Anyone thinking about waiting a few days before sending their kid back to preschool?

[Anonymous]

Yes we are keeping home for a week or maybe two to let the holiday-induced Covid cases burn out. I would love if our preschool decided to go virtual!

[Anonymous]

I’m undecided. Have a 3 year old in nursery school. I kept him home last week and he was on break this week. His school is requiring rapid or PCR tests to return. He’s going off the walls at home and I feel terrible about keeping him home. We also have a 7 week old and am nervous about the infant. That said, their pediatrician doesn’t see the point of keeping him home, because he’s at the age where’s he benefitting from school, covid is here to stay, and this variant is very contagious but has been relatively mild: long story short, unless I’m going to keep him home indefinitely, it’s likely that our unvaccinated kids will contract it, as infuriating as that is for all of us who’ve locked down, socially distanced ,and vaccinated the adults and older children around them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m undecided. Have a 3 year old in nursery school. I kept him home last week and he was on break this week. His school is requiring rapid or PCR tests to return. He’s going off the walls at home and I feel terrible about keeping him home. We also have a 7 week old and am nervous about the infant. That said, their pediatrician doesn’t see the point of keeping him home, because he’s at the age where’s he benefitting from school, covid is here to stay, and this variant is very contagious but has been relatively mild: long story short, unless I’m going to keep him home indefinitely, it’s likely that our unvaccinated kids will contract it, as infuriating as that is for all of us who’ve locked down, socially distanced ,and vaccinated the adults and older children around them.

Well the point would be to protect your newborn as long as possible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m undecided. Have a 3 year old in nursery school. I kept him home last week and he was on break this week. His school is requiring rapid or PCR tests to return. He’s going off the walls at home and I feel terrible about keeping him home. We also have a 7 week old and am nervous about the infant. That said, their pediatrician doesn’t see the point of keeping him home, because he’s at the age where’s he benefitting from school, covid is here to stay, and this variant is very contagious but has been relatively mild: long story short, unless I’m going to keep him home indefinitely, it’s likely that our unvaccinated kids will contract it, as infuriating as that is for all of us who’ve locked down, socially distanced ,and vaccinated the adults and older children around them.

Well the point would be to protect your newborn as long as possible.

But if she's not going to keep a 3 year old out of prek for several months, then that's not really a plausible goal.

[Anonymous]

Yes us too

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m undecided. Have a 3 year old in nursery school. I kept him home last week and he was on break this week. His school is requiring rapid or PCR tests to return. He’s going off the walls at home and I feel terrible about keeping him home. We also have a 7 week old and am nervous about the infant. That said, their pediatrician doesn’t see the point of keeping him home, because he’s at the age where’s he benefitting from school, covid is here to stay, and this variant is very contagious but has been relatively mild: long story short, unless I’m going to keep him home indefinitely, it’s likely that our unvaccinated kids will contract it, as infuriating as that is for all of us who’ve locked down, socially distanced ,and vaccinated the adults and older children around them.

Well the point would be to protect your newborn as long as possible.

But if she's not going to keep a 3 year old out of prek for several months, then that's not really a plausible goal.

PP here. I had three doses of the vaccine while pregnant. I am definitely concerned about my newborn, but my pediatrician says she probably has some immunity from my vaccine doses. What they’ve seen in toddlers and babies, even newborns, has thankfully been mild. Pediatrician doesn’t think it’s worth keeping older child home at this point, and we’ll all likely end up picking it up sooner or later. That said I may still keep my 3yo home next week and see where we are. If it’s going to be fast surge, it might be worthwhile to prolong exposure.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I think we’re going to keep DC out of preschool for the first week. I have a very light work load (work from home) and we have a nanny for our preschooler and baby. It’s a luxury to be able to do this. I know a lot of daycare-dependent parents who don’t have this option.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I think we’re going to keep DC out of preschool for the first week. I have a very light work load (work from home) and we have a nanny for our preschooler and baby. It’s a luxury to be able to do this. I know a lot of daycare-dependent parents who don’t have this option.

Similar situation and I think we will as well. Our baby is a newborn.

[Anonymous]

Definitely not. My kid loves school. I don’t make up my own rules with regards to COVID. My daycare follows the CDC rules.

[Anonymous]

I'm sending my 2 and 4 year old to preschool on Monday. I have to work. Thanks everyone else for keeping your kids home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm sending my 2 and 4 year old to preschool on Monday. I have to work. Thanks everyone else for keeping your kids home.

? We’re not doing it for you, we’re doing it for ourselves. Because we have the luxury to do so.

[Anonymous]

No way, I’ve been off for two weeks and need to go back to work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No way, I’ve been off for two weeks and need to go back to work.

I think posters mean preschool and not daycare. They don’t need the childcare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Definitely not. My kid loves school. I don’t make up my own rules with regards to COVID. My daycare follows the CDC rules.

Daycare is different than preschool in this context. My kid loves preschool too but I love him healthy! And since I don’t used preschool for childcare, it’s an affordable precaution.

[Anonymous]

I’m a preschool teacher and if I were you I would keep my child home next week. The logistics of this are going to be a nightmare. People will absolutely send sick kids to school. It’s so contagious that we won’t be able to prevent your kid from getting it. Which means you get it. Which means traveling around for tests. The longer we can delay getting it the better.