How not to pass covid to a baby??

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I have covid and bad symptoms (like a very nasty cold/throat infection). I have a 5 mo who so far is fine but it’s a miracle. I sleep in the same room with him, he is in the “next to me” crib. I have to feed him- bottle fed but won’t take a bottle from anyone else than me. Obviously I change his nappies etc. I haven’t slept in 3 days I worry so much I’m sick to my stomache. I don’t know how not to pass it to him? :((

Go to sleep! You need to rest to get better.

There's nothing you can do - he's been with you already so he's either going to get it or not. It's largely very mild in children. We had it when DS2 was newborn and he had a little cough for a few days and that was it. DH and I were far worse than either of our children.

Your baby is in the lowest risk group and has already been exposed even before your positive test. As pp said they'll either get it or they won't but if they do it won't be any different to catching a cold. Hope you feel better soon.

I realized straight away I couldn't avoid giving my unvaccinated breastfeeding, co-sleeping baby covid so relaxed as it was pretty out of my control. She got it 6 days later and barely had any symptoms (I'm vaccinated and felt pretty rough!). Babies are extremely low risk of getting seriously I'll with it and Omicron is usually mild.

I'm glad we've all had it now (my husband and older daughter tried to keep their distance from me but got it anyway). Also having it at roughly the same got all the isolating done at once rather than spreading it out. My husband and I didn't ever feel really rough on the same days as each other so could care for the kids ok.

Thanks everyone, I’m also fully vaccinated but feeling very rough. Husband is doing his best to keep the toddler away from me (but it’s so hard it’s heartbreaking)
I just hope the kids will be ok and this is what I’m worried about. There is no way on earth I wouldn’t have passed that to the baby as PP said you are contagious way before symptoms arrive :( and sure I hug and cuddle baby all day long so it would be a miracle. Obviously stopped now but this whole situation is just aweful

I wouldn't stop hugging your baby or your toddler. If the toddler doesn't already go to nursery they will soon then they'll be bringing home covid, chicken pox and all sorts.

Don't worry so much, it's extremely hard to isolate from your own baby. Baby is very low risk for complications.
4 of us had it in December, baby was 4mth at the time and had the same symptoms. She had disrupted sleep and was a bit off her food but otherwise coped well with it. I didn't go in the gym (home set up) for 2 weeks as only a fool would lift heavy with a persistent cough, I was fine doing everything else round here.

You can't. My baby was born when I was covid positive and the hospital said it was likely she would be infected immediately. I then had covid again last month along with the rest of the household and she was poorly at the same time, so possible/likely had it for second time. She was 3 months old at the time.

Not ideal but there's not much you can do except keep them comfortable and watch out for any serious symptoms like a high fever, listlessness, breathlessness etc.

Personally I would act normal with both baby and toddler. The baby because there’s not much you can do otherwise, and the toddler because you’ll just upset him/her.

I speak from experience. Me, dh and toddler all caught covid. Baby, despite co sleeping and breastfeeding, didn’t catch it. Or maybe she did and zero symptoms, and I tested at the wrong times. Who knows. Anyway toddler was absolutely fine. Try not to panic, you’re far more of a risk to them if you’re mega sleep deprived and might have an accident/not react quickly enough to something.