After the alarming omicron surge, the number of kids being hospitalized with COVID-19 is finally declining in Boston but a local pediatrician warns it is too soon for parents to let down their guards. “It’s not going to be mild for every kid,” said Dr. Scott Hadland, the chief of adolescent and young adult medicine with Mass. General Hospital.In his practice, Hadland is still getting a lot of questions from parents who are concerned about the virus. He wants them all to know that symptomatic children should be tested for the virus. “Find out if they have an infection or might be infectious and therefore might need to stay home that day,” he said. If a child does test positive, Hadland says, don’t panic, be smart — especially if you have other kids at home. “Some may get sick and others may not be sick. So, try to be mindful of ways you can kind of keep kids separate within the confines of the reality of being a parent,” he said. “You might think about separate bedrooms, separate bathrooms, separate meal times to the extent that this is possible.”Finally, Hadland is still pushing for more families to vaccinate their children, including those who already had the virus. “If you have a child who you are worried about getting COVID, which is to say every child right now, you still want to go out and get them vaccinated,” he said. “That’ll help keep kids out of the hospital, that’ll help kids from getting severe illness or getting infected in the first place.”