How to support a friend isolating with COVID and kids

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So both parents are working from home trying to quarantine kids without childcare?

If parents have Covid and kids do not, those kids are going to be quarantining for a long time. Their quarantine starts from last exposure so Day 10 of parents having Covid.

This is not accurate if the kids are over 5 years old and vaccinated. The CDC has been revising the guidelines over the past 6-8 months. The showing symptoms is the key factor. We had Omicron in our house in January and then 6 weeks later. We kept testing and 2 consistently tested negative and were allowed to go to school since the showed no symptoms 5 days after exposure plus tested negative.

Pp here. My vaccinated kids didn’t miss any school when one kid got Covid. My unvaccinated preschool child had to quarantine for 5 days and could return to school with a negative PCR.

My point was that if kids are young and ages 1 and 3 are young, the kid’s quarantine starts from last exposure to parent and that last exposure won’t start until Day 10 of parents getting Covid.

[Anonymous]

Send over a surprise toy or activity. The novelty of whatever is in the package will be appreciated.

I've also sent cupcake deliveries to friends who are isolating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So both parents are working from home trying to quarantine kids without childcare?

If parents have Covid and kids do not, those kids are going to be quarantining for a long time. Their quarantine starts from last exposure so Day 10 of parents having Covid.

This is not accurate if the kids are over 5 years old and vaccinated. The CDC has been revising the guidelines over the past 6-8 months. The showing symptoms is the key factor. We had Omicron in our house in January and then 6 weeks later. We kept testing and 2 consistently tested negative and were allowed to go to school since the showed no symptoms 5 days after exposure plus tested negative.

Pp here. My vaccinated kids didn’t miss any school when one kid got Covid. My unvaccinated preschool child had to quarantine for 5 days and could return to school with a negative PCR.

My point was that if kids are young and ages 1 and 3 are young, the kid’s quarantine starts from last exposure to parent and that last exposure won’t start until Day 10 of parents getting Covid.

NP. Yes, this is why those of us with children too young for vaccination are living in a completely different world these days.

[Anonymous]

Drop off a food and goody basket full of snacks, magazines, kids toys, liquor, etc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So both parents are working from home trying to quarantine kids without childcare?

If parents have Covid and kids do not, those kids are going to be quarantining for a long time. Their quarantine starts from last exposure so Day 10 of parents having Covid.

This is not accurate if the kids are over 5 years old and vaccinated. The CDC has been revising the guidelines over the past 6-8 months. The showing symptoms is the key factor. We had Omicron in our house in January and then 6 weeks later. We kept testing and 2 consistently tested negative and were allowed to go to school since the showed no symptoms 5 days after exposure plus tested negative.

Pp here. My vaccinated kids didn’t miss any school when one kid got Covid. My unvaccinated preschool child had to quarantine for 5 days and could return to school with a negative PCR.

My point was that if kids are young and ages 1 and 3 are young, the kid’s quarantine starts from last exposure to parent and that last exposure won’t start until Day 10 of parents getting Covid.

NP. Yes, this is why those of us with children too young for vaccination are living in a completely different world these days.

So much yes. I (mom) got Covid and it was caught on a test we are required to take to enter our office. So my kids (1, 3 & 3) had to stay home from daycare for five days past my day 10. On day 8 my husband was supposed to leave the country for work and tested to leave and he pooped positive. So the kids had to start their quarantine over. After over a month not in school the one year old has a runny nose and small cough and got sent home for daycare and has to quarantine for 10 days. He doesn’t have a test to return policy at his daycare. I did test him though and he is negative. I get so tired of people forgetting some of us are still stuck in this cycle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So both parents are working from home trying to quarantine kids without childcare?

If parents have Covid and kids do not, those kids are going to be quarantining for a long time. Their quarantine starts from last exposure so Day 10 of parents having Covid.

