Newborn & covid exposure

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Ss's mum and partner have covid. SS hasnt had it before.

He is due over both this weekend from Friday and Wednesday for my birthday dinner.

We have just had a baby who is 1 week old. (He has met her already)

I'm obviously really worried about it.

If he tests negative the day he is due to come over could he still potentially have/pass on the virus?

I wouldn't allow this, tbh. Far better to delay contact.

Definitely better to delay contact. You will, of course, be hit by an avalanche of posters who insist the step child will be damaged by this, and that in a ‘together’ family you’d have no choice but o mix the two children. However you’re not a together family, and when a step child lives across two households you have the option to ‘quarantine’ and there’s no point spreading disease amongst households purely to uphold a visiting schedule, particularly when there’s a newborn involved. The two children have years ahead of them to bond.

That said, some people would happily spread bubonic plague to another family, just to ensure the visiting schedule is adhered to -common sense goes out the window with step families sometimes.

Perfectly reasonable to delay it until the house is all clear. I wouldn't want to expose a baby to covid.

To show I'm not some evil stepmum we kept DSS here for a few extra days while we waited for covid test results ( back in the day when we o ly had pcr) rather then needlessly risk infecting a second household.

Surely staying away from a newborn when there is covid in the household is a no brainer.

@Coffeaddict

Sorry @Coffeaddict posted too soon! Was going to say that we had an arrangement with dsds mum that if they tested positive they would stay where they were to avoid spreading infection between households unnecessarily.

Delay contact. It is in no ones interest.

I’d delay it; it’s not something I’d want such a young baby to get if can be avoided and if you and your DH get ill that will make life harder too.

Absolutely delay contact - it's a no brainer!

I would absolutely be insisting that he stayed away until 10 days has passed because of your newborn. Although regardless of whether you had a newborn I would still not want someone who had covid coming to stay, limit exposure is a no brainier

Definitely, definitely delay. It’s a no brainer.
Congratulations on your newborn.

What they all said. Hope your partner is sensible and agrees.

I agree this should be delayed. I wouldn't even go and visit a newborn if I had a common cold. This isn't about DSS - the same would apply to anyone who had been in a home with other covid-poisitve people. Your DH and the ex need to be sensible.