My 9 mos old son has developed small red bumps on the front and back of his legs. To a lesser degree, he has the same small
red bumps below his lower lip. He appears to have bumps about to break through on his stomach and back too.
His bumps do not look like the chicken pox shown in online example photos (he has many more bumps, and his bumps do not look
the same). The bumps began showing up 24-36 hours ago. He has not been running a fever. He has been irritable and has not
been sleeping as well as normal. He also vomitted once today at daycare after taking milk...no repeats for the rest of the
day though. He seems to have less appetite.
Even though it's Christmas Eve, we are inclined to take him to the emergency room (since his bumps seem to be spreading,
and he's so irritable). At the same time, we don't want to overreact.
Finally, we have family (including young children and a pregnant woman) scheduled to visit tomorrow. So, we are concerned
that he may be contagious.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks!
