To not get my baby tested for covid?

[cactusdog]

I feel maybe I am being unreasonable?

Circs are; baby is 10 months old. He's had a fever for two days, gone today. He has also been teething. He was up in the night, sad, clingy etc and I think he maybe had a sore throat, off his food.

Today his temp is gone and he seems to be getting back to himself.

DD is in nursery and due to go tomorrow. I didn't even think until earlier. Should we get baby tested?

No one else has any symptoms so I assumed it was just one of those fevers babies get.
However DH and I have had a massive argument as he wanted to get him tested ASAP and I didn't think it was necessary. He says it's the right thing to do and Dd shouldn't go to nursery until it's done. I am exhausted form being up with baby and got emotional at the idea of him going through the test, crying in the car (I know, I know he'd be fine) when he's just feeling better.
Would you have got the test? We have now had a massive row and I feel like a shot person and mother like everything I do is always wrong

He needs a test. You all need to isolate until the results come back.

It's totally normal for a 10 month baby to get a temp & be off food when they're teething, after all they're in pain!!

No, I wouldnt be testing.

"It's like people think every other illness in the world has disappeared and everything is covid no matter how unlikely it actually is."

Actually I don't think most people think this, most people think 'it's probably not CV-19 but I'm going to get a test to make sure as I don't want to put others at risk.'

Your attitude is incredibly selfish, thank goodness your husband has some common sense!

If you don't want to administer the test get your husband to take the baby but you definitely need to get her tested!!!

I would rather isolate the whole household for ten days than put a baby through the test. I did it with dd 18 months in October due to nursery wanting a negative test, even though I knew it was teeth.
It was horrible. Had to pin her down whilst she screamed her head off.

@SpnBaby1967

It's totally normal for a 10 month baby to get a temp & be off food when they're teething, after all they're in pain!!

No, I wouldnt be testing.

Where did you get your medical degree from? I'm assuming you work in the field so can be confident diagnosing at home

You either test and wait for results or your whole family isolates. Honestly, I see so many people who know it’s not covid because they don’t go anywhere except that’s exactly what it is!

If you're not going to test your baby, then you need to assume that they are positive, and all isolate for as long as you would have done if it was positive. Bugs spread like crazy through nurseries. You'd never forgive yourself if another baby who caught it from yours became seriously ill.

YABVU

Yes you should get DS tested. And the whole household needs to isolate until you get the result, or 14 days if its positive.

If you’re not prepared to test him then your whole household needs to isolate for 14 days.

How is this still a question after almost a year?? We’re doomed.

I got my 12 month old tested yesterday. It went a lot better than I thought it would, even with the screaming. The result came back at 4am this morning. Easy.

Just take the bloody test. Get your husband to do the swab.

Yabu. Your dh is absolutely correct here. It doesn't matter what symptoms they have or how quickly they go, if they show the symptoms you need to get them tested.

You don't have to get him tested, it's not compulsory, but if you don't, you should all be self-isolating at home for 10 days minimum and no your daughter should not be going to nursery, none of you should be leaving the house during the self-isolation period.

I've had my 3 yo tested twice (fevers) both times negative, but my eldest stayed away from school and we self-isolated, only leaving the house to drive to the testing centre, until we had a negative result. It wasn't pleasant testing her but it was quick and infinitely more pleasant than trying to work while keeping them off nursery and school for the isolation period!

I tested my 9 m old a few weeks ago for exactly the same reason. I knew he was teething and we hadn’t been in close contact with anyone for months but he had a ranging fever for 48 hrs.

It’s not particularly nice testing a baby hut I found it easier than testing a preschooler as the baby was easier to keep still.

Also to add my niece tested positive being the only member in her household with symptoms. The others tested negative. So him being the only one with symptoms doesn't mean it isn't covid.

Why are people saying to isolate for 14 days, it's 10 days now it changed quite a few weeks ago.

Ok ok I get it! I've booked for a test tomorrow.

I feel like the whole world has lost its mind!
No one else has any symptoms, the baby no longer has a temp and the baby is not the one going to nursery.

Thank you to the supportive comments.

Just get him tested. It's not far to put the nursery staff at risk.

We had to test my DD when she was around that age, honestly she made a slightly fuss while we did it and then forgot about it within seconds of it being done.

The gov website covers this, saying that fever is not an official NHS recognized symptom of teething even though every mother on earth knows different.

I was dreading testing DS at 8 months but they only made me do the nasal swab and I brought a snack which quickly distracted him afterwards.

I wouldn't have got a test when it is clearly teething.

I agree OP, every other illness seems to have vanished...

@cactusdog

Ok ok I get it! I've booked for a test tomorrow.

I feel like the whole world has lost its mind!
No one else has any symptoms, the baby no longer has a temp and the baby is not the one going to nursery.

Thank you to the supportive comments.

You are aware many with covid are asymptomatic...

Yes you have to get him tested and not put DD into nursery until it comes back.

I would have sworn DH didnt have COVID and it was a mild cold. Right up until he was positive

See though if you can get a test posted - when we did it came the next day - much easier to do at home than in a car and then sent back and got the results the next day

@Lazypuppy

I wouldn't have got a test when it is clearly teething.

I agree OP, every other illness seems to have vanished...

Teething does not cause fevers. I was told this by daughters paediatric consultant. It can raise a temperature, but not that significantly. If there is a fever there is some other thing going on in a child's body.