This is not accurate if the kids are over 5 years old and vaccinated. The CDC has been revising the guidelines over the past 6-8 months. The showing symptoms is the key factor. We had Omicron in our house in January and then 6 weeks later. We kept testing and 2 consistently tested negative and were allowed to go to school since the showed no symptoms 5 days after exposure plus tested negative.

Pp here. My vaccinated kids didn’t miss any school when one kid got Covid. My unvaccinated preschool child had to quarantine for 5 days and could return to school with a negative PCR.

My point was that if kids are young and ages 1 and 3 are young, the kid’s quarantine starts from last exposure to parent and that last exposure won’t start until Day 10 of parents getting Covid.

NP. Yes, this is why those of us with children too young for vaccination are living in a completely different world these days.

So much yes. I (mom) got Covid and it was caught on a test we are required to take to enter our office. So my kids (1, 3 & 3) had to stay home from daycare for five days past my day 10. On day 8 my husband was supposed to leave the country for work and tested to leave and he pooped positive. So the kids had to start their quarantine over. After over a month not in school the one year old has a runny nose and small cough and got sent home for daycare and has to quarantine for 10 days. He doesn’t have a test to return policy at his daycare. I did test him though and he is negative. I get so tired of people forgetting some of us are still stuck in this cycle.

You have to stay home for 10 days for a runny nose and cough???

Can’t the kid just stay home until he is better?

Our very strict preschool has a no sick policy so would be sent home for same symptoms but kid can return back to school after getting better. You used to need a negative pcr for any symptoms but they just recently got rid of that. You just have to stay home if you are sick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So both parents are working from home trying to quarantine kids without childcare?

If parents have Covid and kids do not, those kids are going to be quarantining for a long time. Their quarantine starts from last exposure so Day 10 of parents having Covid.

This is not accurate if the kids are over 5 years old and vaccinated. The CDC has been revising the guidelines over the past 6-8 months. The showing symptoms is the key factor. We had Omicron in our house in January and then 6 weeks later. We kept testing and 2 consistently tested negative and were allowed to go to school since the showed no symptoms 5 days after exposure plus tested negative.

Pp here. My vaccinated kids didn’t miss any school when one kid got Covid. My unvaccinated preschool child had to quarantine for 5 days and could return to school with a negative PCR.

My point was that if kids are young and ages 1 and 3 are young, the kid’s quarantine starts from last exposure to parent and that last exposure won’t start until Day 10 of parents getting Covid.

NP. Yes, this is why those of us with children too young for vaccination are living in a completely different world these days.

So much yes. I (mom) got Covid and it was caught on a test we are required to take to enter our office. So my kids (1, 3 & 3) had to stay home from daycare for five days past my day 10. On day 8 my husband was supposed to leave the country for work and tested to leave and he pooped positive. So the kids had to start their quarantine over. After over a month not in school the one year old has a runny nose and small cough and got sent home for daycare and has to quarantine for 10 days. He doesn’t have a test to return policy at his daycare. I did test him though and he is negative. I get so tired of people forgetting some of us are still stuck in this cycle.

You have to stay home for 10 days for a runny nose and cough???

Can’t the kid just stay home until he is better?

Our very strict preschool has a no sick policy so would be sent home for same symptoms but kid can return back to school after getting better. You used to need a negative pcr for any symptoms but they just recently got rid of that. You just have to stay home if you are sick.

DP. Our daycare doesn’t require proof of a negative test to return if a child is sent home sick, just resolution of symptoms and no fever for 48 hours. But they sill shut down classrooms for 10 days if there’s a confirmed positive in the class (per county health department instructions). My 2yo has had 2 caregivers and a classmate test positive since Christmas (separate, unrelated incidents), so that’s 30 days of no childcare for us, just this year alone.
My older child is in elementary school and vaccinated, and she’s under no restrictions at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It sounds miserable and she and her spouse have to work (from home). Anything I can do to support? I feel a bit helpless. Money is not an issue for them.

Like what? They are sick, stay away. Not every situation needs support.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is silly. Her employer should not be making her work, even from home, while she is sick with covid and has very small children who cannot access their childcare. The only thing anyone can do to really help is give her sick days.

