Covid rise - when to withdraw from day care?
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Anonymous
| We just started our one year old in day care a few weeks ago after hobbling along without childcare for months and realizing we can't do this. (No, we're not sick of our kids, we just don't have endlessly flexible jobs.) Now covid cases are rising, before DC has even adjusted to the new environment. We're in MD but not MoCo, so I don't think day cares will be shut down again, no matter how bad it gets. At what point will you pull your kid out, if any? What metrics or decision making process will you use? |
Anonymous
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If I have a job, he goes to daycare while it is open. Or I won’t have a job. If positivity rates reach 50% here, I will just start getting tested regularly even without symptoms. But he will still go to daycare unless and until I test positive.
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Anonymous
| Never. Unless they are mandated to close, my one and 4 year old will go. |
Anonymous
| My kid has been going the entire time with no problems, so really never for us. |
Anonymous
| When an outbreak is declared in our daycare at the earliest. |
Anonymous
+1. And then we would return as soon as it opens. I’m much more likely to catch covid couch surfing w relatives, which will happen if I lose my job. Also, I will HAVE to work so my only other option is grandparents who are at risk. |
Anonymous
| We're keeping kid in, until there's a case and we're quarantined. |
Anonymous
There is no basis to believe what your saying is true. The counties child care departments are even moving to bringing preschools (if they haven't already) to full capacity. There is always a possibility of a COVID case. The schools have been given great guidance and I would say they take more health and safety measures than we probably do in our own homes. It's your decision as a parent to pull your child or not. But, when would that point be? When there is one case? That is inevitable. When there is two or three? If you are not willing to accept that your school could have a case and that it could or could not be transmitted to you child, you really shouldn't have started in the first place. Good Luck |
Anonymous
| Dont ever withdraw him and live your life! In Europe schools are starting open during the lockdowns in accordance with World Health Organisation recommendations. It is rare for young children to spreads the disease and worth sending them. Enjoy! |
Anonymous
Wow, that's an impressive amount of ignorance and lies in only four sentences. And "enjoy?" ROFL. |
Anonymous
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A 1 year old was probably < 6 months old at the start of the shut down, right? You can kind of get by without childcare at that age, but 1 year olds nap less, are more mobile, and generally need a closer eye. Unless at least one parent has an endlessly flexible job, or one parent plans to leave their job, you probably want to keep your kid in daycare as long as possible.
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Anonymous
| We went from March to July without daycare. We have no plans to pull her out now, although we might keep her home for a couple of weeks before Christmas so we can spend the holiday with her grandparents. At this point we have accepted that there is a risk, but we have to work. |
Anonymous
+1 I actually feel safer about dropping the kids off at daycare than taking them to XYZ errands for example. At least at daycare, there are firm health protocols in place and daily/continual cleanings...can't say that about other places. |
Anonymous
| My 18-month old has been going to daycare the entire time. They shut down one location for 2 weeks due to a positive case, and then reopened as soon as it was safe. I have no plans to withdraw. We are able to work without burnout, she gets socialization and everyone is much happier. |
Anonymous
Kids shouldn’t be going on errands. Why wait to do errand until souse can watch b |