s/o herpes post...flameful.

amiamish

Jake gets those cold sores and I feel so bad because I know they hurt him, but at the same time-- I think they are so gross and embarrassing...

I feel bad that I'm embarrassed for him when he has them. The way people look at me and him when I answer what it is... :::sigh:::

xbrooklyngrl

poor baby, is he just prone to cold sores or did he get it from someone?

LeisureSuitLauren

I'm sorry you feel that way.  It's not like it's genital herpes, though.  Lots of people get cold sores.  I bet you're reading into what people are thinking.  I really wouldn't bat an eye if someone told me it was a coldsore, not that I would have asked in the first place (I'm sorry people are).  Like, I said, try not to feel embarrased.

amiamish

xbrooklyngrl:

poor baby, is he just prone to cold sores or did he get it from someone?

He gets them when he is teething or has a really high fever... He has 2 (almost gone) right now since he had the 103 fever for 4 days.

DH and I do not get them, but my Mom and MIL get them. The doc said every one has the virus, but not everyone get's the sores.

snickerdoodle27

DH gets them terribly. He got them so bad after our cruise, probably from all the sun and we went snorkeling but didn't have our own equipment. When I was a teenager I asked a supervisor about all the sores on his lips. He looked at me and said "I have herpes." I didn't know how to respond. But if you say to someone "I have cold sores," it's a lot different than if you say you have herpes!!

amiamish

I say "cold sore" or "fever blister" when they ask...but I still feel odd about it. I don't know why I care so much what some random person thinks, but I do. Maybe it's the mothering thing trying to protect jake??

xbrooklyngrl

of course its the mother bear thing. Next time tell them to mind their own business!

amanda&rob

Jake is really going through it right now!  How is his rash?  Did you go to the dr? 

pookie2005

It's just a cold sore!  It's not like it's the plague or anything.  It doesn't mean he's diseased or dirty or anything.

AnnapolisLari

pookie2005:

It's just a cold sore!  It's not like it's the plague or anything.  It doesn't mean he's diseased or dirty or anything.

I agree with this.

I get them, and DS got them from me. He was in an open-mouthed kissing stage and dove right at me.

Does that make me a horrible mother because I couldn't keep my son from kissing me? No, think not.

belle204

Soooooooooo many people have it or get them that there is absolutely no need to feel like embarassed for him. I know it's easier said than done. The bad stigma associated with hsv won't get better as long as people give rise to it. He's a kid, cold sores happen and that person giving him the side-eye might have it and not even know.

amiamish

amanda&rob:

Jake is really going through it right now!  How is his rash?  Did you go to the dr? 

Jake always catches something it seems. I was telling my mom how I'm so done with him being sick all the time-- he started off on the wrong foot by being born a month early and it's just been one thing after another since. LOL

I didn't take him to the doc, his rash looked 10x better this morning, and he wasn't complaining of it hurting. I'm 99% sure it's because of that diaper, since that's the only change we've had.