Have you let grandparents hug your children?

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Just that really.
Trying to balance our risk and not sure what to do
Everyone around us seems to have more active social lives than they did before coronavirus.

No, not yet.

Nope I am in the high risk group and so is one of my parents, As are the parents in law. wasn’t worth the risk to either party as our baby is still young and spent time in the nicu so everyone would Potentially be at risk really in my opinion. We are going to follow the guidelines as best we can for as long as we can for peace of mind!

Yes, my parents are in their 60s but are willing to take their chances to see grandkids. We are all being careful and no one is in a shielding group.

I'm more worried about my parents than my children catching it

No. We're in England so social distancing still applies to children. Can't have a support bubble with my parents as they've together and we aren't a single parent family. MIL does live alone, but she lives at the other end of the country and is bubbled with SIL and her family who live a lot closer. We will be seeing them (not staying with) in a few weeks but we will social distance.

Yes. Also went on holiday with them sharing a home. They're happy with the risk as are we.

Yes but we’re in a ‘bubble’ with my mother. My father died in February. Having the children around to hug and fuss over has been a mental life-line for my mum even if she is very vulnerable to Covid. For me there’s a fine line to tread between living life to its fullest and not ending it prematurely due to wreck-less actions. I won’t lie that sometimes I lie awake at night worrying that we might accidentally pass the virus to my mum. We’re all pretty careful though. My children (age 7 and 10) have so far had very limited contact with the outside world. DD Is going to holiday club in a couple of weeks and then they’ll be back at school in September. I don’t really want them to see DM after that but I think she will have other ideas! My in-laws are much lower risk but won’t see my children yet I’ve seen a photo of my MIL bouncing on a trampoline with her other granddaughter. Always preferential treatment there. The sad truth is that I doubt we’ll see them again unless there’s a vaccine.

Yes

@Jarofflies

Yes, my parents are in their 60s but are willing to take their chances to see grandkids. We are all being careful and no one is in a shielding group.

I'm more worried about my parents than my children catching it

Me too we have bubble up with my parents not sure if allowed but they did not hug my kids in 4 months my parents are being careful but the mental health was getting to them not seeing my boys so they are willing to take the risk as my dad said "6-12 months out of my life at my age is too long and I am not being kept away from my family " he is 74

Yes

I’ve been taking the ‘Scottish Rules’ as our rules to live by for the DC, so they’ve not been distancing from friends they’ve seen (outdoors) or their cousins (indoors, one household at different times). They’ve hugged 1x GP because mental health all-round dictated it would be cruel not to. Another GP is non-huggy anyway, so we’ve seen them a fair bit but maintaining physical distance not an issue. And 1x GP is immune-suppressed and hasn’t seen any of their GC except 1 brief garden visit. It’s heartbreaking if we think about it too hard because it may mean not seeing them at all in person for longer than there is left - it’s just awful.

So as we run the gamut of the various risk factors and situations and relationships, the official rules seem completely pointless. Make decent, considered risk-sensitive decisions that don’t put other people at harm. That’s what we all need to do, not fret about whether it’s The Rules.

Yes. DC are 10 and 7. Grandmother is 70 and very keen to see them. We are being quite careful about how and where we see people but have been clear to her about what we are/are not doing. Her choice.
TBH we lost patience when we discovered she'd been having daily trips out to her local shops when we were doing "all" her shopping and busting a gut to avoid all contact with other folk lest we put her at risk.

Yes.

Yes. We're in Scotland. Home working. Food deliveries etc. We followed grandparents lead