To want help when ill- covid

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Tested positive for covid yesterday.

DP gone to work as normal, leaving me with 4 school runs to do and 3 DC to look after from 12-6pm today.

Feel awful.
He had covid last year and was useless for a week, I did everything.

But now I'm expected to carry on? I'm exhausted, on the verge of tears and just want to sleep

Idk what the AIBU even is

YABU get on with it

YANBU you need help

You need to speak to him about how unwell you are feeling and ask him to take leave to help out. It is hard when you are the parent at home to get rest time when unwell, when you are the working parent you just take time off work sick, but that isn't so easy when you have caring responsibilities at home and he needs to understand that.

Did you tell him you needed help... as in "I need some help, can you stay home", or arrange to have some time at home at least.

My DH is very literal, if I tell him I need help, he will go to the ends of the earth and back again to provide exactly what I need (no more or less). If I don't, then he will assume I can get on with things as normal.

Ok n the face of it unreasonable

but depends on his job and the consequences of not coming in last minute

Ring him & tell him you feel as rough as he was last year. You need him to book the rest of the week off so you can get through this. He needs to step up like you did for him.
Hope you feel better soon.

I’ve also got it atm and I’m good for nothing. The best thing to do is rest so your DP is being out of order in not helping at all.
i don’t need looking after in that I’m ok to take food and I’m up and about so DH is going about his day at work, but I wouldn’t be well enough to do school run if applicable or look after young kids very effectively (I’d be plonking them in front of the TV!).
i think you need to spell it out to him that it’s knocked you out. DH can see I’m not my usual self - he’s done all the dinners and did a load of washing last night after a full day at work.
Can he do the morning school run/prepare food for the day etc even if he still has to go to work