Symptoms in toddlers?

[EyeDrops]

My 2 year old has had to isolate this week after a child in her nursery room tested positive. She was last in on Thursday 11th.

I checked with my boss but have been expected to go into work still unless she develops symptoms, so I just wondered if anyone has experience of it in this age group and how it presents?

She's just had a much longer than usual nap (I've woken her after 2.5 hours), otherwise she's seemed fine besides a snotty nose which I'd normally put down to a bit of a sniffle/cold picked up from nursery. The lengthy nap is out of sorts but I don't think that's enough to justify a test??

My toddler DS has a streaming nose, is a little warmer than usual (37.1, usually 36.5ish) and a cough... I took him for a test earlier and it'll be interesting to know what the test result is.

Interesting article here: www.webmd.com/lung/news/20201130/covid-in-kids-the-most-telling-symptoms

My 3yr old has Covid in January. At the time I didn't think he had any symptoms other than a bit of cough for a day and a cold. Looking back he was definitely more tired and grumpy than normal, sleep at night was disrupted and he suddenly became really dribbly.

My just turned two year old had it in January and she had cold symptoms only, she stopped eating (probably lost her sense of taste but couldn't tell me)

She bossed it, husband and I were dying on the sofa

@swinglowsweetchariot12 same!! I wanted to curl up and everyone ignore me but DS wouldn't stop jumping on me 🙄 toddlers!

[quote arthurdaly]@swinglowsweetchariot12 same!! I wanted to curl up and everyone ignore me but DS wouldn't stop jumping on me 🙄 toddlers![/quote]
I am still breastfeeding which was a god send as my daughter wouldn't eat but it mean more energy resources taken from me, I didn't want to eat and lost 8 pound but quickly put that back on again.

Husband did the usual thing of "dying" and I'm like hellooooooooo pretty sick here too and running a household with a toddler lol

Thanks for the experiences, can I ask what prompted getting tested if it wasn't one of the 3 main symptoms? Or if that's OK to do for a toddler as they present so differently?

I'm going to see how she is tomorrow, but you know when you just feel they're a bit off without being able to pin it down - but don't know if I'm just being over-anxious because of her contact with a positive case!

Fatigue is a very common symptom of Covid, so I think a much longer than usual nap+snotty nose + known contact with a positive case is ample justification for a test.

@EyeDrops

Thanks for the experiences, can I ask what prompted getting tested if it wasn't one of the 3 main symptoms? Or if that's OK to do for a toddler as they present so differently?

I'm going to see how she is tomorrow, but you know when you just feel they're a bit off without being able to pin it down - but don't know if I'm just being over-anxious because of her contact with a positive case!

My husband and I both tested positive but my daughter tested negative even though she was showing signs of being ill but not the magic three (neither did my husband and I, we started off with intense headache sore throat and body ache) then four days later I tested her again and she was positive

It was purely so that if anything happened we could say for definite she was covid positive and no questions or faffing

My 3 year old has had covid very recently. She developed a cough on a Sunday night and sounded a little hoarse.
Our nursery had had to close for 10 days shortly before her cough started and had sent out an e mall asking that a child with any symptoms be tested rather than send them in.
I thought I'd get her tested and send her back once we got the negative result but it came back positive. Apart from having a chesty cough for a week she was absolutely fine and it didn't affect her appetite or mood etc.
Her sister (age 6) tested positive a few days later and she only had a sniffle. You would never have known she had it.
I hope your DC feels better soon.

3 year old was tired & irritable, maybe a runny nose but extremely minor. That was all. Only tested her because I had tested positive a couple days earlier. My 9 month old has it too, she was a bit more poorly. Had a low grade fever for a night, streaming cold like symptoms, really irritable. Thankfully fine after a few days.

My toddler had a very mild temperature overnight, and was very grumpy between calpol doses the next day. Absolutely fine and back to normal the following day.

My toddler had an upset tummy for a couple of days and a slight fever, we got him tested after both DH and I tested positive. But my toddler recovered within a couple of days jumping around which was tough as we were rung out with exhaustion.

[quote Poppins2016]My toddler DS has a streaming nose, is a little warmer than usual (37.1, usually 36.5ish) and a cough... I took him for a test earlier and it'll be interesting to know what the test result is.

Interesting article here: www.webmd.com/lung/news/20201130/covid-in-kids-the-most-telling-symptoms[/quote]
Quick update - DS tested negative, he just has a bad cough and cold!