Would you let grandparents look after baby one day after isolation ending?

[Alldayeveryday200]

I have tested positive for covid and my isolation period ends next Wednesday. I am due back to work the next day on Thursday (one day a week). Grandparents look after her. Would you let grandparents look after the baby? Just worried that she could pass something on to them even though she would have isolated. (Baby hasn't had any symptoms yet but will obviously isolate with us regardless).

Is your isolation period 10 days? Because if it is then the baby's would be 14 days wouldn't it?

I thought that isolation period was 14 days if you have been exposed but not tested positive (10 days if you tested positive). So in theory, she would still need to isolate 3 days more?

At any rate, me personally, no I wouldn't. I'd carve out a few extra days at home between the two of us to make sure we were absolutely certain there was no risk.

Sorry yes my husband has symptoms and tested positive a few days before me so that her 14 day isolation started with him, not me

@Alldayeveryday200 I may be wrong here but I thought your baby's isolation period would re-start when you tested positive?

Apologies if I'm wrong

@Snackasaurus I did wonder if that too but apparently not according to the track and trace!

@Alldayeveryday200 Only reason I thought that was because when I had to isolate due to a case in my bubble, we were all told that if anybody else developed symptoms, it would affect the return date?

Unless they've changed the rules? Again?

@Snackasaurus from what I now read, if anyone else developed symptoms within your isolation period that's ok and you can still end it as normal. If they develop symptoms outside your isolation period then you would have to start again. Bit tricky here as the baby can't tell us if she can't taste but will just look out for other symptoms!

I'd take Thursday as holiday explaining reasons to employer.. Hopefully they'd understand and also won't want grandparents to get as messes up you coming into work again.

@happytoday73 unfortunatley as a teacher I can't take holiday

*unfortunately!

@Alldayeveryday200

Sorry yes my husband has symptoms and tested positive a few days before me so that her 14 day isolation started with him, not me

If subsequent members of the household test positive then everyone (including the primary case - your husband) need to count 14 days from the date of the last positive case.

If your symptoms started after your husbands then your baby’s 14 day counter resets to start then

We had COVID in August and the above is the advice given to me by Public Health England and also to my school. Track and Trace say different things every time you speak to them and tbh don’t know much!

@KittyMcKitty that's not what we were told on the phone earlier...they said if the new cases are all within the initial isolation period then the 14 days isolation would go from the first persons symptom date...do you have a source for your info? Thanks

Not a chance I would risk it

[quote Alldayeveryday200]@KittyMcKitty that's not what we were told on the phone earlier...they said if the new cases are all within the initial isolation period then the 14 days isolation would go from the first persons symptom date...do you have a source for your info? Thanks[/quote]
Yes as I said it was Public Health England.

Track and Trace told me entirely different things but to be honest they don’t know their arse from tgeir elbow! My school has also been given this advice by PHE (so I imagine yours will have the same) - everyone resets to 14 days from the date of subsequent cases.

Track and trace also don’t link cases so your case will not have been linked to other family members- it’s a shambles and whilst there are some good case handlers the majority are rubbish!

I’m sure this is standard (I have the NHs Scotland screenshot from sending it to someone before)

There’s no way your DD should be with anyone until 14 days after the last person (you know this case) developed symptoms or tested positive

Could your husband stay home with the baby instead, of you can't?

@KittyMcKitty ok thanks for that I'll check with school then. Pretty bad if they have told us the complete opposite of what you've been told!
@Thespottytortoise he is also a teacher

Based on everyone that I know days 8-13 are the worse with Cv19 even though you can go out after day 10. Assume that you will be off sick as you will be ill. My DC (adult) had covid like a mild cold until day 15 then when they were dizzy.

I understand the logic and will probably just stay at home then but I have just rung 111 to check and they also said NHS advice is that the baby would only need to isolate for the 14 days from my husband's symptoms starting not mine.

They're wrong. It's ridiculous how many times this is happening.

If you think about it - if your DD was in contact with two totally random people then she'd obviously have to extend her isolation. The fact that you and her Dad live in the house makes it more important that she isolates not less.

I've flagged this up to my MP twice as the inconsistent advice is causing people to cut isolation shorter than it would have been.

My DH was given the same wrong information as well. He was in the company of a person who tested positive on a Monday. He didn't find out until Friday night. So he was told to isolate for 14 days from the Monday.

However, his colleague, who he'd been in contact with on the Friday tested positive over the weekend. Obviously he then had to isolate for 14 days from the Friday. Not according to two of the three people he spoke too. Even though it was absolutely obvious that he could have picked it up from the second person. Your DD is even more likely to pick it up from her second contact than DH was from a colleague.