What should positive dh do about kids?

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Dh tested positive last night. Ds has been at nursery today- I had to take newborn ds2 to hospital appointments so had no choice but to send him in.

Dh slept in spare room last night, has worn mask all day and is using a different bathroom. We are hand washing religiously and wiping down surfaces before and after use.

Ds is only 2 and won't understand to stay away from dh- should we just be careful and make sure dh keeps his mask on? Should dh sit out in annex so ds doesn't see him so doesn't want to play/ cuddles etc?

Not really sure what to do. Obviously I want to avoid myself and children getting covid but not sure about practicalities. What would you all do please?

For transparency, the hospital knew dh tested positive and they took precautions at the appointment- my sons treatment can't be rescheduled.

Nothing. Didn’t think it was workable with young kids

Carry on as normal if your children aren't clinically vulnerable.

We both had it so couldn't isolate from the children. Neither of them caught it. I didn't have symptoms either.

I can't imagine you'd isolate the children if they got it so it's better everyone gets it at the same time if you're going to get it anyway.

Honestly we didn’t do anything when I had it. Just carried on as normal. DH and one child didn’t catch it, one child did and had a high temp for half an hour then was fine.
It was unworkable to do anything else really.

When I say carry on as normal, I mean at home, I didn't mean sending them to nursery if you don't need to.

I currently have covid and I am doing absolutely nothing differently, except perhaps keeping windows open a bit more. DP and DS(5) have already had it. As far as I know, DD (2) is the only one that hasn't, but she would be traumatised if I distanced from her. I don't think it's workable or necessary with such young kids.

When DD had it we didn't isolate from her and none of us caught it. Now DS has it and passed it to everyone but DD. Logistically it would've been much easier if we'd all had it at once.

Just carry on as normal at home. We did.

So are you going to have to take baby to more hospital appointments? In that case probably best to carry on with DH sleeping in spare room and staying in annex until he's clear. It might not work, but if you can avoid taking it into hospital it's worth doing your best.

Like others said carry on as normal, when we had it neither dc's caught it

Carry on as normal as if he and any virus

Thank you for your responses. I was nervous that by letting DS see/play with DH I perhaps wasn't doing enough to prevent the spread, but at the same time I was also conscious that I'm not going to be able to stop him playing with his daddy.
We will continue to take the precautions we are currently taking but be less strict about no contact for ds.

The next hospital visit is Thursday. I will continue to do lateral flows in the meantime and keep my distance from my husband in the hope that if it does spread amongst us then it will go to DS first and hopefully I won't be taking it into hospital. They have been fantastic thankfully and were very sympathetic to our situation.

Welp. It got us :( 5 days after dh tested positive