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What’s your plan?

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Whathefisgoingon · 09/08/2021 21:42

DP and I are both fully vaccinated & share an 18 month old.

We’ve yet to get Covid, though I’m sure we will at some point.

I’m undecided on what we will do when it happens. Sometimes I think that if I was to get it then I’d isolate myself away from toddler and DP, then other things I think maybe it’s best if we just get it over and done with all together.

What did you do within your households when one tested positive?

OP posts:

Mindymomo · 10/08/2021 06:48

I do see what you say, but looking after a toddler when you are both ill at the same time isn’t easy. Thankfully most young children seem to get it mildly, but still grumpy.

Whybirdwhy · 10/08/2021 06:51

Well what would you normally do when one of you gets ill? Just do that?

HungryHippo11 · 10/08/2021 07:26

My daughter tested positive. She is only 4 so obviously we didn't make her isolate within the household, we just carried on as normal. We had all been exposed to her already so it didn't seem worth it anyway.

If one of the adults had been the one to test positive, we would have done the same. Not fair to expect one parent to do everything for 10 days while the other sits in bed not even unwell.

OliveTree75 · 10/08/2021 07:32

We didn't do anything differently when DP and I had it. Our 10 month dd didn't catch it and she slept in our bed. Neither did our 5yo. 8yo ds did catch it and he spent the majority of isolation away from us on his playstation. We just carried on as normal.

Remmy123 · 10/08/2021 07:36

This is a weird post.

I'll do nothing just isolate but not away from the people I live with.

You have been vaccinated a plan is just not necessary.

Do you make plans in life like this if someone for norovirois?

Most odd.

Waxonwaxoff0 · 10/08/2021 07:37

Single parent so I can't exactly isolate from my child but I wouldn't anyway.

PinkSparklyPussyCat · 10/08/2021 07:42

We don't have children but our plan is to carry on as normal, just isolating from everyone else. We have no way of isolating from each other so wouldn't even bother trying.

DaisyWaldron · 10/08/2021 07:52

I have plans for norovirus. Surely that's just common sense and not particularly weird. Sick basin, suitable household cleaning supplies, rehydration sachets, emergency bottle of full sugar squash and pack of cream crackers. Sick person stays in their room/bathroom and gets looked after by any unaffected adult, who will clean up after them. More rigorous than usual household cleaning and personal hygeine until nobody's sick. If it's a child who's sick, DH and I have agreed days we take off work/work from home for childcare. It's not as though we have a laminated flow chart called "Norovirus Protocol", but there's definitely a plan.

HeronLanyon · 10/08/2021 07:54

I think it’s sensible to have a plan and then forget all about it (but not forget it!) unless or until it’s needed. Currently have three close double jabbed friends with coronavirus and who are extremely unwell (at home).

nc8765 · 10/08/2021 07:58

@Whybirdwhy

Well what would you normally do when one of you gets ill? Just do that?

This.

Both DH and I had Covid at the same time and we had to isolate as a family with 2 under 3. We didn't have a choice to look after small kids when ill.

Whatever9999 · 10/08/2021 08:19

Exactly the same as I would with any other illness.
If I'm well enough then apart from the family isolating I would carry on as normal.
If I'm as ill as I was at Christmas 19 when I had a "mystery respiratory virus" (with all the symptoms of covid) or the one occasion I had the flu, then I wouldn't be able to do.much more than crawl to the toilet and sleep, so I would have to rely on my partner and keep the children away as much as possible so they don't catch it (although pretty sure they did with just the sniffles).

ActonSquirrel · 10/08/2021 08:23

Sick person stays in their room/bathroom and gets looked after by any unaffected adult, who will clean up after them.

Gosh the people who assume everyone lives in a home a with more than one bathroom / toilet

ActonSquirrel · 10/08/2021 08:23

Why is inevitable that vaccinated people will get it?

xksismybestletter · 10/08/2021 08:32

We don't have a norovirus plan like that. We have a few sick bowls and a few old towels about. DH will clean up sick and I will clean up diarrhea if we have to choose one and otherwise we muddle along.

We don't particularly look after each other when we are poorly either. Just bring some tea or food on request and then we divide out the childcare as required. We would do the same here

We had a bit of a plan when we were in France in the caravan last year, but haven't bothered this year.

If you havent thought about it now I suggest you are about 18 mo too late tbh

DaisyWaldron · 10/08/2021 08:37

@ActonSquirrel

Sick person stays in their room/bathroom and gets looked after by any unaffected adult, who will clean up after them.

Gosh the people who assume everyone lives in a home a with more than one bathroom / toilet

We have one bathroom, which I'm pretty sure is smaller than yours. I meant that the sick person doesn't wander around the house, but stays in their bedroom or the bathroom, and because the bathroom is shared, that person or another adult makes sure that the bathroom is cleaned after the sick person has been using it.

MRex · 10/08/2021 08:40

We don't isolate well from DS. He had norovirus recently, I was trying for the first hour to keep him away from DH to save passing it on, but it just took one sad "Daddy hug me?" and they were all over each other. If we're ill though then the healthy one takes DS and DH sleeps in a different room. So I expect we'd do that.

DaisyWaldron · 10/08/2021 08:40

And same with bedrooms - anyone sharing with the sick person moves onto the floor of a non sick person's room.

Possibly living in a small house is one reason why I plan in advance for illness, as there are extra logistic considerations.

ActonSquirrel · 10/08/2021 08:51

I lived in a small flat as a child. We got sick we weren't quarantined. That's life.

spottygymbag · 10/08/2021 09:30

Not a plan as such but we have things to make it easier. I have stash of new toys and books that we can bring out one at a time to keep the dc entertained indoors and in case we are really unwell and can't do much beyond bare basics.
Healthy freezer meals for dc that be microwaved.
Packaged food and snacks that they can help themselves to with minimal help from us.
All of the medications for each age group to ease the suffering!
We put it together after a nasty run in with flu but increased it when covid arrived on the scene.
We are unlikely to isolate because we would have been exposed to each other before testing positive. We would wear masks and keep the windows open to reduce viral load.

Maizzee · 10/08/2021 09:50

When DH got it we did very little in terms of isolation. I wiped everything, DH sprayed disinfectant in the bathroom and put his own dishes in the dishwasher, but with three kids and only one bathroom, it was difficult. I had to work at home, so occasionally he had to keep an eye on the kids in the same room as them, although he didn't touch them. I was just hoping that he got better before I got sick, as I thought it was inevitable. But I didn't get sick. I may have had it with no symptoms (no lft tests about then), but none of the rest of us felt unwell at all at any point.

Indigopearl · 11/08/2021 08:24

When DH and I both had it he stayed in bed for a week and I ran around all week looking after a baby and older child. We both had mild cases.

Bobholll · 11/08/2021 12:36

I had covid in September, we just carried on as normal. We had a then 3 year old & 9 month old. We isolated at home & carried on living. We shared food, beds, baths. I had it very mildly to be fair. But it’s hell on earth isolating with young kids, you need all hands on deck so you don’t go insane!

We recently had norovirus. We don’t have a ‘plan’ but I have a severe sickness phobia. My OH deals with the actual vomiting episodes. I clean up sheets & provide hugs afterwards!

And obviously, if one of us is ill to the point we feel awful & the other isn’t, then the non ill person does the bulk of childcare. If we are both ill, we take it in turns to muddle through & have a break!

StrangeAddiction · 11/08/2021 14:44

Ds2, dd and I had it and isolated away from dh and ds1. Dh and ds1 didn't catch it.

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