Hope twin B feels better and twin A stays healthy.
My grand baby got sick after their visit with the other side’s grandparents. She had a running nose, but no fever. The parents also had scratchy throat and stuffy nose for 2 days. They went to get PCR tested few days ago, but was told it would take 5 days to get results back.
Hope all the parents and babies are feeling better soon and the Covid tests are negative.
The hostesses of the baby shower are discussing whether to cancel the shower. Shower is Jan 22nd and outdoors. I’m so ready for things to return to a point we don’t have to overthink every visit.
Mom tested positive for covid at work this morning and came home once a replacement doctor was found to come in and finish her shift. (She was the sole doctor staffing the ER.)
She says to assume that everyone in the household is Covid positive since everyone has covid symptoms. She was the last person in the household to feel sick.
Twin B’s fever is lower this morning–101.8 before Advil & Tylenol (mom said she should get both). Runny nose, clingy, crying and not eating. She’s also very pale. Fortunately no more vomiting and she’s drinking enough she’s not dehydrated.
Twin A has some very, very mild covid symptoms–mostly a loss of appetite (when Twin A won’t eat raspberries, you know something is wrong.) and increased irritability. No fever. Mom is thankful that the Moderna vaccine from the trial has spared her the worst of Covid.
Twin B is probably the sickest, followed by mom (who has fever, chills, tachycardia, muscle pain, chest congestion and cough.)
Adults are all vaxxed and boosted. Omicron is just super-contagious and there are lots of breakthrough cases in vaccinated people.
Hugs and healing thoughts are coming your way, @WayOutWestMom. I sure hope everyone in your family feels better very soon. How are you doing?
‘Bringing Covid Home’ has been D’s biggest fear this entire time. She worries about her unvaccinated kids and us. She worked four long shifts this week. Thankfully she only has five shifts in the next two weeks.
I spent the holidays last year alone due to covid. This year, I was fortunate to spend a few days at D’s house with 21 month old GD and then drive home the day after Christmas to prepare for arrival of S’s family for a week long visit later that day. Time with 14 month old GD and 4 year old GD. D’s family was here for 3 days of S’s family visit. 8 people in my house when I am used to living alone was wonderful and stressful. S’s family left yesterday, so I had quiet house with no crying toddlers during the night for first time since Dec. 22nd. Thankful for the family time, but thankful for a return to quiet and to not having to worry about stepping on toys as I navigate my house. I feel like Goldilocks searching for the “just right.” Last year not enough and this year with a little too much means that just right is probably winning the lottery and building a compound with a house for me and 2 guest houses for their families. 
D sent pictures of GD being pulled around on the snow in her new sled this morning. We loved playing with our kids in the snow, and I adore seeing my GD enjoy it as much as her mom did. Pure joy!
Grandmother recommendation here: One of SIL’s good friends sent Nashville GD a Tonie box as a gift in late November. These boxes are somewhat small and you put different figurines on the top to play music or stories. Interchangeable figurines are $15 each. It has been such a hit with the Nashville toddler that D & SIL gifted one to my FL granddaughters for Christmas with 3 figurines. Toddler is a little intrigued, but 4 year old has been mesmerized. Yesterday I had heard her come out of her room to go to the bathroom, but didn’t hear her go back. I got up a half hour later and headed down to the kitchen to preheat oven for breakfast and found her curled up in the floor near the warm kitchen sink vent listening to the various stories and songs quietly while the rest of the house slept.
The figurines that go on the top and program the audio are so small that I will likely order a new one for Valentine’s Day rather than books (my typical go-to for the smaller holidays). Small enough to mail inexpensively and won’t take up too much room in their house. I am not a big “stuff” person at this point in my life, but I do think this gift to both households has been a big winner (a home run similar to Mike’s Hot Honey from the stocking stuffer thread ).
My 2.5 year old GD also has a Tonie box. Her favorite activity is hitting the box on the side to change the song! 
My daughter has not included the story figurines yet, so just music right now. GD does enjoy her box and I would think as she gets older, will enjoy it more.
Thanks for the recommendation. I hadn’t heard of this.
Will keep this in mind. GD is 11 months old. Maybe in another 6 months or a year.
S and DIL gave 3 yr old GD the Tonie box for Christmas. She loves it!
Perfect timing as we have a 3rd birthday coming up. Thanks for the recommendation.
Update: Twin A is now sick with covid. She has 102 fever, runny nose, cough.
Moderna trial had D bring the babies in for PCR test this morning. Swabs sent to an OOS lab for testing. Results won’t reported to D or to the doctors running the study at Kaiser because that would break the blinding on the study. But at home test kits say both girls are positive for covid.
And weird–now the dog is sick. He’s lethargic and vomiting. I know it’a uncommon for pets to test positive for covid, but in this household…
So sorry for your news. Sending your whole family healing thoughts.
Ditto! Hope the twins get well soon. And the dog stops vomiting. It is so hard to take care of three beings who can’t tell where and how it hurts! Hugs to all - from a socially distanced post.
Hope they feel better soon.
I am so sorry your daughter and twins (and dog)are so sick. I hope they are better soon.
My two granddaughters spent Christmas with us. The 2 year old started preschool twice a week in September and has been sick with something that she passes to baby sister, mom and dad every other week. She was sick when she was here but tested negative for Covid. My pediatric NP friend told me she is seeing a lot of influenza and a lot of Covid and the influenza kids seem sicker.
Going to check out tonie boxes.
Note to self: Do not scroll past the article. The things people say online are so vile.
Wow. Your family has gotten hit hard. I hope everyone gets well soon. How are you holding up?
My daughter has a baby shower scheduled for later in January. The hosts are feeling uncomfortable and my daughter stressed so they are likely cancelling or maybe postponing till after the birth. My daughter said no matter what decision she makes she won’t be happy. If she doesn’t have the shower she will be sad, if she has the shower she will worry.
My niece had a virtual shower because of covid. She was in SF and many of us were in HNL and a few were in other places. It was nice and she did a virtual tour of their home and the baby’s room. It was safe and everyone felt it was as good as we were going to get at that point. (Most of us hadn’t been offered vaccines and even if we had, travel is a lot of exposure, especially long flights.)