Covid-19 Family Issue

[JoJo2106]

Can anyone help please? So my son's nursery rang this morning to say a child in my son's colour bubble has tested positive for covid so we have to now isolate for 10 days. I text his dad this morning to inform him. I've had quite a lengthy text back saying our son can still go between households even when self isolating, apparently he has seen this on the government website? Surely this can't be correct? He said he won't have him this weekend but said he will pick him up next Friday as normal even though our isolation doesn't end until next Sunday. Obviously if either of us develop symptoms or test positive ourselves over the next 10 days we would have to isolate even longer. Can anyone shed any light on this please?

Also my mother does all handovers away from my house as my ex and I aren't allowed to meet and I won't be seeing my mum for 10 days. There is a CAO already in place.

erm no. isolate in one place. You are not allowed to leave the house with isolating (Except the garden). He is being rediculous

@GettingItOutThere this is what I thought, I don't know where he has read this on the Government website then.

Tbf there was a thread earlier on aibu about the same thing and everyone was saying it was fine to travel between parents houses, will see if I can find it

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4285441-to-think-fuck-it-and-send-ds-to-his-dads-anyway

@PumpkinKlNG see I assumed you were to remain in one house? The main thing is aswell is it's in our court order my ex and I are not to come into direct contact and I'm not seeing my mum throughout the isolation period and it's her that does all the handovers. No-one else can do it either as that means someone else coming into contact with ds while we are supposed to be isolating. I'm not sure how nursery would feel about this either tbh.

I believe it's only your son who has to isolate - you don't! Just in case you thought you had to...

@jemimafuddleduck not really a choice tbh as he's only 3 and theres only the 2 of us in the house

I think for the purposes of lockdown or self isolation, both parents houses count together as one home, so DC can move between them

Hi I work in the field, no you have to isolate in your registered household bubble until 10 days has passed or you all tested negative, on a pcr

When my kids have to isolate we all have to, that’s what comes with being a single parent unfortunately which a lot of people won’t get/understand. 😪

Yes I was surprised people were saying it’s fine to still travel between as I think it’s clear they are meant to stay where they are but I think people are past caring about “the rules” now

Does your ex realise that if your son goes to him that your son and your ex will both have to isolate there?

@Themeparklover thank you for that, so much conflicting advice I just don't know what's what.

@PumpkinKlNG yes this is it, if I didn't isolate too DS would be home alone. Yeah you're right a lot of people are fed up and just past caring now. Personally I think it's very irresponsible to leave the house at all whilst self isolating, what's the point of it if you're allowed to go between houses?

@MotionActivatedDog my sons isolation period would be up on the Sunday, his dad was wanting to collect him on the Friday as and then bring him home as normal on the Sunday as the isolation period would be finished.

Government guidance also states it might not be able to follow the contact isolation rules for children and people with autism...

Doesn't mean you take the piss and trot round the shops just that an autistic child might need to go out say, while still following rules as best as possible.

This might be useful - it talks through separated families and Covid commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8901/