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DCs contact with their Dad when I'm 'social distancing'

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airforsharon · 16/03/2020 22:12

I'm in the group with underlying health problems that BJ is strongly advising to distance themselves from others & possibly - if I've understood correctly - consider self isolation soon.
My 3 dc live with me but see their Dad regularly - he pops in a couple of evenings a week to see them & they spend Saturday am til Sun am with him each weekend. We all usually have lunch together on a Sunday (we are still on good terms & the dcs enjoy it).
Has anyone in a similar situation any thoughts about how this will work over the next few months? I'm guessing it would be necessary for him to stop coming here, but will it still be ok for the dcs to go to his house at the weekends?

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TenThousandSpoons · 16/03/2020 22:37

Personally I would carry on with the current arrangements, as if you all lived together as a family you wouldn’t isolate from the DC’s father. If you or DCs have any symptoms they could stay with their dad so you could fully self-isolate.

Sparrowlegs248 · 16/03/2020 22:43

I have a similar arrangement, slightly less (No overnights, no Sunday lunch). We are current self isolating as me and dc1 are symptomatic. Otherwise, we'd carry on the usual arrangements.

airforsharon · 16/03/2020 23:19

Thanks both. We'll carry on as we are then, unless one of us becomes ill - he has said if a dc comes down with it they could stay with him to try and prevent me becoming ill, but he runs his own business so i don't want HIM to be ill :/ Guess we'll just have to cross our fingers and see how it pans out.

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