Parents of newborns- how are you approaching RSV?

[Anonymous]

I kept my eldest out of kindergarten. If you can't do it the whole winter, at least do it for 6 weeks when they are the most fragile.

I once walked out of a lab appointment because they wanted me to wait in a line in a hallway. Another time my MIL flew across the country and I would only meet her outdoors in the park in the freezing cold

Don't mess around with surgical masks. That was the biggest hoax of all during this covid business. Anything less than an n95 that totally seals to your face is theatre.

-signed 2x covid pregnancy veteran who managed to dodge covid unvaccinated

[Anonymous]

This is OP. I have a 2 and 3 year old who are in school 3 hours a day. If I have them wash well and I wear the baby and keep them out of the baby's face, how covered are we? My baby is 8 weeks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was a hermit. The older toddler changed her clothes and took a bath immediately back from school. When she got sick I was fortunate to have help to separate both the children. It sucks to isolate during holiday season but it is what it is. The baby won’t be a baby for long, time flies. But worrying about the baby during cold rsv and flu season is why I will never have another child.

This is what I did last year when #2 was born in November.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I kept my eldest out of kindergarten. If you can't do it the whole winter, at least do it for 6 weeks when they are the most fragile.

I once walked out of a lab appointment because they wanted me to wait in a line in a hallway. Another time my MIL flew across the country and I would only meet her outdoors in the park in the freezing cold

Don't mess around with surgical masks. That was the biggest hoax of all during this covid business. Anything less than an n95 that totally seals to your face is theatre.

-signed 2x covid pregnancy veteran who managed to dodge covid unvaccinated

You should have gotten vaccinated.

[Anonymous]

It’s so tough. I’ve been taking my three month old with me on errands, and I’m wondering whether I should stop doing that. We’re also really on the fence about holiday air travel when she’ll be six months old. I’m thankful that she was a summer baby and is no longer a super tiny newborn during this RSV surge. If she was still a newborn, we’d probably be staying home all the time (including for the holidays) and limiting visitors.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I kept my eldest out of kindergarten. If you can't do it the whole winter, at least do it for 6 weeks when they are the most fragile.

I once walked out of a lab appointment because they wanted me to wait in a line in a hallway. Another time my MIL flew across the country and I would only meet her outdoors in the park in the freezing cold

Don't mess around with surgical masks. That was the biggest hoax of all during this covid business. Anything less than an n95 that totally seals to your face is theatre.

-signed 2x covid pregnancy veteran who managed to dodge covid unvaccinated

You should have gotten vaccinated.

That's what the high risk OB said, while wearing a useless surgical mask, who told me to stop talking over him when I tried to tell him I have a C section isthmocele which ended up being bad enough another doctor said I was at risk of spontaneous uterine rupture (nearly always fatal to baby). Needless to say he was fired and my respect and trust in doctors and the medical establishment, and thus experimental vaccines, is greatly diminished. You have zero right to tell someone what to do to their body.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. I have a 2 and 3 year old who are in school 3 hours a day. If I have them wash well and I wear the baby and keep them out of the baby's face, how covered are we? My baby is 8 weeks.

Are you washing their respiratory tracts?

If you need help, maybe use their tuition to hire a mother's helper for three hours a day?

[Anonymous]

OP, some people on this board are very intense/anxious. Keep your preschoolers out of the baby’s face and don’t expose yourselves to crowds/germs unnecessarily of course but realistically most kids are fine even if they catch RSV. Good luck and I hope your kids stay healthy and your anxiety relaxes soon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. I have a 2 and 3 year old who are in school 3 hours a day. If I have them wash well and I wear the baby and keep them out of the baby's face, how covered are we? My baby is 8 weeks.

Are you washing their respiratory tracts?

If you need help, maybe use their tuition to hire a mother's helper for three hours a day?

We also have a full time nanny but thanks for the helpful reply

My kids need to be in school after being stuck inside for the majority of their early lives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. I have a 2 and 3 year old who are in school 3 hours a day. If I have them wash well and I wear the baby and keep them out of the baby's face, how covered are we? My baby is 8 weeks.

Are you washing their respiratory tracts?

If you need help, maybe use their tuition to hire a mother's helper for three hours a day?

We also have a full time nanny but thanks for the helpful reply

My kids need to be in school after being stuck inside for the majority of their early lives.

My preschooler brought RSV home to my newborn (this was pre-pandemic). She did absolutely fine! I was nervous, the pedi said to stay in daily contact, we took her in for pulse ox checks. She was fine!

