DH has covid-baby and toddler at home! Help!

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Hey mums. My husband tested positive for covid, we have a toddler and a 5 month old at home. I’ll be doing my best but there is no way that my husband can keep any distance from our 3 year old. He is obsessed with him and only daddy can put him to bed etc. I also have a 5 month old baby and while I can separate him from my DH and DS1 I obviously can’t separate him from me! Im
Extremely worried and freaking out :( my baby had RSV at 5 weeks and that was the scariest thing in my life being in hospital. So now I’m sick worried. Anyone else was in the same boat and manage not to pass covid to kids?

We both have covid and we haven't tested our son but he is unwell and we suspect he has. He has additional needs and is non verbal so it's really hard. I can say that he doesn't seem as bad as us. He's had one rough day then seems a bit brighter though has lost his appetite and gone off milk. (He is 3)

Not sure if this helps you but I was always.so worried about us all getting it and it's not as bad as I thought. Just a nasty cold.

Try not to worry. Honestly he has probably already been infectious and passed it on to you all already and if not, unless he moves out for 10 days, it will probably happen. But it won't be all that bad!
We came home with our newborn and one week later both dh and I tested positive. Our 4 year old likely bought it home from preschool. Well baby ended up with a cold which wasn't fun but really not that bad. 4 year old remained symptomless and we just had annoying snuffly noses for a few days.
As long as you are vaccinated your symptoms will likely be mild. If you are breastfeeding you can pass antibodies to your baby. If not they will have defences against the virus from being in you when you were vaccinated. If none of that applies they will still likely only get mild symptoms as that's usually how it presents in children.

Honestly you are fighting a losing battle trying to keep your dh isolated but it really won't be so bad. Annoying to have to isolate of you all get it but hopefully you have help nearby for shopping etc. Good luck!

Thank you, we are both fully vaccinated and I was vaccinated while pregnant. I’ll be doing my best, fingers crossed. Yes it’s a losing battle as it’s almost impossible to separate parents from the kids and kids from each other :(

We just had this except I just have one 3mo.
Tried to sleep in different rooms and spent the days in different parts of the house but it was tough solo parenting and my partner missed out LO. We ended up letting him do some contact with a mask on… I’m pretty sure she got it though (he was ill but testing negative for ages!). If it helps, she was coughing quite a bit but was absolutely fine in herself!