Then she can take leave. Not her employers problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So both parents are working from home trying to quarantine kids without childcare?

If parents have Covid and kids do not, those kids are going to be quarantining for a long time. Their quarantine starts from last exposure so Day 10 of parents having Covid.

This is not accurate if the kids are over 5 years old and vaccinated. The CDC has been revising the guidelines over the past 6-8 months. The showing symptoms is the key factor. We had Omicron in our house in January and then 6 weeks later. We kept testing and 2 consistently tested negative and were allowed to go to school since the showed no symptoms 5 days after exposure plus tested negative.

Pp here. My vaccinated kids didn’t miss any school when one kid got Covid. My unvaccinated preschool child had to quarantine for 5 days and could return to school with a negative PCR.

My point was that if kids are young and ages 1 and 3 are young, the kid’s quarantine starts from last exposure to parent and that last exposure won’t start until Day 10 of parents getting Covid.

You are why we’ve had to keep our kids virtual. That’s horrible you sent them back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So both parents are working from home trying to quarantine kids without childcare?

If parents have Covid and kids do not, those kids are going to be quarantining for a long time. Their quarantine starts from last exposure so Day 10 of parents having Covid.

This is not accurate if the kids are over 5 years old and vaccinated. The CDC has been revising the guidelines over the past 6-8 months. The showing symptoms is the key factor. We had Omicron in our house in January and then 6 weeks later. We kept testing and 2 consistently tested negative and were allowed to go to school since the showed no symptoms 5 days after exposure plus tested negative.

Pp here. My vaccinated kids didn’t miss any school when one kid got Covid. My unvaccinated preschool child had to quarantine for 5 days and could return to school with a negative PCR.

My point was that if kids are young and ages 1 and 3 are young, the kid’s quarantine starts from last exposure to parent and that last exposure won’t start until Day 10 of parents getting Covid.

She followed CDC guidelines and district policy. Direct your feelings elsewhere.

You are why we’ve had to keep our kids virtual. That’s horrible you sent them back.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Lol, some of you have some serious issues. Thanks for the suggestions!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If there is a 1 and a 3 year old -
a great activity is to drop off a few helium balloons. They can occupy them for a bit.

yeah itll be great when one pops and the 1 yr old aspirates it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So both parents are working from home trying to quarantine kids without childcare?

If parents have Covid and kids do not, those kids are going to be quarantining for a long time. Their quarantine starts from last exposure so Day 10 of parents having Covid.

This is not accurate if the kids are over 5 years old and vaccinated. The CDC has been revising the guidelines over the past 6-8 months. The showing symptoms is the key factor. We had Omicron in our house in January and then 6 weeks later. We kept testing and 2 consistently tested negative and were allowed to go to school since the showed no symptoms 5 days after exposure plus tested negative.

Pp here. My vaccinated kids didn’t miss any school when one kid got Covid. My unvaccinated preschool child had to quarantine for 5 days and could return to school with a negative PCR.

My point was that if kids are young and ages 1 and 3 are young, the kid’s quarantine starts from last exposure to parent and that last exposure won’t start until Day 10 of parents getting Covid.

You are why we’ve had to keep our kids virtual. That’s horrible you sent them back.

Why am I horrible for following school policies?

My vaccinated child who had Covid isolated for 6 days and was masked in our house for the remainder of his quarantine. He returned to school on Day 11. Date was on a letter that the school nurse and principal provided.

My vaccinated and boosted child and husband had negative home Covid tests and lived life as normal per CDC and school guidelines.

My unvaccinated preschool child stayed home from school for 5 days, was away from the Covid sibling the entire time and went back to school with a negative PCR on Day 6. The school happened to have a teacher workday so she had 7 days away from her class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Lol, some of you have some serious issues. Thanks for the suggestions!

I love busy ball popper type toys for keeping a 1 year old busy. I think it is easier to find something to keep a 3 year old busy.