https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 06:26:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vaccinated-workingexposure-kid#post-2923534 Fri, 23 Apr 2021 11:14:27 +0000 MrsSCB 2923534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bhbee: you’re welcome, I’m so glad it was helpful! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vaccinated-workingexposure-kid#post-2923521 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 21:57:34 +0000 bhbee 2923521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsSCB: thank you for posting! I found this really helpful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vaccinated-workingexposure-kid#post-2923484 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 11:32:14 +0000 MrsSCB 2923484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I thought this article was interesting/helpful and wanted to share! <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/04/young-kids-vaccines-covid/618650/" rel="nofollow">https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/04/young-kids-vaccines-covid/618650/</a></p> <p>"The biggest risk factor to consider for unvaccinated kids, experts told me, is simply how much COVID-19 is spreading in the community. The U.S. is currently vaccinating at a good clip, and even partial herd immunity will slow transmission of the coronavirus. Seasonal effects may drive case numbers even lower in the summer. “If there’s very little virus circulating, that’s a pretty low-risk situation,” says Sean O’Leary, a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital Colorado.</p> <p>"Experts have pegged the threshold where general restrictions can relax at 5,000 to 10,000 cases per day—the point at which risk of COVID-19 is roughly comparable to risk of the flu. (For context, the seven-day average of daily COVID-19 cases in the U.S. reached a low point of 20,000 last summer and peaked at 250,000 during the winter surge; that number has since plateaued at 70,000.)" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vaccinated-workingexposure-kid#post-2923478 Tue, 20 Apr 2021 22:46:17 +0000 karenbme 2923478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@periwinklebee: I’m sorry you had to pull your kiddo from daycare. We had a similar situation a couple weeks ago, but thankfully have only had cold symptoms once all winter. It’s stressful on so many levels. I have the same random worry about getting Covid right now and have been extra cautious since getting my first dose last week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vaccinated-workingexposure-kid#post-2923472 Tue, 20 Apr 2021 18:27:32 +0000 periwinklebee 2923472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not concerned about vaccinated adults...the risk is super small. </p> <p>My kids are in daycare, and I am concerned about that. So far we've been lucky, but with the variants + lots of people returning to normal now that adults are getting vaccinated, I think it will be harder to avoid. Especially for my one year old who sticks everything in her mouth....</p> <p>My daughter got sent home with a runny nose this afternoon and we had to take her in for a test. Probably just a cold, but it's still stressful and going to happen many more times before 2022 or whenever kids can get the vaccine. Plus dh and i just got vaccinated this past week, and of course I'm thinking "wouldn't it be our luck to get covid right before the vaccine starts to kick in..." ugh.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vaccinated-workingexposure-kid#post-2923470 Tue, 20 Apr 2021 16:23:01 +0000 Anagram 2923470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Carrot: I went back to work in person teaching 2 weeks to the day after my second vaccine. So the cat is out of the bag in our house. And our kids are in in-person school, too. </p> <p>Since my two sisters, their husbands, and my mom were all vaccinated before us, as soon and DH and I were 2 weeks past our second vax, we finally went for a visit and saw them all indoors for the first time in over a year. </p> <p>One night of our week long trip, my mom invited my BILs younger brother and my nieces boyfriend (niece is vaccinated because she’s an EMT, but boyfriend wasn’t vaccinated yet) and I was a little pissed because she didn’t run it by me. But luckily I just engineered around the awkwardness and announced all unvaccinated people were wearing masks indoors and we’d eat outdoors, and that worked. So my kids and the two 19 year olds wore masks to make their plates and then we all went to the backyard to eat. </p> <p>But they were around our vaxxed family for a week. It felt weird at first just because we haven’t seen anyone indoors in a year, but I got used to it pretty quickly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vaccinated-workingexposure-kid#post-2923468 Tue, 20 Apr 2021 15:05:59 +0000 greencraftycello 2923468@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have been very cautious throughout the pandemic, and my husband and I are both now fully vaccinated. I am now comfortable seeing other fully vaccinated adults and having them around our children. The vaccines are very effective. </p> <p>For us, that means that we can see our vaccinated parents and my vaccinated sister and her fiancé. My SIL is pregnant, and not going to get the vaccine until she is 16 weeks (and her brother and SIL aren’t getting the vaccine 🙄), so we are holding off seeing them until she is vaccinated.