Covid positive but the rest of my family aren’t

[Crabby12345]

Needing a handhold I think.
I tested positive for covid at the weekend and the rest of my household are negative. Husband and mil (lives alone and has been looking after the kids whilst in my company, lives alone so has decided to come and stay at ours to help my husband with the kids).
I’ve shut myself up in my room using only my en suite and anyone would think all this time to myself without the kids would be amazing but it’s making me quite down. Im scared of passing it to them so im not coming out of the room and my husbands bringing me anything I need but im feeling so sad im missing out on seeing them. I just sit upstairs feeling teary in my room most of the time as I can hear them all having fun downstairs and im up in my room on my own. I still have 6 more days to go and honestly I feel like crying at the thought of it. I have only mild symptoms (but of a headache and a head cold) so I’m too scared to leave the room in case I infect anyone 😢

Oh dear. Sorry to hear this, OP. How old are the DC? Can you WhatsApp them?

They’re 2 and 5. I haven’t done that yet but I can suggest to my husband to do it. They stand in the doorway to say goodnight but it makes me feel so sad that I can’t go and give them a hug. Feel like such a Lepus stuck up in my room.

I had Covid at the back end of last year. Dh still slept in the same bed as me, I continued to let my dc hug me as usual. Not one of them caught it from me!

I think I’m just so scared of infecting everyone. I keep thinking as they haven’t been jabbed obviously I don’t want them to get it.

That's very young, poor you. It must be awful for you to be separated from them for so long.

Husband tested positive as did 2 of our children we isolated inside house. Nothing else really changed except dh slept in lounge. 3 dc have asd.

The option of separating the twins was never going to work they have their own rooms but like to spend most of time at home in each others company or st least in the same room,whoever wakes up.first immediately goes to his brothers room and glops on the bed for a chat :)

I accepted that keeping everyone divided just wasn't going to happen and we just continued as normal at home. Me and ds did every other day tests and they were all negative. We never caught it.

Ds and dd had a very mild coldish symptoms for a couple of days then nothing. Dh lost taste and smell and feel "off" for a week (we are double vaccinated)

I tested positive in January and DH and toddler DD never caught it from me. We carried on as normal inside the house.

For those that carried on as normal, did you wear a mask around the house? Did you have symptoms?

I tested positive and DP and toddler DS didn’t. We did take some precautions around the house, didn’t share a bedroom with DP, we used separate bathrooms and tried to distance around each other. With DS I carried on as usual, I didn’t want to infect either of them but neither would DS (or I!) have coped with being separated for 10 days.

I had symptoms: sore throat, head cold, ear ache, some nausea and a bit of a cough. DP done lateral flow tests each day just to make sure.

I hope you feel better soon and recover quickly.

I'm a single parent of an 8 year old, I carried on as normal. Didn't even attempt to distance. Absolutely did not wear a mask in my own home. DS did catch it but he has been fine, had a temperature and a bit of a runny nose. It's really not common for kids to suffer badly with it.

Both my DS and I have it at the moment. He got it first and although we have tried to distance ourselves, I still got it.

He is 16 and has very mild symptoms. I am double jabbed and feel like I have something worse than a cold, but not quite as bad as flu.

We are all going to end up with it at some point, no matter how careful we are.

My teen DD tested positive and the rest of the household remained negative, thankfully. Like most teens, my DD tends to stay in her room most of the day, but we never stopped her from eating her meals with us/coming and sitting with us. We encouraged her to come and spend time with us, as we felt her mental health needs were far more important than the risk of us getting covid. We had windows open all day/night, and I would wipe any taps she touched. She had her own toilet to use. We were mindful to socially distance initially, but didn’t worry too much.

Look after your mental health too, OP. If you are particularly worried, pop on a mask when you spend time with your family, and anti bac anything you touch.

Similar scenario here OP. DH is negative, DS and I are positive. DH is keeping away from us but not isolating. I wear a mask moving around the house in areas DH needs to go in like the kitchen.

I was relieved that DS was positive in a way as I couldn’t have kept apart from him for 10 days. I miss DH but at least we can talk properly on FaceTime, DS is 4 and too young to understand.

If you tested positive at the weekend you must be quite a few days in, not too long to go.

Ah OP that’s hard.

FaceTime them - they don’t even need to sit and chat - you can just watch them play, eat dinner etc.

It will be over soon. Can you order some stuff in Amazon or something to cheer you up? Even some books or something?

You’re doing great @Crabby12345 just a few more days! Stay in your room and FaceTime the family, worth it to stop the spread and next week will all be over!

You’re doing the right thing and the same thing I would do.
You need to keep yourself active. Is there anyway you can go outside without being in contact with anyone? Just the back garden?

Also, download a good box set and binge it. Maybe do a wee bit painting ? Painting by numbers is good. Colouring in?

I coped by having my own tea and coffee facilities and having a routine. So up and dressed by a certain time - no going back to bed, pacing a few thousand steps a day, meals at regular times. Visitors to the window were great. I had a camping chair and table so I could sit and read or watch something on my laptop. I had video calls with friends and colleagues and spread these out as much as possible. One of the best things i did was a crossword over facetime with my parents. Just took our time and lots of it was silent but I had company. I also cleaned the bedroom to within an inch of its life!