Are you isolating within your home?

[KissofDeathCovidBreath]

If you have symptoms or a positive test, are you isolating from others in your home?

I have symptoms awaiting test results so am pretty much holed up in my bed room using a mask and sanitizer if I need to leave, separate toilet etc etc

I was discussing it with my friend and she said she wouldn't bother since you can catch it off surfaces and stuff so whilst her and her son would isolate from the outside world, they wouldn't isolate from each other as it's so contagious it's pointless.

Am I massively overthinking this? Is everyone else just going one down, all down?

It’s one down all down in this house but I know others will disagree.

I haven't had the virus but I'm a single parent of a 7 year old so either of us isolating wouldn't be an option.

Maybe I am totally over thinking it and that's what normal families are doing.

We only have one bathroom.

So I do wonder what we'd do if one of us had symptoms.

I am isolating after being a close contact to someone who has tested positive, but as a single parent staying away from my children is not possible.

We have 5 children. If we were all I’ll at once it would be a nightmare, so when one of us has to isolate we stay in our rooms and use a specific bathroom. Our kids are teens and perfectly happy to lie in bed watching Netflix for two weeks while getting food delivered to their door on demand!!

Nope we didn’t but my kids are young so not possible.

It hasn't happened to us yet. However if it did I would do as you are doing and stay on my own in the bedroom with the door shut. DH would sleep on a sofabed in another room. However I would not wear a mask and would open the window wide instead.

This would stop the rest of the family being exposed to a high viral load which could make their symptoms more severe if they were to get it.
If there is another adult in the house who is not yet infected I would let them do all the cooking etc to minimise the spread through surfaces.

Also when we got my 2 year old a test we were 99% sure he was teething.

Have just reread your post and see that you are using the mask when you need to leave the bedroom and that makes sense.

I am a single parent too, although I have two young teens who are helping out a lot with my 8 year old so I see that makes it much easier. I have the window open in the bedroom.

It's hard on the younger one having to stay away and entertain himself a lot but we are just doing what we can.

He keeps sitting on the landing to chat with me.

If I had symptoms I wouldn’t separate from the rest of the house no.

Husband is positive, we had marital relations several times while he was incubating so isolating from him in our tiny house is pointless 😂 we only have one bathroom, no spare rooms and he has commandeered the kitchen to work, so again what's the point. Neither me or the DC have any symptoms, and his are very very mild.

@KissofDeathCovidBreath I think as you are the only adult in the house I would not worry too much about staying away from your kids. Hopefully if they catch it they will only get a mild illness. Both DH and I are in slightly at risk categories so my main concern in our house would be both of us falling ill at once and the second person to catch it being exposed to a high viral load if we carried on sharing a room whilst symptomatic.

I’m isolating awaiting a test result and keeping as far away from the other 2 as possible, they’re adults. I’ve cleaned throughout and as I go and keeping windows open. DH cooked last night and at lunchtime and I’ll cook tonight, but trying to keep away from each other.

We would all isolate. I'd have to go in the spare room if either DH or I were positive. He doesn't manage change well!

We have more than one bathroom, so it wouldn't be that hard.

It won't be long till your results, and soon after that you'll be able to come out again.

My life is being controlled enough by govt, I'm not doing extra above & beyond stuff. I will try to live normally as much as I'm legally allowed. I'm not legally required to shut myself away from housemates and they would be legally required to be stuck at home anyway.

Ds needs a lot of 2-1 care so we couldn't and wouldn't attempt any individual isolating.

Not practical with a toddler, but if I was ill I would sleep separately from DH, hopefully just to try and stop us both being very ill at exactly the same time!

DD is 17 and is currently self-isolating from DH and me having been sent home from school due to close contact with a friend who tested positive. We are lucky that the layout of our house means this can be done fairly easily. DD's friend who tested positive lives in a small house with one bathroom. I understand she is staying in her bedroom to avoid contact with parents. I don't know exactly how strict they are being. Obviously, I appreciate that the ability to self-isolate depends on ages of children, size and layout of house etc.

I find it so interesting to see what everyone else is doing. My results just came through as positive unfortunately.

Will continue to take as many precautions as possible. DS 8 is struggling with being lonely now though.

Ten days after your symptoms start, you can come out. How far through are you?
Can you make a game of it with your 8 yr old? Maybe pretend you are a spy, and can only come out to sneak about when noone's looking. He could be a spy too, and you could leave clues for each other.

2 oldish health workers and a young adult here. Any or all would stay in bedroom and use one bathroom. I agree with a pp though that as the only adult in your house I wouldn't necessarily take huge precautions.

We wouldn’t isolate from each other. We have one bedroom and one bathroom so it’s impossible