this one) LOL

finn–Read the second paragraph at this site. This is written by a doctor, mind…
http://dermatology.about.com/cs/pregnancy/a/chickenpreg.htm
This is also good…
http://www.americanpregnancy.org/pregnancycomplications/chickenpox.html
It seems your doctor was being overly cautious as they’re supposed to be, lest you fall into the tiny percentage that’s a fluke and then you sue them for malpractice. LOL There are exceptions to every rule. I even know of some people who appear to be immune to pox naturally, despite having kids and other family members come down with them.
As for Katie and Peter, from what is says, it sounded like they hoped Princess would get it after Junior, but there was no indication that she had until they were already on vacation.

Stef, I am afraid that you are wrong that a pregnant woman who has had the chicken pox previously cannot have her baby harmed. I had the chicken pox when I was five and when it came time for my third child to have his vaccine, my doc wouldn’t give it to him because I was pregnant. Because it is a live vaccine and because you CAN get it twice, she said that the risk to the unborn baby was far grater than my third child getting it.

I still stand by my original post. Junior had the chicken pox and since Peter said they hoped Princess would get it too, it is a fair guess that they purposely exposed her to him. Which I would probably would have done if my kids hadn’t had their shots. Even just being in the same house could have exposed her. Knowing that a child has been very recently exposed to a very contagious and potentially dangerous disease (to those at high risk) I still feel that it was un-wise to take her on this trip when they obviously have nannies and/or relatives who can watch their kids.

Stef I think you’ll find its a myth you cant get them twice? Ive just done a quick google and have come up with 9 cases where people were getting them multiple times (whether their first or second case was mild, they definately got them diagnosed via swab analysis and confirmed they were chicken pox). The people on one specific site- which I can provide- mentioned doctors were saying multiple cases of chicken pox were becoming more common than people think…

Im not meaning to sound argumentative (well its friendly discussion really!) but my original point is still the same- why take the risk when you can avoid it all together? Her little child should be getting lukewarm baths, relaxing with lotion on to stop the itching. I just find walking around a shopping centre and going out to dinner, with a child full of spots, completely unnecessary.