Single parenting with Covid

[TheSunnySide]

I tested positive for Covid yesterday (LFT) confirmed today with a PCR. I had been pinged on Tuesday as a close contact but the tests I did then came back negative. My only symptom has been a sore throat and bunged up nose followed by tiredness and headaches.

So now I have to isolate for 10 more days and try to keep a distance between my 10 year old and me. It is really hard. DS technically IS allowed to go out and play (in the street) under the new rules (Wales) but I have said he can only go if he does a LFT. However he has made several attempts and just won't stick the thing up his nose. He is freaking out and crying as soon as the swab goes near him.

He is missing out on a local holiday with his dad's family this week and I feel so sad for him but am also getting frustrated by having to deal with him whilst also having to deal with Covid. We live in a tiny house with a tiny yard.

I am double jabbed so hoping that my current state will remain as just a feeling of a heavy cold. Has anyone else been in this situation? How did you cope? How did you pass the time? Should I just give up on trying to keep my distance from my son?

Not a single parent but I’ve got Covid and I haven’t isolated from my child. Can you do the LFT for him or give him some sort of bribe and then he can go out to play?
I did test my DD but not daily. She’s recorded 3negative LFT tests and one negative PCR and she has met up with other people outdoors and been round to play in a neighbour’s garden - they know I’ve got Covid and were fine with it. Under the new rules if she had school she would be there.

I tested positive (double jabbed) and became increasingly unwell until I ended up in hospital for 10 nights, I'm home now and recovering slowly.

I live in a tiny place and my son tested negative, I didn't really isolate from him (or rather he didn't isolate from me). I spent about a week on the sofa and he kept cuddling me even tho I kept saying he needed to keep some distance. My son was amazing throughout, I literally got to the stage where I couldn't lift my head up and he got me water and tissues (I didn't eat for days)

We passed the time by watching films (I slept most of the time).

If you feel up to it, perhaps you could play some board games or cards or build lego together and I really wouldn't worry about self isolating from him.

I hope you feel better soon