</p> <p>I am more nervous about seeing other unvaccinated children. Our kids are not in daycare or school, so they are not exposed. My oldest can wear a mask, but not super well (2.5 years), and my 13 month old obviously can’t wear one, so I don’t take them to any stores and any indoor areas besides the doctors. We saw one friend with children outdoors, and they are also very cautious and their children were doing school virtually. I am honestly waiting for the numbers to get lower where we live. We are planning on putting the kids in swim this summer, hoping things are better then. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vaccinated-workingexposure-kid#post-2923467 Tue, 20 Apr 2021 14:03:40 +0000 foodiebee 2923467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@KNS: Thanks, I'll check it out! </p> <p>@Mrs. Carrot: It's really hard and challenging to keep perspective with the anxiety after this past year. We've eaten outside once after both receiving our second shots, and I was nervous the whole time (I felt like I was doing something wrong!!). I did start to plan a small, outdoor, all-adult-vaccinated bday party for DS this summer in my backyard with our families. Even that feels like a luxury mixed with anxiety. It's going to be a process to feel comfortable again for sure, but to speak to your original question, I would feel okay with your situation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vaccinated-workingexposure-kid#post-2923466 Tue, 20 Apr 2021 13:28:39 +0000 KNS 2923466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@foodiebee: Absolutely - I think that it is easy to have internalized a lot of irrational fears and overstated risk in the last year. </p> <p>This essay today was also a great read <a href="https://www.theinsight.org/p/how-one-epidemiologist-decided-whether" rel="nofollow">https://www.theinsight.org/p/how-one-epidemiologist-decided-whether</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vaccinated-workingexposure-kid#post-2923465 Tue, 20 Apr 2021 12:52:11 +0000 foodiebee 2923465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@KNS: I was just coming to post that very article! I particularly thought the car analogy was good perspective. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vaccinated-workingexposure-kid#post-2923461 Tue, 20 Apr 2021 09:28:20 +0000 Mommy Finger 2923461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: I'm 100% with you. My kids have been in school this whole year and while there have been cases that pop up here and there (we actually just got an email about a positive case in DS1's class this week), there have been no outbreaks. Now that our friend group has been fully vaccinated, we're starting to get out more and be more comfortable doing things we used to do. I'll still be more comfortable eating outside at a restaurant but that's more fun anyways. Even so, we're meeting family at a restaurant tonight for my nephew's birthday and I'm not worried about eating inside (why is it snowing today???). But I'm just not as worried about Covid and kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vaccinated-workingexposure-kid#post-2923457 Tue, 20 Apr 2021 06:41:07 +0000 Mrs. Carrot 2923457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: super helpful perspective, thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vaccinated-workingexposure-kid#post-2923454 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 23:35:12 +0000 Mama Bird 2923454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kids are in elementary school so they've been around unvaccinated adults most of the year. The schools haven't had outbreaks, just some isolated cases. So I really don't worry about them being around vaccinated adults. Or adults who already had Covid. We just had a get-together with two families who all had it and recovered. The kids are all classmates but I'd have been nervious inviting the adults over if it wasn't for that.</p> <p>Also, the lot of us may or may not have had Covid a year ago. Didn't have a chance to confirm, but maybe there's less to worry about than I think. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vaccinated-workingexposure-kid#post-2923448 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 16:09:06 +0000 pachamama 2923448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chuckles: I'm also a teacher in a very similar situation ... We do indoor playdates with no masks, 2 families at a time. Our positivity rate is low (3%, strict mask mandates throughout the state and schools) but every adult and all the families' relatives are also vaccinated, so I feel.like.clcid would have nowhere to go. I guess it's sort of risky but covid in kids is just not something im terrified about. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vaccinated-workingexposure-kid#post-2923447 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 15:45:55 +0000 pachamama 2923447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think knee jerk reaction is to be scared in a situation like that but the science is solid that that is super super low risk. Since every adult and friend in our circle is vaccinated (🤙) we have been having indoor playdates, gone out to dinner, gym, etc. I'm a teacher with 19 kids in my classroom (high school). All our schools are full time since September, and I have been shocked how rarely kids spread covid. We do sleepovers with grandparents all the time.