Wwyd?... Self Isolation and children?

[OgwdihwO]

I have to now self isolate due to being in contact with someone in work who gas tested positive.

My primary aged kids are in school. 11yr old will be making his own way home (2 mins walk in a quiet village). But my 7yr old will need collecting!!

I think I’m going to have to keep her off for the next 14 days! We’ll kill each other 🙈

Can your 11 year old collect your 7 year old?
Can someone else drop 7 year old off to you?

Is there anybody who could bring them to you while you wait in the car outside school - another parent maybe?

Not sure that this is quite within the rules but it seems a shame to keep your 7 year old off unnecessarily.

Could I sit in the car do you think?

She has a childminder lined up as I’m normally in work, as is DH.

I need to speak to childminder as I’m not sure they’d be happy taking dd if I’n isolating

If there is no one else to bring your 7 year old home, I would let the 11 year old bring her if it's only a two minute walk.

No, you can’t sit in the car.

Your DH picks them up

Or is their job so terribly important that they couldn't possibly do pick up so it's easier to have the poor kids to at home for 2 weeks?

Your DH will have to talk to work about having to do pick ups and drop offs for this time, if he can't then ask the CM if she could drop your DD home. You can't leave the house - if you go in the car and get in a crash, you'd have to talk to people etc, low risk I appreciate however that is the rules.

All sorted now. Thanks. Dh works on an oil rig, so will struggle to do the pick ups from Norway, thanks for turning him in to an arsehole though 🙄

Thanks for the helpful comments too. Childminder will pick up and drop off at my house. I was worried that she wouldn’t want to work with my dc if I was isolating, but she’s happy 😀

@TotoroPotoro

See, that’s why it isn’t good to be so judgmental And bitchy

I am not in the UK but here if one member of household has contact with positive case the whole household isolates . Surely you could pass to the kids who then could be shedding in school before they have symptoms ?

@habibihabibi

That would make sense, but it’s not the case here.

If my sons bubble burst he has to isolate for 2 weeks, but we can keep working and our other kids can keep going to school/nursery, unless our son who’s bubble bursts then gets symptoms we all have to isolate.

It’s so daft!!

You are suppose to be isolating away from your children . So if possible separate bathroom, you stay in bedroom, do not share any towels , utensils etc .
How will you cook for the children and care for them? I think they do need to isolate too if you can’t do that.

How soon after you have been exposed can you test ?
Recently a number parents on our housing compound were positive ( they work together) and the children their own children play with, isolated with their families and tested a week later.
School is still remote here so people tend to socialize in bubbles and all sports activities etc are socially distanced. Of course you are only as good as your last test.

@Florencemattell

You are suppose to be isolating away from your children . So if possible separate bathroom, you stay in bedroom, do not share any towels , utensils etc . How will you cook for the children and care for them? I think they do need to isolate too if you can’t do that.

No I’m not. I don’t have symptoms. I’m isolating due to being in contact with someone who tested positive

publichealthmatters.blog.gov.uk/2020/09/28/coronavirus-covid-19-self-isolating-protects-your-friends-family-and-community/ From Gov site that says you must isolate if you have been in contact with someone who tests positive:

When you are self-isolating, you should avoid contact with others in your household wherever possible. If you share facilities like toilets and bathrooms, regular cleaning will be required. You should stay in a well-ventilated room with a window that can be opened, separate from other people in your home. In the guidance, there are specific recommendations in the case that a separate bathroom is not available, if you live in shared accommodation, and if you share a kitchen with others, and these should be followed closely.

You husband needs to take over all care of the children and take them to school.
[roll eyes]

Op is correct. If you are self isolating as a contact (not as a result of having symptoms) you do not need to stay away from other family members in your house.

• You husband needs to take over all care of the children and take them to school. [roll eyes]* As the OP has already said he works on an oil rig in Norway.

Op might be a single parent, ( I know he is Norway) but why are people making such assumption's? Isn't it 2020?

@YellowPostItPad

* You husband needs to take over all care of the children and take them to school. [roll eyes]* As the OP has already said he works on an oil rig in Norway.

Missed bit about husband in North Sea. Op needs to keep the children off school. Isolating means staying away from other people. Caring for the children, preparing meals etc is not isolating. Please provide a link to government advice contradicting this.