Has anyone had both parents positive for Covid?

[Anonymous]

Best friend tested positive. 3 kids under 5. Fortunately her symptoms were super mild and DH never tested positive or had symptoms. One kid tested positive but not he others.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Any of you have very young children?
NP. We have an infant and a 5yo. We are both WFH, but DH has a lot of travel coming up soon, and I am honestly terrified of what happens to the kids if we end up sick. It isn’t like they can fend for themselves.

For real. Parents of kids under 12 should have been considered essential workers with the vaccine rollout.

Why the eye-rolling? Sure, immediate PP may be exaggerating a bit, but it is concerning to me, and I doubt I’m the only one. I’m the first PP. DH and I both have conditions that put us at high risk (yes, we have registered for a vaccine). We’ve been super cautious, mainly because I’ve been really worried about what happens to our little girls if we get too sick to care for them. The only family within a day’s drive of us are my parents, who are elderly and high risk. I tend to be anxious by nature, but I can’t help thinking of a news story from early on in the pandemic of the 4yo in GA who was found after spending days alone with her mother’s dead body. We can’t be the only high risk couple with little kids, plus what about single parents?

[Anonymous]

Yes, two families. None of the four kids ever tested positive. They did what they had to do to survive, which basically meant whichever parent felt better was in charge. Our friend group provided three meals a day for them for about a week to make it easier but you are right, you can't have both parents quarantine from young kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our family of four had Covid - two asymptomatic children and two symptomatic adults. The kids had it first, then DH, then me. We did not mask or quarantine in the home because by the time we discovered our child had been in close contact, we were already displaying symptoms (DH thought he had allergies, and I got a fever the night we received a call from the contact tracer).

Honestly, chances are that your kids have it and just aren't showing symptoms.

DH and I did sleep in separate bedrooms though.

Do you mind answering why you slept in separate bedrooms if both had already tested positive?

[Anonymous]

Single parents are getting covid, too. When we get sick we have to suck it up and lower our parenting standards for awhile.

[Anonymous]

I'm a single mom and tested positive. I have a 2.5 yr old and nobody around to help out. Amazingly, he never tested positive. I felt like crap for 4-5 days and then just really tired for 3-4 more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any of you have very young children?
NP. We have an infant and a 5yo. We are both WFH, but DH has a lot of travel coming up soon, and I am honestly terrified of what happens to the kids if we end up sick. It isn’t like they can fend for themselves.

For real. Parents of kids under 12 should have been considered essential workers with the vaccine rollout.

If au pairs are being vaccinated as “child care workers,” why not parents?

[Anonymous]

It’s worse if you don’t all have it. My sister didn’t have it and had to isolate, but her DH and two year old did. Niece would bang on her mom’s door begging to come in, to hug her, to play; dad would drag her away; repeat. Every day for fourteen days.

At least if the whole family has it you can all be together.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any of you have very young children?
NP. We have an infant and a 5yo. We are both WFH, but DH has a lot of travel coming up soon, and I am honestly terrified of what happens to the kids if we end up sick. It isn’t like they can fend for themselves.

For real. Parents of kids under 12 should have been considered essential workers with the vaccine rollout.

Why the eye-rolling? Sure, immediate PP may be exaggerating a bit, but it is concerning to me, and I doubt I’m the only one. I’m the first PP. DH and I both have conditions that put us at high risk (yes, we have registered for a vaccine). We’ve been super cautious, mainly because I’ve been really worried about what happens to our little girls if we get too sick to care for them. The only family within a day’s drive of us are my parents, who are elderly and high risk. I tend to be anxious by nature, but I can’t help thinking of a news story from early on in the pandemic of the 4yo in GA who was found after spending days alone with her mother’s dead body. We can’t be the only high risk couple with little kids, plus what about single parents?

If you get to sick to care for her, you find someone else: neighbor, friend, etc. I would take a COVID positive kid into my house rather than expect a four year old to keep herself safe while parents are hospitalized. And stop reading local news - that will give anyone anxiety!