My 10 year old has tested positive, help!! What do I do?

[Wintersnuggles10]

Hi everyone. I feel really silly. All through this pandemic I've been stocked up with medical stuff and cleaning stuff. Cleaned the house. Sanitiser. Wear a mask etc etc.

My son has tested positive today. I was expecting it because there a few off with it in his class. Anyway, I've panicked, gone to pieces and can't remember what I should do!!
He's in his room at the moment, but what is the advice regarding this now? I feel absolutely terrible at the thought of making him stay in his room for 10 days!! Or that he can't come near us :-(
The rest of us are negative at the moment but I'm conscious that this might change. My anxiety has absolutely gone through the rough. I'm worried about him and also about me and his dad getting it as we are both high risk but are both double jabbed. I'm scared :-(

Just seen another post identical to mine so I will read the responses on that. No need to comment. Thanks

10 is too young to keep him in his room by himself for 10 days! Is he willing/able to wear a mask? Ventilate?

Keep him home but don't isolate him. Everyone else carry on as normal but do lateral flow tests every day.

My 10 year old dd had it in August. She ate meals with us in a well ventilated kitchen. Mostly snuggled up on the couch reading or watching TV- one of us would sit with her when we could, but again well ventilated.
None of the rest of us caught it!

My 11 year old has it. He is isolating and we are all carrying on as normal, feeling sure that if we are going to get it, we will. I’m not prepared to make him miserable over it. I’m not hugging and kissing him and had the windows down in the car when we went for the PCR but otherwise just behaving normally.

Stop panicking
Get him out of his room
Be normal

11 year old DS has just tested positive. I am in no way confining him to his room.

Poor thing. He’s upset about the parties he’s missing. I’m hugging him and he is sat with us in the lounge. So be it if we get it. I can’t confine him to his room.

I honestly think it’s awful how we are treating our children.

Imagine not hugging or comforting your child, seriously.

Go and get him and have him with you. I think it's very hard to isolate a child in their own home. I know when I had covid I just wanted to vegetate in the lounge and watch TV.

Hope he gets well soon OP.

My 6 year old had it back in September and I was heavily pregnant at the time too, lots of cuddles and close contact (unavoidable with a poorly and emotional child) but neither I or her dad caught it.

You are a parent, your care for your child must come before your own concerns about catching it. Please do not indulge in child cruelty and keep him locked in his room ( and i say that as someone who currently has Covid, almost certainly caught from the kids i teach)

I stayed at home with my 8&10yos fir their isolation period. Partly because I had to, seeing as they couldn't be left alone, but I did feel uncomfortable going out when i was in constant contact with them. Neither was ill.

DH wasn't allowed home (work rules, but he hadn't been home for 4 days before younger DD testing positive).

I couldn't isolate from them. They needed me.

Unless mine were teenagers and at the stage where they happily stayed in their rooms there is no way i could isolate my sons in their rooms. I’d be keeping them at home but otherwise proceeding normally and hoping for the best. Might wear a mask around them but would not expect them to Might put dh in spare room as he would really struggle to take time off work if he caught it

10 year old DS has just isolated and he's been fine! But then he hasn't been ill, and we have lots of space so had his room and another spare room, with all his things moved into it. We've taken meals up, hugs and play time in the garden, but we haven't spent time in the same room, just in and out. But we wanted to avoid it before getting boosters, so up to you. My friend hasn't isolated DC and now her and husband have it, so who looks after the kids then? 🤷🏻‍♀️

It depends on the child and how vulnerable you are. You have to decide on what's best for your family. Some children will not cope well being in isolation, others might enjoy it! And if you're vulnerable you need to balance the risk of you being hospitalised/severely ill, which will negatively affect your children more than them being by themselves for a while.
Don't be persuaded by what others are doing, think about how it will affect your family in the context of your specific circumstances.

My 10 year old also has it. Currently on day 5 of isolation. Myself and 12 yo tested negative. Dd10 is very affectionate and sociable so can't imagine not hugging her. Keeping her in her own room would be stressful and upsetting for her. I am keeping the house well ventilated, DD10 has seperate towel etc, and myself and DD12 are doing daily lateral flows.

My 10 year old has it now. He wants to largely self isolate as he doesn't want to spread it round. He's quite worried about making the rest of us ill actually.

He's got his own bathroom, bedroom and playroom for gaming etc. He's not ill and living his best life to a point. Loads of treats, no school.

We're still eating all meals together in well ventilated dining room and watching the odd film on separate sofas etc.

He's really not into close contact / cuddles anyway so it's me that's sad about that, he's thrilled 🤣

You keep him at home for 10 days as per government guidelines and that's it. No need for all this flapping.

Order sine FFP3 masks for next day delivery and all wear them, then get on with life indoors. You can’t isolate him at 10.

Calm down.

Mines a bit older so easier. When he went through the he really really poorly stage it was 'easy', albeit a bit frightening to witness. It was a case of me taking all the precautions. When he felt better it was daily showers, wear a mask when sitting with family and lots of handwashing and I did a lot of touchpoint cleaning.

We didn't catch it.

Just act normal!!!
My 7 year old had it, (I have 2 otand I was heavily pregnant and only single jabbed at the time. Obvs she stayed at home for 10 days but we carried on as usual. Meals together, bathed the kids together, hung out together and the girls played together. In fact the day before she tested positive I shared a mr whippy with her! Neither me or anyone in our house caught it. Tbh I didn’t even tell her she had it, just that she might do so we were keeping her off just in case.

@Waxonwaxoff0 I would strongly disagree. Twins 10, dp caught it. He is on day 10 or 11, has to go to hospital yesterday. Totally unable to do anything other than use the toilet. Who looks after the kids if it wasn’t for me?

My then 10yo had covid last Christmas. It was all a bit different then and we didn't know better than to isolate him. He was delighted being bought his food and being allowed to play ps4 with no interruptions. Still I snuck in every day to give him a cuddle and kiss while no one else could see!

[quote Workinghardeveryday]@Waxonwaxoff0 I would strongly disagree. Twins 10, dp caught it. He is on day 10 or 11, has to go to hospital yesterday. Totally unable to do anything other than use the toilet. Who looks after the kids if it wasn’t for me?[/quote]
The odds of both OP and partner catching it and ending up in hospital are extremely unlikely. I'm a single parent, DS and I had Covid at the same time, it was fine.

My 13yo had it in the summer. He didn’t isolate in his room, we carried on exactly as we would if he was ill with not-Covid. I am medically vulnerable. I didn’t catch it. I caught Covid recently, no idea where.