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Tested positive, how do I look after the kids?

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moglovesmincepies · 21/12/2020 13:39

Tested positive yesterday. No idea where from I've been so careful Sad
Dh coughing a bit today (I don't have a cough).
Do we just cart on? Any special precautions needed aside from masks hand washing etc
I don't want them to get it at all. Dd is already devastated she can't see her dad at Christmas.
Can I cook Christmas dinner? Can they eat it if so? I'm wrapping presents today whilst I feel up to it so can isolate the presents for 3 days before Friday. Anything else I need to think about? This is bloody awful Sad
Disclaimer-I know I'm very lucky to have mild symptoms.

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Covidrelapse · 21/12/2020 14:31

You carry on as normal just washing your hands regularly, coughing and sneezing into tissues etc.

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moglovesmincepies · 21/12/2020 14:43

Thank you

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middleager · 21/12/2020 14:54

Make sure you have plenty of food in!
You may only get mild symptoms, so fingers crossed.

SandysMam · 21/12/2020 14:57

Open the windows to reduce the viral load in the air. Hope you feel better soon OP.

KitKatastrophe · 21/12/2020 15:03

Just carry on. You can't avoid cooking, getting near them, cuddling them,, touching everything in the house, for 2 weeks can you? Don't wear a mask in the house for goodness sake. And theres no point quarantining their presents if you're sat next to them when they open them.

You're not "very lucky" to have mild symptoms. Most people do. In all likelihood your kids will too, they might not even catch it and if they did will probably have mild or no symptoms. Don't panic too much.

Passmeabottlemrjones · 21/12/2020 15:07

Honestly, just carry on as normal. We got in March and everyone outside our household was shitting themselves that were all about to drop dead, but the 5 of us just got on with it. The chances are you will be fine, you might be a bit poorly for a couple of days (although that is standard for a lot of people at Xmas isn't it!) but hopefully you will be fine.

Sending good vibes for a quick recovery Flowers

Almostslimjim · 21/12/2020 15:11

@KitKatastrophe

Just carry on. You can't avoid cooking, getting near them, cuddling them,, touching everything in the house, for 2 weeks can you? Don't wear a mask in the house for goodness sake. And theres no point quarantining their presents if you're sat next to them when they open them.

You're not "very lucky" to have mild symptoms. Most people do. In all likelihood your kids will too, they might not even catch it and if they did will probably have mild or no symptoms. Don't panic too much.

I think people don't really understand what mild and moderate symptoms mean in medical terms. OP sounds like she has VERY mild symptoms if she is still considering cooking Christmas dinner.

She could be in bed, exhausted and achy, struggling to make it to the bathroom and still be considered mild. If she were struggling to breath but nor requiring supplementary oxygen then she would be moderate.

KitKatastrophe · 21/12/2020 15:14

1/3 people are asymptomatic, sounds pretty mild to me.

Mumofsend · 21/12/2020 15:17

There's two of you. Power on through and crack on. I'm a single parent. Theres little alternative really and at least with two of you you can take turns

Chocolate4me · 21/12/2020 15:22

If it were me, I'd be using a ton of hand gel, I would try and wear a mask as much as I could, ventilate, clean door handles and light switches, the fridge door etc. As often as I could without going insane, but carry on cooking and caring as normal. Then you know you have done everything you can do, whilst still looking after them well.
Hope it's mild for you all and you all bounce back quickly which it sounds like you will

rc22 · 21/12/2020 15:25

Make sure you take care of yourself. I had mild symptoms throughout but ended up knackered for about three weeks afterwards so don't push yourself too much. I know it's hard with children to look after especially at this time of year.

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moglovesmincepies · 21/12/2020 15:38

Thanks all. I do have mild symptoms but still enough to leave me weary if you get me. Dh feels perfectly fine so he is doing it all at the moment then hopefully I will feel better enough to do it later in the week. However if I don't dm is going to zoom Dh to tell him what to cook and when Grin as he is capable but will panic.
I'm trying to stay away from the kids as I don't want them to get it unless they gave it me but I want them to have some kind of normality especially seeing as family are now not dropping presents even at the end of the drive for them.

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thatwouldbeanecumenicalmatter · 21/12/2020 15:47

I don't know the stats on liklihood of catching it within the home but I know a lot of people who had 1 family member catch it and no one else - my family included.

Other than obvious handwashing, we had all windows open, not wide but then we already have a draughty old house. Cleaned the bathroom after the person with covid used it. Their toothbrush kept separate from others and a separate toothpaste. Separate hand towel (washed daily). Other than that it wasn't really possible to separate them from the rest of the house. No one else in the household got it.

Take care Flowers

MistletoeandGin · 21/12/2020 15:51

When I had it I just cracked on as normal... I caught it the week before the first lockdown so there wasn’t any alternative really as DH was working and no one else could help.
I carried on cooking and generally caring for my 3 young children as normal. Felt like shit but not bad enough for DH to take any time off work to help.
One of the DC had mild symptoms, the other 2 didn’t develop any symptoms.

MadeForThis · 21/12/2020 15:59

Dd age 2 and myself tested positive yesterday. Dd age 5 and DH no symptoms so far.

I've cleaned high contact points like door handles but it's impossible to keep everyone and everything separate.

DH sleeping in another room as I'm worried about the viral load overnight. Keeping windows open during the day.

I lost my sense of smell today and feel tired but other than that it's just like a head cold.

Hope it stays like this. Good luck x

Frazzled2207 · 21/12/2020 16:00

Bless you. Both you and dd are allowed to watch as much tv as you please. If you can't get a food delivery I'm sure helpful friends and family will drop stuff off.

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moglovesmincepies · 21/12/2020 16:01

Flowers for those who have had/have it
Thanks for the advice and the well wishes. It's sods law that me as the one on furlough, not really leaving the house caught it!

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Covidrelapse · 21/12/2020 19:20

My DH and neither of my children caught it and I couldn’t isolate myself at all so fingers crossed no one else gets it

3littlewords · 21/12/2020 19:27

If it were me I'd try my luck with my DM or DMIL to send round Christmas dinners to my doorstep Grin

BeakyWinder · 21/12/2020 19:32

Your family won't leave presents outside? Why on earth not?

Tiquismiquis · 21/12/2020 19:48

Myself and my husband had it as did our 4 yo. Our one year old didn’t get it/was completely asymptomatic. With the ages mine were we just had to get on with it really as normal. I felt awful and very emotional in the first few days. I was also exhausted. That was my main symptom really. I was in bed immediately after the children were.

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moglovesmincepies · 21/12/2020 20:08

@BeakyWinder

Your family won't leave presents outside? Why on earth not?
They've decided they are now thank goodness. Dm is isolating as we walked this week. Socially distant but still she is being careful. I'm panicking I've given it her without knowing. @3littlewords Grin that would have been good but dm isolating and dmil very high risk so coming nowhere near. Just had a lovely FaceTime with Dd from the bedroom next door. Ds still hasn't realised I'm not up and about!
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moglovesmincepies · 21/12/2020 20:09

@Tiquismiquis that sounds really tough I'm sorry. Hope you're all ok now

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PolytheneHam · 21/12/2020 20:13

It isn't much fun, is it? Both me and DH had it in November. DS was ten months old at the time, and T&T's advice was to keep him in his bedroom for ten days. You couldn't make it up.

Tiquismiquis · 21/12/2020 20:18

Fingers crossed it just ends up being you or there is enough stagger time between others getting it so you don’t all feel rubbish at the same time. I was so happy when I could send them back to school/childcare. Just feel quite relieved that chances of getting it again are low. There is a certain about of psychological freedom that comes from having had it mildly.

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