So, I would be cautious, not take the baby out more than necessary, keep the older ones away if they have sniffles or anything, but otherwise, proceed. You can only do so much. Hope everyone stays healthy!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. I have a 2 and 3 year old who are in school 3 hours a day. If I have them wash well and I wear the baby and keep them out of the baby's face, how covered are we? My baby is 8 weeks.

Are you washing their respiratory tracts?

If you need help, maybe use their tuition to hire a mother's helper for three hours a day?

We also have a full time nanny but thanks for the helpful reply

My kids need to be in school after being stuck inside for the majority of their early lives.

My preschooler brought RSV home to my newborn (this was pre-pandemic). She did absolutely fine! I was nervous, the pedi said to stay in daily contact, we took her in for pulse ox checks. She was fine!

So, I would be cautious, not take the baby out more than necessary, keep the older ones away if they have sniffles or anything, but otherwise, proceed. You can only do so much. Hope everyone stays healthy!

Thank you so much this was very reassuring! We have a ped checkup on Thursday and I'm going to ask what they think. Just scary seeing the news of all of the hospitalizations.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is OP. I have a 2 and 3 year old who are in school 3 hours a day. If I have them wash well and I wear the baby and keep them out of the baby's face, how covered are we? My baby is 8 weeks.

Are you washing their respiratory tracts?

If you need help, maybe use their tuition to hire a mother's helper for three hours a day?

We also have a full time nanny but thanks for the helpful reply

My kids need to be in school after being stuck inside for the majority of their early lives.

My preschooler brought RSV home to my newborn (this was pre-pandemic). She did absolutely fine! I was nervous, the pedi said to stay in daily contact, we took her in for pulse ox checks. She was fine!

So, I would be cautious, not take the baby out more than necessary, keep the older ones away if they have sniffles or anything, but otherwise, proceed. You can only do so much. Hope everyone stays healthy!

Thank you so much this was very reassuring! We have a ped checkup on Thursday and I'm going to ask what they think. Just scary seeing the news of all of the hospitalizations.

Also - RSV can live on surfaces for a while, but soap and water are effective against it. So have everyone wash hands well, change clothes after being out, wipe down door knobs, faucet handles, countertops, etc.

I would think more about trying to cocoon the baby rather than making everyone else stay home.

[Anonymous]

RSV has been around and scary to parents for a long time. I understand it's back now when it was not circulating as much for a couple years. But deep breaths that this is a normal virus that the medical community has a lot of experience dealing with. Pre-covid, we used to think about it. Almost all children will get RSV before two and for most of them it's just a cold.

My thoughts from two kids born in early winter many moons ago:

-Don't bring the baby out to crowded public places. Just don't. Pretty easy to avoid.
-Ask visitors to wash hands etc. Obviously no one who has a cold should be around your baby.
-Do not limit older kid activities. Not fair to the older kids. Do make sure your older kids are hand washing and if they get a cold, keep them away from baby.
-If your baby gets sick, listen to your mom gut and don't be afraid to take to a ped or ER if you're concerned.

Everything will be ok.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. I have a 2 and 3 year old who are in school 3 hours a day. If I have them wash well and I wear the baby and keep them out of the baby's face, how covered are we? My baby is 8 weeks.

Are you washing their respiratory tracts?

If you need help, maybe use their tuition to hire a mother's helper for three hours a day?

We also have a full time nanny but thanks for the helpful reply

My kids need to be in school after being stuck inside for the majority of their early lives.

The ironic thing is that we moved so my toddler could have the socialization she needed the past two years since COVID is of no threat to her. Now that she has a newborn sibling we have her home - our nanny lines up play dates - so we can somewhat hunker down when there is an ACTUAL threat to their age cohort - RSV.

You really did this backwards.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. I have a 2 and 3 year old who are in school 3 hours a day. If I have them wash well and I wear the baby and keep them out of the baby's face, how covered are we? My baby is 8 weeks.

Are you washing their respiratory tracts?

If you need help, maybe use their tuition to hire a mother's helper for three hours a day?

We also have a full time nanny but thanks for the helpful reply

My kids need to be in school after being stuck inside for the majority of their early lives.

The ironic thing is that we moved so my toddler could have the socialization she needed the past two years since COVID is of no threat to her. Now that she has a newborn sibling we have her home - our nanny lines up play dates - so we can somewhat hunker down when there is an ACTUAL threat to their age cohort - RSV.

You really did this backwards.

Oh great, can you write letters to the school on the ISLAND I live on and tell them they should have been open from 2020-2022? Since you're being so helpful?