Is it even possible to protect my newborn from Omicron?

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Anonymous wrote:Pull your kid out of preschool and put your nanny on leave until baby is 6weeks old. After that live normally. You don't need to do anything for covid that you wouldn't do for flu when it comes to babies and kids. The data are very clear that kids do not get very sick from covid. The neonate period is the exception.

This.
I had a baby in May 2020. Older DD was 4 at the time and her daycare reopened around the time DD2 was born. We kept older DD home until baby was 8wo, per the advice of our pediatrician. He was less concerned about covid itself and more so about the dangers of fever in a newborn.
However, we were fortunate that DH was WFH at the time and could help me with both kids.

[Anonymous]

My husband has covid right now. He has cold symptoms only. I have 4 kids, 3 of whom have cold symptoms, including the 3.5-month-old. The other kid has diarrhea. I am not concerned about the baby as it’s very mild for her and we are not masking because we were already all exposed to each other.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would you be this cautious of the flu or other illnesses? I truly don’t understand. This has been going on for two years. Do you really know kids who have died or were severely damaged from covid?

I’m not trying to be mean, but I don’t understand how covid becomes such a focus for a mom. I can see being concerned about RSV when there is a lot going around. I definitely understand being scared of passing on covid to someone who is elderly. Or being scared of a backyard pool when you have a young child. But covid?? You realize most people with covid right now have a mild cold?

If a neonate gets a fever they get admitted and a spinal tap. It's not covid, it's the age

At what age do infants no longer need to be admitted for a spinal tap when presenting with a fever?

Usually 8 weeks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would you be this cautious of the flu or other illnesses? I truly don’t understand. This has been going on for two years. Do you really know kids who have died or were severely damaged from covid?

I’m not trying to be mean, but I don’t understand how covid becomes such a focus for a mom. I can see being concerned about RSV when there is a lot going around. I definitely understand being scared of passing on covid to someone who is elderly. Or being scared of a backyard pool when you have a young child. But covid?? You realize most people with covid right now have a mild cold?

If a neonate gets a fever they get admitted and a spinal tap. It's not covid, it's the age

This.
People seem to forget the consequences of a newborn with fever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would pull the older one out until the wave passes.

This. And have the nanny stay home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would you be this cautious of the flu or other illnesses? I truly don’t understand. This has been going on for two years. Do you really know kids who have died or were severely damaged from covid?

I’m not trying to be mean, but I don’t understand how covid becomes such a focus for a mom. I can see being concerned about RSV when there is a lot going around. I definitely understand being scared of passing on covid to someone who is elderly. Or being scared of a backyard pool when you have a young child. But covid?? You realize most people with covid right now have a mild cold?

+100.

[Anonymous]

Even in non Covid times I was very protective of my newborn in the winter. I worried about rsv, flu, colds and the possibility of my newborn getting a spinal tap. The older child was bathed and changed once she got home and when she inevitably got sick separated from the newborn. Fortunately I had a caregiver that was able to separate from the toddler while I took care of the sick older child. It’s really hard and you may consider keeping the older one home until the newborn no longer needs a spinal tap if he or she gets sick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Even in non Covid times I was very protective of my newborn in the winter. I worried about rsv, flu, colds and the possibility of my newborn getting a spinal tap. The older child was bathed and changed once she got home and when she inevitably got sick separated from the newborn. Fortunately I had a caregiver that was able to separate from the toddler while I took care of the sick older child. It’s really hard and you may consider keeping the older one home until the newborn no longer needs a spinal tap if he or she gets sick.

Did you allow visitors to see the newborn, or wait until after the 8-week period?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even in non Covid times I was very protective of my newborn in the winter. I worried about rsv, flu, colds and the possibility of my newborn getting a spinal tap. The older child was bathed and changed once she got home and when she inevitably got sick separated from the newborn. Fortunately I had a caregiver that was able to separate from the toddler while I took care of the sick older child. It’s really hard and you may consider keeping the older one home until the newborn no longer needs a spinal tap if he or she gets sick.

Did you allow visitors to see the newborn, or wait until after the 8-week period?

DP. My first DD was a January baby, born pre-pandemic. The only visitors we had prior to 8 weeks were grandparents, all 4 of whom were up to date on vaccinations, including flu shots and whooping cough. We'd had family friends with a newborn who ended up with a spinal tap due to fever, and I didn't want to risk that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even in non Covid times I was very protective of my newborn in the winter. I worried about rsv, flu, colds and the possibility of my newborn getting a spinal tap. The older child was bathed and changed once she got home and when she inevitably got sick separated from the newborn. Fortunately I had a caregiver that was able to separate from the toddler while I took care of the sick older child. It’s really hard and you may consider keeping the older one home until the newborn no longer needs a spinal tap if he or she gets sick.

Did you allow visitors to see the newborn, or wait until after the 8-week period?

It's up to your taste for risk. And how willing you are to irritate hovering grandmothers and other relatives. And whether or not you have to work.