Isolating away from 1 year old

[WotsitMum]

I tested positive for covid on wednesday.

Did a pcr on my 1 year old on thursday afternoon (home test, had to wait for it to be delivered) results came back friday morning and his results were negative so his dad took him and they stayed at nannys to avoid the risk of me giving it to our 1 year old. Dad starts a new job tomorow so cant not go in, family member is having him tomorow (monday) but we have nobody else that can have him the rest of the week as all our family work.

Hoping i will test negative monday (day 5) and tuesday and be able to come out of isolation tuesday. If not we may have no choice to have 1 year old isolate with me for the rest of my isolation.

What are the chances of him catching it from me on day 6 of my isolation?

How many people actually test negative on day 5? Ive been quite poorly with it but starting to feel better now

This is the longest ive ever been away from my 1 year old and its killing me😭

Honestly? I wouldn’t isolate away from my 1 year old at all. They will be absolutely fine even if they catch it from you.

I didn’t isolate away from my 3 children when I had it, it just wasn’t practical as DH still had to work. I don’t know anyone who has, to be honest.
Some have passed it on to their kids, some haven’t.
My 3 year old caught it from me, he had a mild cough and that was it.
I tested negative on day 7.

I would never isolate from a child especially a baby.

I wouldn't isolate from my child.

Don’t isolate from a one year old. My 2yo and a baby caught it off me. Barely knew they had it.

I had covid few months back and had a 9 month old at the time... DP and baby tested neg so i just used a seperate bedroom, kept my distance wore a mask if i was gettinf close for whatever reason and made sure ths house was clean..they didnt catch it...

I just feel like ive kept him safe beeing away from me for this long now and dont want him to catch it from me at the end of my isolation meaning i will have to isolate even longer. He has bad asthma so it will probably affect him more

Practical or not, I just wouldn't do it.

Have you considered his mental health OP? And yours?

I wouldn't isolate. My daughter has severe asthma and has had covid twice. No chest symptoms at all, so it's not a given your baby would have any problems.

Ah just have him back, he may catch it he may not. My 16 month DS has just had it (caught from me) and he was fine just a little runny nose nothing else. I couldn't isolate away from him I can barely go 5 mins without wanting to smooch him

Nope, wouldn't isolate from 1 yr old here either. Would think the separation from mum without understanding why would probably have more of a negative impact than Covid to be honest.

Unless your 1 year old is ECV I wouldn’t be isolating from them. My 5 yr old had covid and her and my toddler played together as normal, well more because obviously the older child wasn’t in school. No one else in the household caught it. I have bf DD2 throughout having my 3 vaccines.

DH, DS1 and DS2 all had it over 3 weeks. We did zero isolating and me and DD never caught it. Honestly, just see your baby x

Wouldn't it have made more sense for them to stay with you than potentially go and infect Nanny?

I wouldn’t have isolated from a 1 year old so have no idea. I do know DSis and BIL both had it this month and their toddler DC either didn’t catch it from them or had it completely asymptomatically.

2yo old had it here, absolutely fine. Rest of us were unwell. 2yo has had other viruses which have been way worse 🤦🏻‍♀️. I'm not surprised it's killing you 🥺 your LO is 1yo?!

I wouldn't isolate away from a 1 year old.

DH has had it twice and didn't isolate away from the kids. None of them caught it and neither did I!

I would never isolate from my child, unless my child is extremely vulnerable and I know for certain that covid is very dangerous to them. The emotional harm of isolation from 1 year old is far greater than the risk of covid itself in my book.

I also wouldn’t isolate from my 1yo, sorry. DH had Covid in December, we have a 2 bedroom house with one bathroom, there was no way we (16mo DD and me his DW, pregnant) were going to isolate from him (especially not as it would have involved him missing Christmas Day!)

Were you not with your child anyway before you got the positive?

Ridiculous asking other people to look after your child. He’s 1. He needs you and he’ll be fine if he gets Covid.

I get what you're saying. You've already made the sacrifice to protect him so having him back now makes it feel like all that effort has gone to waste but the way I'd look at it is that now you're feeling better, even if you're still contagious, the viral load you will expose your 1 yr old to should now be lower plus he's been well looked after while you've been poorly giving you the chance to completely rest and recover fully.

I think by day 5 you are likely to be ok. Maybe open the windows to reduce the risk. I don't think he would be traumatised if you wore a mask when you are hugging him etc, for a day or so, but there will be people on here who would tell him that you will be doing him lifelong damage. I understand how you feel OP. If you have a young child with serious asthma, you do want to try to minimise their risk. On the other hand, does he go to nursery? If so, he is likely to get it at some point, so it may just be better to treat him as normal and hope for the best.

And you risked passing it to your MIL who is more at risk.

Go get him!!