My Tiny Humans: the Lockdown Diaries 2.0 – best of friends

My son might give his little sister a toy car, treasured possessions here, and show her how to ‘vrrroooommmm’ it around his imaginary city.

Or my daughter might toddle over to her brother, arms outstretched, requesting a cuddle to which he’ll happily comply.

Or when my son takes his beloved Teddy bear back off his sister inadvertently upsetting her, he quickly dashes around to find her plush Piggy to make her feel better.

Or, and this is the best yet, finding his sister sitting in an empty box, he tells her to hold on and proceeds to push her around the apartment at speed – both squealing in delight and laughing hysterically at and with each other.

It’s these moments that I realise perhaps lockdown 2.0 isn’t all bad.

Sure, it is and will be mentally tough on us as we navigate the situation again. The requests to visit the playground or friends for a playdate or wondering when we can visit our grandparent’s interstate again are heartbreaking because you feel you are always saying ‘no, not yet’.

But to see them find each other, and to know that more and more they will have moments like these is so beautiful to me as their mum.

It’s my daily dose of positivity and while I hope in years to come, they won’t remember these lockdown days, I take comfort in knowing I was here to witness their friendship grow firsthand and for that I’m grateful, locked down or not.

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Natalie Moutafis is the author of our Tiny Humans blog, providing her engaging and insightful take on life with two young children. Natalie is also a project manager at ISV.