How did you get comfortable sending your kid/still sending your kid to daycare despite Covid? Sending ours in a couple of weeks (at 4 months) and I know it’s the best thing for her overall but I’m starting to get a lot of anxiety over the inevitability that she’ll be exposed to Covid (even though she got the benefit of my booster in utero). Husband says she’ll be fine but I’m starting to freak out.

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My family has been very covid cautious for 2 years, the one risk we were taking was daycare. In my state, rates are severely underreported right now as no one is reporting home test results. My child - along with 10/12 kids in his class - caught covid about 4 weeks ago for the first time. I see a few antivax comments on here so thought I’d mention my kid has to use an inhaler 3x a day post infection. He didn’t have pre-existing conditions. While I don’t regret sending him to daycare, if my kid was old enough to get the vax I’d have a lot more peace of mind.

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I know the feeling. My son is almost 2- I took a 10 month maternity leave, but couldn’t hold out any longer. Just know that whatever you choose to do- you are justified and are doing a fabulous job 💙

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Just be prepared that the baby will at some point be ill with some daycare virus. The menu is vast! RSV, hand-foot-mouth, stomach flu, roseola, etc. besides common colds. Read up on managing fever, congestion, cough and have proper medicine on hand. Think about backup care for the inevitable sick days. I went the nanny route which is still a risk, but there were too many sick days with the daycare that made it impossible to work.

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Mine was rarely sick, but it is definitely possible

Everyone is going to get Covid. It’s like a cold. I have it right now and so does my 11 month old baby. Exposing your baby to germs is good for them. I know lots of moms who send their kids to daycare and they haven’t gotten Covid. My stepdaughter got Covid exactly 2 weeks after her second dose of the vaccine (she’s 9). People need to accept we are all getting Covid, the shots do absolutely nothing, and there’s nothing to be afraid of.

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Disagree with this mindset. No one in my family has had it because we take proper precautions and still distance and wear masks when appropriate. Autoimmune disease in the family and I think it still makes sense to be mindful about layers of protection…

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We are using an au pair and she’s awesome!
We hopefully are minimizing exposure and she takes them to pre approved activités that are also low exposure.

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Ugh feeling the same here and can’t make up my mind on what’s best

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I wish the Covid vaccine was ready for these babies but it looks like it will be soon but not soon enough. So frustrating.

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For me, I’m not stressing about COVID in general because I’m either going to get it or I’m not. So far, I’ve been unmasked and unvaccinated the entire time and haven’t gotten it so I’m not worried. Worrying actually lowers your immune system causing you to get sick more anyway.

As for a child, I hold the same view - either my daughter gets it or she doesn’t. Children have the highest recovery rate even without being vaccinated. My daughter has been unmasked and unvaccinated for the entire school year and has not caught COVID; granted, she’s 12.

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When the pandemic first started, we kept our older two home from daycare for three months. It was so hard!!! We nervously started to send them back and despite a few exposures within the facility, neither ever caught it. We had our third last year, and I was nervous about sending him, but he has also skated through one exposure so far. We trust our daycare and feel safe sending our kids there, notwithstanding the risks.

Good luck ❤️

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I completely understand! There have been more than one instance of parents sending their child who had outstanding test results that ultimately came back positive. Infuriating. I guess it’s just a matter of whether you are willing to accept the risks for what I feel are the massive benefits of daycare.

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I had a baby at the height of the pandemic - March 2020. I tried to keep her home as long as I could. I also had a 2.5 year old at the time who was home from preschool for several months when everything was shut down. I eventually sent my 2.5 year old back. It was hard but once she was back and things were going well it made me feel better about sending the baby. I also felt like the baby was lower risk then my toddler for several reasons. 1. Less kids in class, 2. Less interaction when they are super young. An infant is not moving around much yet. 3. They are not talking yet so less chance for virus to spread. 4. Receiving antibodies through breast milk 5. In school with other newborns who’s parents are also anxious and cautious.

I was also working from home and even with my mom coming to help for a few weeks and my husband taking his leave, I knew I needed the baby out of the house to get any work done. A nanny was not a possibility. My baby is now 2 years old and 🤞🏼🤞🏼has not gotten COVID. My 4 year old got it a few months ago and the 2 year old remained negative. I nursed her until she was almost 2 ( I know it’s a long time - but we are in a pandemic and I wanted her to have antibodies). I am vaccinated and boosted. The good news is it does appear that we should have a vaccine soon. I also imagine this most recent surge will peak soon as well. You could try pushing out a month or so to get over the surge - depending on where you live?

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There have been some cases of people dying from the vaccine or living with conditions they didn’t have before. There are also cases of children going into liver failure after having the vaccine. Personally, unless your high risk I don’t see the point in getting a trial vaccine. The vaccine doesn’t prevent you from getting COVID, it just potentially makes it so you have less symptoms (which may mean you have COVID and not know it so you spread it more)

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I wasn’t seeking advice or opinions on whether or not to vaccinate myself or my child, especially from someone who is not an MD and frankly spouting the same anti-vax half-truths I can read elsewhere using my critical thinking skills. I am pro vaccine and will vaccinate my child when it’s available.

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