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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s clear this will not be a few weeks, but months now that schools are closed through the end of the year. We’ve been hesitant to travel North to stay with family because grandparents are in the high risk group  due to age. We have 2 kids (15mos, 4yo) and both work FT. It’s not sustainable to have flexible hours and both kids home for months. Our employers are being great right now but it won’t last forever. How are others handling the decision to sink or swim? The drive to family is 8hrs which we could do overnight to minimize our stops since the kids will sleep. I’m worried about the risk of traveling and I’m worried about how to make it work without any help.

Our rationale for family help vs hiring help here is that we would all stay put at the family members house vs hiring a nanny who would be at free will after being in our home or whom lives with others who cannot or are not staying home. We don’t have a home that’s set up to support an au pair situation.

Pros and cons either way?[/quote]

So you're willing to risk the lives of your parents for your selfish means?!  You stay home and if you or your husband needs to quit your job to take care of your responsibility, YOUR CHILDREN, then this is what you do.  Unbelievable!  Murder your parents to keep your jobs.  Aren't you a POS![/quote]

NP.  I fail to understand how, if both the family (parents/children) and grandparents are practicing social distancing for two weeks before combining households, that equates to murder in your eyes.  Two weeks should be enough to rule out any illness...at least, that's the guidance that seems to be coming out from health care.  At that point, if they need to combine households, what is the issue?
I'm pregnant and due in a month.  DD, DH, and I are self-isolated at home.  My parents are isolating at their home an hour away.  When the time comes for me to go into labor, they are taking DD.  We have no one else to leave her with.  Our two backup plans (other families with children) either can't or won't isolate, so they are no longer an option for us.  DH is planning on attending the birth, then leaving immediately, and I will spend the remainder of the time by myself in the hospital.  What exactly would you have us do, leave a preschooler home alone to fend for herself for hours?[/quote]

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