High COVID area & Sick toddler + Nursery

[faithfulbird]

I'm currently 20 weeks pregnant with a 3 year old toddler who has caught 2 colds back to back from her nursery. We're awaiting all our test results. However, if they come back negative am I out of my mind to not send her Nursery (till something changes/Possibly the New Year).We live in a high COVID area in the North where numbers are rising rapidly. I mean really badly. Just for her safety and ours and our newborn babies would it be wrong? I just keep looking at her nursery Twitter page and feel like she's missing out. I keep thinking everybody else's toddlers are going and no one is ill. But then again keeping her safe after she's been so poorly should be my priority. What would you do? Have heard of 3 people die from corona within a one mile radius where we live. I am also going batshit crazy with all this. The first lockdown was easy compared to this. We didn't have that many cases. This time it's really bad in our area.

I'm very pro school and nursery....I'm a teacher and I think kids should be in school whereever possible...but I always say on posts about pregnancy that if you're pregnant and worried then do what you think is right to keep your unborn baby safe. I don't care about covid risk - I'm vulnerable, I didn't shield and I worked throughout....but pregnancy is so important so you need to do what you feel is right.
My eldest didn't go to nursery and was at home with me until she was 3. For various reasons, some of which were to do with pregnancy. This was well before covid. She's fine, not going didn't do her any harm in the long run and she's now a happy well rounded 5 year old in school with lots of friends. If you want to keep your toddler at home for now they will be absolutely fine. Do what you think is best / right.

If I didn't need to send a child of pre-school age, I wouldn't.

I’m still sending Dd to nursery, however, I’m not pregnant so feel much safer.

I think you need to do what’s right for you. It’s hard enough being pregnant with a toddler, let alone in the midst of a pandemic!