<br /> It's like I had to retrain my brain to not be terrified. But I am not concerned about the kids spreading covid. It's been awesome!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vaccinated-workingexposure-kid#post-2923446 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 15:33:47 +0000 BadgerMom 2923446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chuckles: I got back and forth on this. Until a few days ok I would have most likely been ok with getting your kids together given that the virus seems to be less transmissible in kinds. Then I read some information on the variants and the worry that the new more contagious dominant variant will make kids more likely to transmit the virus at adult levels of the pre-variant virus. So now I’m not so sure about groups of kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vaccinated-workingexposure-kid#post-2923445 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 13:06:12 +0000 Mrs. Carrot 2923445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chuckles: Jack away! I feel like I can't take two steps these days without consulting a committee so I totally understand the perpetual calculus :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vaccinated-workingexposure-kid#post-2923444 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 12:14:26 +0000 karenbme 2923444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chuckles: Totally agreed with the point about local case rates. Also, Emily Oster built a risk calculator for just these sorts of things! The link to the blog post where she explains it (which contains the link to the calculator) is: <a href="https://emilyoster.substack.com/p/what-can-i-do-a-calculator" rel="nofollow">https://emilyoster.substack.com/p/what-can-i-do-a-calculator</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vaccinated-workingexposure-kid#post-2923443 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 11:28:53 +0000 Chuckles 2923443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsSCB: Good point about the local rates. Our rates are still relatively high compared to last summer, but much better than a couple of months ago. For reference, we're right on the border of two towns that are each about 30K people. Last summer, the active cases in each town was about 25-30. This winter it was *400*, and now it's about 150.<br /> I would agree that for the foreseeable future we'll be sticking to outdoor, masked playdates. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vaccinated-workingexposure-kid#post-2923442 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 11:09:39 +0000 MrsSCB 2923442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chuckles: This is a good question! I think it could be partially based on how things are looking where you live. Right now, cases are still high enough that I don't think I'd like to do any indoor playdates with kids attending other schools (my kids are also going to school in person). We'll probably stick with outdoor playdates for awhile. But if the number of cases were a lot lower locally, I think I'd be more comfortable. If we were to do an indoor playdate, kids in masks but vaccinated adults without would be my inclination. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vaccinated-workingexposure-kid#post-2923441 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 11:06:18 +0000 KNS 2923441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Here is a timely article from the NYT today <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/briefing/european-soccer-league-mars-helicopter-navalny.html?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/briefing/european-soccer-league-mars-helicopter-navalny.html?smid=url-share</a>. </p> <p>I personally am not at all concerned about my children being around vaccinated people at this point. The risk to them from being in a car accident is much higher than from covid and we still get in a car every day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vaccinated-workingexposure-kid#post-2923440 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 11:02:00 +0000 Chuckles 2923440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Carrot: Thank you for starting this thread! We are having similar conversations at our house. Can I thread jack a tiny bit and ask people a related question: what if the adults are all vaccinated but there are kids from multiple households? My personal example is that my 3 closest friends are all teachers. We (and our spouses) have all been vaccinated, but their combined 6 kids have all been going to a combined 4 different schools, including one private school that has had a decently high rate of covid cases. Would you let the kids get together indoors? Masked or not? If the kids should wear masks, can the vaccinated adults not wear them? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vaccinated-workingexposure-kid#post-2923439 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 10:51:49 +0000 Mrs. Carrot 2923439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsSCB: Thanks for sharing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vaccinated-workingexposure-kid#post-2923438 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 10:50:29 +0000 karenbme 2923438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Carrot: No problem! I understand the nerves. