I plan on calling the pediatrician tomorrow but I'm trying to get some guidance tonight. We found out this evening that a child in my sons daycare class tested positive. No other info besides that. My son is 2 years old. So he is now home for a week since the daycare closed his room. No symptoms now but we will keep close watch.

We also have a 2 month old. Do we need to keep them separated? There's no way that my husband and I can avoid each other and care for one kid each. My husband works from home, but I'll be mostly in charge of both kids since I'm still on maternity leave. We have no other help and wouldn't want to expose anyone else.

Any thoughts or suggestions on what we should be doing?

Talk to your pediatrician. Ours only says to get tested if symptoms show. We just went through same situation, 3 year old and 8 month old. Both tested positive. I would try to keep the two kids separate as much as possible.

You've received some great advice.

In a mythical "ideal world," you could keep both children apart and one parent would care for one child. But, in reality, parenting isn't like that, is it?

I think that being very aware of handwashing is key. Wash your hands after interactions with your exposed child, just in case, to protect yourselves and your baby.

Remind yourself that the statistics show that your children will heal quickly if they get it. You, too, assuming you're young(ish) will recover quickly, but obviously, avoiding illness is your goal because being a sick mama is no fun at all.

If you aren't taking Vitamin D, Zinc, Quercetin, and the rest of Rev's "cocktail," I think you should start now so that you can build up that immune system, too. I know that "doing" something always calms my nerves a bit and this is something you can do for yourself and your family.

Saying a prayer for your nerves and for your family's health

Lily09 said:

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I plan on calling the pediatrician tomorrow but I'm trying to get some guidance tonight. We found out this evening that a child in my sons daycare class tested positive. No other info besides that. My son is 2 years old. So he is now home for a week since the daycare closed his room. No symptoms now but we will keep close watch.

We also have a 2 month old. Do we need to keep them separated? There's no way that my husband and I can avoid each other and care for one kid each. My husband works from home, but I'll be mostly in charge of both kids since I'm still on maternity leave. We have no other help and wouldn't want to expose anyone else.

Any thoughts or suggestions on what we should be doing?

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Your kids will be safe. Very few, and I mean very few cases of Covid in young children have resulted in anything worse than a mild/moderate fever. And given little ones run hotter already, just be aware if a fever starts. But there is nothing to worry about. My 5 and 9 year old had it and outside of the strep the 5 year old also tested positive for and mild fevers, you would not have known that they were sick. Our pediatrician was not concerned at all. Prescribed nothing for the Covid. Only the strep.

Also, agree. There is absolutely no possible way to separate or quarantine small children. In our situation, my wife and I had Covid too, so it wasn't even an issue. The biggest issue is getting yourselves back to work if you indeed need to. You may be out for a few weeks given you can't quarantine. You'll see that actually getting Covid MAY be better off for you 2 (no, not wishing it on you at all) so you can return to work sooner. Thats messed up but the way the rules are, is what it is...