I think so long as you've spoken with your doc and he's said you're okay to go that's fine, perhaps you will need a letter from him tho' confirming your child is okay to fly.

You can't always guarantee that your other children will get it and the incubation period is usually 2-3 weeks so you may not have a problem on holiday or indeed at all. With Chickenpox you just never know and if the child with Chickenpox is safe to fly then it wouldn't be feasible cancelling on the possibility of the others getting it too.

Just be prepared that if they do come down with it the latter stages of the holiday you may not be allowed to fly home on time - it's a risk only you can decide to take at the end of the day!

My 'irresponsible' remark wasn't directed at you - it was directed at the person who suggested face paints to get kids on a flight! I was absolutely amazed at that one - knowingly putting others in danger I can't get my head around at all.

I've 3 children who have all had Chickenpox recently and we used EURAX to stop the itching and it worked fantastically.

I think the face painting remark was only a joke!
Also, how do they check for chickenpox at the airport? If you haven't any spots on the face they'd never know! You could always say you were muslim and only show the eyes! (joke)

Well good news the doctor has just phoned and she is going to write me a letter to say that my daughter is ok to fly, and although we as passengers were worried about all the other passengers all the travel agents have asked me for is a letter to say that my daughter is fit to fly never mind about whether she is contagious or not , my doctor was shocked by this because it is her with the chicken pox and other people that it can make ill but if that is all they want then that is what they shall get. Now i just keep everything crossed so that the other 2 children don't get it, i have terrible luck with holidays though and knowing the luck i will have we will get stuck over there FOREVER he he he sounds good to me if the kids weren't ill . Thanks again to everyone who has given me advice on this and if there are any posts that i can help with i will do my best.

Best of luck sweetiecurly, have a fabulous honeymoon, keeping everything crossed for you that the others don't get it (and if they do they may sail through it and not be ill)!
Shorty

Good luck and keep us updated!

hi me and my family are supposed to be flying to america on the 14 june 2012 my daughter has just been to the docs and has got chickenpox we have been told by our gp that we cannot fly untill all her spots have come out and have scabbed over this could take 5 to 10 days so it looks like we will have to claim on our travel insurance and book for a later date hope this helps

I'm probably too late to help redhotbarrell but with Chicken pox, the child is no longer contagious once they've gone 5 days with no new spots appearing or once all the spots have scabbed over/dried up. The 5 days with no new spots and spots scabbing over/drying usually coincide. So if child gets first spots 10 days or more before a holiday, I wouldn't cancel and claim straight away. The scary thing with Chicken Pox is that incubation period can anything from 10-21 days, so if child comes into contact with someone who has Chicken Pox, they could be contagious on both outward and return flights if their incubation period is nearer 21 days.