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vaccinated-workingexposure-kid#post-2923437 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 10:35:37 +0000 MrsSCB 2923437@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Personally, I'm not concerned with my kids being around people who are vaccinated. Even though we don't know everything about the covid vaccines, based on how vaccines function in general and the info that we do have (so far) about the covid vaccines specifically, the risk of transmission from a vaccinated person is most likely very low.</p> <p>For us, just as an example, this means that my husband and I are willing to eat out in a restaurant just the two of us, because we're vaccinated. But we would not bring our kids into a restaurant. We also will all spend time indoors with extended family who are vaccinated, which we did not do at all pre-vaccination -- we were outdoor only. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vaccinated-workingexposure-kid#post-2923436 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 10:17:07 +0000 Mrs. Carrot 2923436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@karenbme: Thanks for that perspective! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vaccinated-workingexposure-kid#post-2923435 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 10:12:07 +0000 karenbme 2923435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're in a similar situation. My dad and step mom are both fully vaccinated and had and recovered from covid in the fall, but also are both working with exposure--my step mom is a school nurse and my dad works in state government in NY, where he is regularly in groups of people. They live far enough away that any visit requires an overnight, so there's not really an option to have a visit without indoor close contact. There's no perfect answer, but we chose to allow visits starting 3 weeks after their second doses (early March) even though DH and I are just now eligible to get vaccinated. DD is 17 months and obviously not going to be vaccinated for some time. </p> <p>I'm reassured by the study that came out recently of 3900 vaccinated and unvaccinated healthcare workers that was conducted from January-March. They tested everyone weekly and found that among those that were fully vaccinated there were only 0.04 infections per thousand person days, which extrapolates to about new 1 covid infection per 25000 fully vaccinated people on any given day, which I consider a very small risk. </p> <p>For us (all low risk) the risk of them bringing covid (very low) times the risk of one of us getting moderate or severe covid (also low) make the risk of both of those happening very very low, so we feel like the benefits outweigh the risks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vaccinated-workingexposure-kid#post-2923434 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 09:19:43 +0000 BadgerMom 2923434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both DH and I are fully vaxxed. We’ve been getting together with vaccinated adults with our unvaxxed kids. Yes there is still a risk there. But I feel like the risk has been significantly mitigated by the vaccine so the risk/benefit analysis has now swung in favor of getting together where as before it did not for us. Breakthrough cases seem to get a lot of attention but from my research on the actual numbers they are still very rare. </p> <p>But it’s all in what you’re comfortable with and there is no real right or wrong answer. For reference on our comfort level we’ve been quite conservative over the last year. We have not gone to restaurants or any gatherings. We have only met with friends or family outside. But, we have sent both of our kids (6,2) to in person school and daycare. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vaccinated-workingexposure-kid#post-2923431 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 08:40:19 +0000 Mrs. Carrot 2923431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been following the vaccination/when will you threads and as more folks are getting vaccinated, wondering how everyone is feeling about getting together when the adults are vaccinated but are working (and thus have regular exposure) and there are kids involved. </p> <p>My mom works in nursing care, and has had Covid and is fully vaccinated. My dad is as well (and also had Covid and is not working so he's less exposed). My husband and I are vaccinated and working at home. My 8 year old is not vaccinated, of course. We decided to have my parents come visit and stay with us for a few days over Memorial Day weekend. There's no option for my mom to stay home before they come, and from everything that I'm reading I'm assuming it's OK but I still have some unease and I don't know this is just general decision-making anxiety given the circumstances or maybe my gut is telling me something. Thoughts? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/waiting-until-kids-are-older#post-2923114 Wed, 31 Mar 2021 10:03:10 +0000 graceandjoy 2923114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same thing happened to me! Tho I'm not even sure if I care to re-pierce. </p> <p>I'm waiting till DS3 is older to wear necklaces again. DD2 broke so many of my necklaces, I just stopped wearing them. </p> <p>Oh man, the list goes on! DS3 is only 14 months so I have a long way to go :silly: </p>