My wife recovered first week of December, and I'm on day 11 (mostly recovered outside of annoying cough and lightheadedness). Strange part about this is my wife had minor symptoms to the point we were skeptical she actually had it...until she lost smell and taste. She was still nursing our baby, yet neither of us ever caught the virus.

Fast forward to Dec 29th at a family gathering where most of my family and I caught the virus from a family member. I immediately isolated myself into one of our guest bedrooms, but apparently wasn't enough.
About 5 days ago, our 11 month old started having a runny nose, watery eyes, and much more fussy than usual. My wife finally took her in today and she tested positive.

I'm obviously pretty upset about it as we've tried to do everything we can to protect her, yet she still caught it from me (not sure how she didn't catch it from her mom over a month ago).

Her Ped said it's not in her lungs and to just watch her temp doesn't reach 102, but she should recover just fine and quickly. Anyone give me more piece of mine than this? Anyone have kids around some age that has experienced exposure?

Apologies for the long note...just a bit paranoid at the moment.

No advice but hope this passes quickly and safely for your baby.

A family friend of ours had it and it spread to the entire family, including their 5, 3, and 1 year old - she is also pregnant with their 4th (yes, they are Catholic ). All had some symptoms and runny noses, but no issues other than that.

Don't know if this makes you feel better or not, obviously everyone reacts differently to illnesses. But my son was 11 months old when he got it back this summer (both my wife and I had it as well). Mild fever, cold like symptoms, and some extra dirty diapers and he was over it by the end of the week. He also had antibodies up to like 5 months later, so there's that positive too.

Good luck and hope your experience is similar if not better.

Virginia reports death by age and we haven't had any deaths under the age of 9 and only 1 death under the age of 19. The deaths here are pretty much insignificant until you get over the age of 60.

It seems like COVID is extremely low risk for children and unfortunately there are many other illnesses that pose a much higher risk.

The data and evidence say you don't have anything to worry about with this particular virus.

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Virginia reports death by age and we haven't had any deaths under the age of 9 and only 1 death under the age of 19. The deaths here are pretty much insignificant until you get over the age of 60.

It seems like COVID is extremely low risk for children and unfortunately there are many other illnesses that pose a much higher risk.

The data and evidence say you don't have anything to worry about with this particular virus.

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Aren't there like 100 other common viruses that are a bigger issue towards kids of that age? Including the flu? Actually, aren't all viruses a bigger threat to kids of that age...?

Yes, I'm being facetious and half serious. Maybe.

Don't apologize for the post! This is exactly the space to do that. I don't have any suggestions. I hope for a quick recovery! Please update this post on their progress!

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Gumby said:

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Virginia reports death by age and we haven't had any deaths under the age of 9 and only 1 death under the age of 19. The deaths here are pretty much insignificant until you get over the age of 60.

It seems like COVID is extremely low risk for children and unfortunately there are many other illnesses that pose a much higher risk.

The data and evidence say you don't have anything to worry about with this particular virus.

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Aren't there like 100 other common viruses that are a bigger issue towards kids of that age? Including the flu? Actually, aren't all viruses a bigger threat to kids of that age...?

Yes, I'm being facetious and half serious. Maybe.

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Not sure how many but COVID appears to be very low on the list of risks for children. Maybe equivalent to common cold? Less risky than flu.

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My wife recovered first week of December, and I'm on day 11 (mostly recovered outside of annoying cough and lightheadedness). Strange part about this is my wife had minor symptoms to the point we were skeptical she actually had it...until she lost smell and taste. She was still nursing our baby, yet neither of us ever caught the virus.

Fast forward to Dec 29th at a family gathering where most of my family and I caught the virus from a family member. I immediately isolated myself into one of our guest bedrooms, but apparently wasn't enough.
About 5 days ago, our 11 month old started having a runny nose, watery eyes, and much more fussy than usual. My wife finally took her in today and she tested positive.

I'm obviously pretty upset about it as we've tried to do everything we can to protect her, yet she still caught it from me (not sure how she didn't catch it from her mom over a month ago).

Her Ped said it's not in her lungs and to just watch her temp doesn't reach 102, but she should recover just fine and quickly. Anyone give me more piece of mine than this? Anyone have kids around some age that has experienced exposure?

Apologies for the long note...just a bit paranoid at the moment.

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It's pretty much statistically impossible for your 11 month old to have significant issues due to COVID unless it already has significant health issues.

That should give you peace of mind.

Thank you for the feedback.

Not a lot of information out there on kids her age, so I take that as a good thing.
The hardest part is her age, not being able to communicate to us how she's feeling (shortness of breath, chills, stomach issues, not hungry, etc)

I'm confident she'll recover...but due to this being such a new virus, I worry about possible long term effects.
I have absolutely no science basis to worry about it, it's just something I think about.

Good to hear similar stories that resulted in quick recovery.

COVID is essentially harmless for children. Flu & RSV are much worse.

I mean if it's as New as they say then how would they potentially know that?

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KidDoc said:

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COVID is essentially harmless for children. Flu & RSV are much worse.

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I've seen the rumor of 'long term consequences' here from time to time, seeming to imply that even with minimal or no symptoms somehow the virus will lurk and create organ problems later. Thoughts? (I don't buy into that at all, just wondering from a doc perspective what your thoughts are)

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All virus can have long term complications on a one a million case. Flu can cause cardiomyopathy it is just super rare.

COVID is the same. VERY VERY VERY rarely it can be serious in children (see MIS-C).

Worrying about your healthy 11 month old having complications from COVID is like worrying about getting hit by a meteor and not going outside due to that fear. Relax, your kiddo will be fine.

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I have small kids and the concern level for them is next to zero at this time. Based on all the stats.

11 month old still nursing? Did I read that wrong?

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Nope...you didn't. It's not unusually for them to nurse till 1 year old (both her OB and pediatrician recommended up to a year if possible). She currently eats most everything we do, but still nurses at night before bed. We're already transitioning to cows milk to stop nursing completely.

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fightingfarmer09 said:

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I have small kids and the concern level for them is next to zero at this time. Based on all the stats.

11 month old still nursing? Did I read that wrong?

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Nope...you didn't. It's not unusually for them to nurse till 1 year old (both her OB and pediatrician recommended up to a year if possible). She currently eats most everything we do, but still nurses at night before bed. We're already transitioning to cows milk to stop nursing completely.

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Both of mine nursed until around a year.

This is day 7 since we noticed symptoms and she seems to have almost completely recovered...runny nose and watery eyes are gone. Not as fussy as she was when we noticed the initial symptoms. She still has some congestion but assume that will pass soon.

fightingfarmer09 said:

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I have small kids and the concern level for them is next to zero at this time. Based on all the stats.

11 month old still nursing? Did I read that wrong?

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? do you have kids? Unless there was an issue better question is why would the baby not be breastfeeding? They will still be eating normal baby food, but two years is normal in many parts of the world that have a far lower IMR