To ask WTF happened to DH and I yesterday? V weird

[Napqueen1234]

We have a 7 month old and 3 year old I’m on mat leave and DH is WFH (at dining table as nowhere else) in an intense city type job 9-6. He has an hour lunch and helps when shit hits the fan but he is BUSY all day with zoom meetings and call etc. As soon as work is done he’s a great dad and does his fair share. We have a cleaner every 2 weeks and I’m happy to do most house bits (eg washing) as 3 year old is in nursery 3 days a week so I have time. So all in all- good relationship, fair balance on things.

Obviously for everyone with covid it’s been intense and especially with young kids. Our house isn’t huge and we have a v small paved garden so have missed parks/swimming/kids groups/soft play but are getting on with it of course. Haven’t really seen family as his mum is high risk so a couple of afternoon in garden catch ups and my parents live 300 miles away so have just been on FaceTime. Usually we stay with my parents every month or so and see his mum regularly and she babysits, we have friends close by who we reciprocally babysit etc so we get time and the odd weekend alone.

Yesterday was weird. We both woke up and were exhausted. Like hit over the head with a frying pan could barely keep eyes open exhausted. Often one of us has a hard day after a hard night of wake ups with baby or cumulative of work etc and the other one takes the lead but we were both just shattered. Could barely function to make breakfast, neither could remember when baby was fed last. We went for a walk and were both like the walking dead just in a daze. I also did a food shop and forgot loads of stuff (I had a list!?!?) and just felt like I was walking through treacle. Got back and both kids napping and DH conked out on sofa. All day we were just so so so tired.

Anyway kids down had dinner early night at 9 and today we both woke feeling ok despite me dealing with 2 night wakings and DH Up at 6 with baby. We were both saying how weird and wtf was going on yesterday. I was starting to think we had a carbon monoxide leak or something really bad as we just couldn’t function. I’m quite scared in case it happens tbh.

[Frazzled2207]

You def need to rule out carbon monoxide.
Other then that it could be just a random virus or just pure exhaustion. Dealing with covid and kids -especially a baby- is definitely exhausting.
Seems unlikely to be covid but if I was you I’d try and get a test.

[Witchend]

I would have thought unlikely to be a CO leak if you're now feeling better.

It's possible that there's an intermittent fault, so not totally ruling it out though.

I'd suspect virus. I had one day about a year ago when I went to get money out and had a complete blank on my pin number. Never had this before, not even an inkling of an idea. Was worried I was losing my memory!
Then the next day dh was cycling home from work, as he does every day, and he said he suddenly realised he was cycling totally the wrong way.

Both of us felt a little ill, and we concluded we'd just had a virus that caused confusion.

[Thisdressneedspockets]

Stress getting on top of you? It can have some funny effects and sometimes the body needs to shut down and reset..
I had a fair few days like they early on.

[nothingcanhurtmewithmyeyesshut]

D'you know my cousin and I were saying last night that we had similar. Couldn't remember what day it was and had to check phone multiple times to remind ourselves and then couldn't work out what day tomorrow was. Kept saying March when we meant May. Accidentally fed the dogs twice because I forgot I'd done it. (They weren't complaining)

Just complete brain fog. We dont live together either so can't have passed any bug between

[Ilovemypantry]

@RunningAwaywiththeCircus

I’m afraid I have to disagree with you about getting tested for Covid-19.
Anyone who has any possible symptoms ( unusual tiredness/exhaustion is a symptom) has a duty to get tested to avoid passing it to others. There are plenty of tests available now so it’s not a case of using limited resources.
If OP, her husband and child did have the virus (and until tested they won’t know for sure), think of the number of people they could have infected...at the shops, at nursery etc.
The temporary inconvenience of having a nasal swab taken is nothing compared to getting the virus.