Isolation novice, please help!

[DueyCheatemAndHow]

I took an lft this morning, it's positive.

I have a 3 year old and a 15 month old. They are negative so far. DH is negative. DS due to go to preschool tomorrow.

Nanny is here today but is off tomorrow and Friday. DH has a massive work thing tomorrow.

Am I seriously supposed to not see my children? The baby is still breastfed. I can't not see me kids for a min of 6 days.

Yes they absolutely have the freedom to choose. I contacted her the moment I did the test this morning- she didn't answer so I messaged her. She then came to the house and DH assumed we had spoken.

'You'll have to give her some time off' wtf?!

She wasn't due to work til next Wednesday anyway as she is at a wedding. So there really is no issue now.

I'm.just baffled at the totally unnecssary aggression.

I never said they must work?!?! I'm not a fucking slave owner?

Jesus this site is mental

Defensive much?

I've not seen any aggression and I actually wished you well!

'You'll have to suck it up and give her some time off' is hardly pleasant is it?

I might be a bit defensive yeah. I feel like shite, I'm trying to work at the same time and look after 2 kids who also feel like shite. I'm not trying to have any cake, I'm trying to work out what I could and couldn't do and try to ensure my very active 3 year old could still go out and be 3 until he got a positive this afternoon. Im also awaiting awaiting the results of a chest xray I had to have last week, the date for my upcoming hysterectomy and the battle over power of attorney with my siblings because my mother is being sectioned and my dad is unable to look after himself. Oh and I'm also still healing a broken right arm.

So yeah. Maybe I am a bit snappy at comments that suggest I'm somehow forcing someone to work.

Ever since the pandemic started I've never seen advice to isolate from young children within a family household setting. Where do people get these ideas?

Hopefully your nanny won't have caught it, especially as she is off to a wedding! Glad she has a few days off, the timing is good in that respect as you would have been dealing with most of the childcare anyway.

Most people don't have nannies and have had to juggle a LOT of stuff in the past two years, working from home or keyworking, childcare, home schooling, losing earnings etc. Until fairly recently we had to isolate just for being a close contact, our children missed weeks of schooling unnecessarily. It's been hellish for extended periods of time. You are lucky to be an 'isolation novice' and only now dealing with your first covid infection.

That said, I'm sorry to hear about all you've got going on. These things always come at once don't they. Thankfully covid isn't the inconvenience now (nor the health threat) that it once was. I hope things get better for you!

Yes I'm aware of that - nanny only started in September. I worked from home with morning sickness whilst looking after a toddler during lockdown.
We are lucky we haven't caught it until now, but covid has ruined my parents mental health, delayed cancer care for relatives, denied DH the ability to say goodbye to his dying uncle, denied me health visitor access when I had pnd and made me drive a 2 hr round trip to get my underweight daughter weighed once a week.

So I wouldn't describe our situation as lucky. Sorry to hear yours hasn't been fun either.

Sorry you're having such a shit time. Also sorry I've got no advise to give but what you are dealing with isn't great. People have no idea what's going on in other's lives.

@DueyCheatemAndHow

Yes they absolutely have the freedom to choose. I contacted her the moment I did the test this morning- she didn't answer so I messaged her. She then came to the house and DH assumed we had spoken.

'You'll have to give her some time off' wtf?!

She wasn't due to work til next Wednesday anyway as she is at a wedding. So there really is no issue now.

I'm.just baffled at the totally unnecssary aggression.

Many people here get very defensive when it comes to situations that correlate with more elitist scenarios.

Having a nanny at home seems to specially annoy people now.

Yes I thought that too but didn't want to to say.

Thanks x