Do people understand how almost impossible it is for a child to get Covid and for the adults in their household not to get it? This is how Covid spreads. If you're kid has it, you either have it or just had it. Just get yourself tested. We go to the testing place a couple blocks away whenever we are in doubt. I'm not going to subject my kid to that for every random runny nose or sneeze because even though the test itself is no big deal, getting one is a whole production and it's genuinely hard to do with a small child. I can easily wait 15 minutes and then get tested by someone in full PPE -- my 3 yr old would throw a fit at that entire outing and everyone would be miserable.

We do not need to be testing small children constantly.

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Anonymous wrote:No. It’s most likely allergies. We got Covid tests twice before for 2-year old when she was running a slight fever but I’m not doing it for just the runny nose she has right now.

How bizarre. You know most children are completely asymptomatic, right? Mine were.

You do you.

Anonymous wrote:No. It’s most likely allergies. We got Covid tests twice before for 2-year old when she was running a slight fever but I’m not doing it for just the runny nose she has right now.

How bizarre. You know most children are completely asymptomatic, right? Mine were.

Yes, I would get them tested. It's simple and quick. They'll forget about the nose stick after 10 minutes.

We did not get ours tested after consulting with her preschool. Instead, we got tested (negative) and we are going to the pediatrician to discuss as it is almost certainly seasonal allergies. The school would feel better with a note from the pediatrician saying as much.

There are a lot of factors indicating allergies as opposed to a virus, but here are some of the key ones:

- No fever at all
- No loss of energy, no lethargy, no random sleeping in when bedtimes are consistent
- They are intermittent. Sneezing in the morning on the way to school but then totally fine in the afternoon while in the house, etc. Bad one day, gone the next, then even worse the next day. A virus doesn't come and go and has a clearer progression. If you have a virus, your runny nose doesn't suddenly clear for three days and then just as suddenly return for the fourth and fifth days.
- Both parents get seasonal allergies
- Accompanied by watery eyes but no coughing

We have been debating giving her a child's dose of allergy medication but want to wait until we talk to the ped. During non-Covid times I would not consider it because the allergies do not seem to bother her at all (they are extremely mild), and again, they come and go. It does feel a little like we'd be giving her the medication just to make other people feel less antsy if they see our kid sneeze into her mask. But I also don't want to freak people out that our kid has Covid or might be contagious with something else -- everyone's nerves are frayed these days. We'll see what the doctor says and follow her lead.

Yes; my 10yo recently had covid. Only initial symptom was runny nose (which I thought was allergies - it was not). One week after runny nose started, she lost sense of smell.

That was it.

Anonymous wrote:No. It’s most likely allergies. We got Covid tests twice before for 2-year old when she was running a slight fever but I’m not doing it for just the runny nose she has right now.

No, it is not most likely allergies. Sudden onset of sneezing and runny nose in 2 kids at once is likely a virus. I would absolutely get them tested. You’re going to have to anyway to send them back to daycare/babysitter.

No. It’s most likely allergies. We got Covid tests twice before for 2-year old when she was running a slight fever but I’m not doing it for just the runny nose she has right now.

No. Probably allergies.

No.

Yep.

Yes.

The ONLY symptom my kid had was a runny nose. We brought them in bc we thought they may have an ear infection. Doctor made us test due to child being in preschool. Positive rapid test.

An evil part of me wishes we didn’t get the test bc we had to quarantine for a month.

No. It’s probably seasonal allergies.

Both of my kids woke up congested and have been sneezing and have stuffy noses. No cough, no fever, no other symptoms. Are you getting your kids Covid tested in that set of facts? My kids are 2 & 4 so i don’t want to subject them to the test if not necessary...but gahhh!!!