What should we be doing at home

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Hi all - we have 10 year old who has tested positive on lft (pcr's ordered) my question is how to manage at home? Should he be sequestered in his bedroom? We have been maintaining some distance but feel a bit naff saying you have to stay in your bedroom. We have 2 bathrooms so that's not a problem but should we be remaining completely seperate? No meals together etc? Any guidance/experiences would be apprciated!

I doubt there is much point keeping him separate for you at this stage.
I’m probably wrong with that but at least one adult would have to stay with him as he is just too young and I think they been through enough.

I’d keep windows open for fresh air, separate bathrooms if possible and nothing else

Personally, the risk of catching it would be worth it to make sure my child didn’t have a really miserable time with covid.

Are any family members particularly at risk?

I think a 10 year old is too young to isolate within the house, so I would carry on as normal at home unless anyone is particularly vulnerable.
Extra handwashing, don't share drinks etc (same as if your child has any other virus).

No way I’d isolate a 10 year old, poor kid.
We carried on as usual.

I wouldn't isolate a child. I'd want to be keeping a close eye on them too.

We have had this recently with our 8 year old who tested positive. We thought she was too young to be kept in a bedroom for 10 days so we carried on as normal within our house. None of us caught it (5 other family members) including her twin sister who shares a bedroom with her and spent all waking hours with her. Go figure!

I think it depends if the rest of you are planning to continue as normal or if you are all isolating.

No way would I separate my 10 year old from the rest of the family. Unless any of you are particularly vulnerable, I can't really believe you're considering it.

When my 10 year old DD tested positive, I carried on as normal within the home. As I would if she had any other virus. But she was asymptomatic and myself and dh are double jabbed. DS13 wasn't jabbed at this point, so I did ask him to be sensible and not sit next to each other. A bit of extra cleaning. But no isolating in her bedroom, no wearing a mask in the house.

We did daily LFTs as well as our PCRs. DD remained well and no one else got it from her.

You probably should do everything you said but I absolutely wouldn't if it was me.

I just think its bad enough at that age being stuck in for ten days without getting to be with the family for company at least.

Obviously this all depends on the risk to your family though and any underlying health conditions etc.

Thanks everyone, only found out today so its been a bit of a rollercoster! He has been on the end of the couch for most of the day (big L shape) with us at the other end when together. Just a bit of a headache and slight temp so far. When he's in the bedroom door left open (we live in a 1 level apartment) no one at particular risk, both double jabbed

Christ, even criminals in prison don’t have to live in isolation. I’d suggest you treat your son as per normal rather than as a biological hazard.

Sorry maybe my 1st post wasn't very clear, I didn't mean in the bedroom, door shut, zero contact just in the sense of keeping some distance. Obviously we are keeping a very close eye x

Twins 10 tested positive, just coming out of isolation as has dp (he still has symptoms and very poorly so still isolating).

Twins and dp had their own bathroom and could all mix together either in their bedrooms or lounge.

I am CEV so been very careful touching anything they may have touched, delivering all meals etc. So far so good

Jeez. Lots of hugs, cuddles and carry on as normal.

I would keep the house well aired (windows open as much as you can bear) to limit the amount of virus you are exposed to. I would keep as much distance as you can without upsetting your DS (eg if he is happy up in his room, leave him be). But I think 10 is too young to expect a child to isolate fully.

Plenty ventilation and maybe extra hand washing and cleaning but really I would treat as any other illness. The last thing kids need is to be made any more frightened or scarred by this bloody thing.

My 6 year old is under the weather at the minute so I'm sleeping with him because he wants the comfort. He tested negative but even if he hadn't I wouldn't be changing my behaviour, he's my child and it's my job to be there for him.

Wouldn't be any different at 10 either, if he wants me he gets me.

Thanks all, I was very scared this morning when I saw the pos result. Again, I can see why my 1st post comes across a bit heartless - we've been together all day (except for when he went for a lie down in his room in the arvo) with the windows open

Both double vaxed adults got it in our house, as did my inlaws who were staying. Child didn't. We didn't change any of our behaviour.

Our 10 year old tested positive a couple of weeks ago on LFT. Went for PCR next day and it was negative. We decided we wouldn't isolate as we'd all been mixing anyway.

Depends on the 10 year old and any extra risk factors in your family I think.

We had two household rounds of suspected covid back in 2020: one in the first wave when you had to be admitted in hospital to get tested, and one in the second wave when tests were so overbooked you couldn't get tested.

First round, me and DH got sick as fuck for over a week (my oxygen levels were borderline, ambulance crew was really unsure what to do), whereas the kids got just a bit coughy for a few days.
Second round (about 6 months later), DH got normal-fluey, but DS1(aged 9) found it really hard to breath. I stayed with him (included at night time) and comforted him at all times till he got better. Me and DS2 didn't get any symptoms. And none of us got anything remotely COVID-like since then.

So, just to say... If you're double-jabbed, you're really unlikely to catch it from a child, and even less likely to pass it on. So don't hold back on cuddles.