My Tiny Humans: the Lockdown Diaries 2.0 – into quarantine we go

But it still didn’t stop our son asking, ‘What day is it Mumma, is it a school day today?’. He was heartbroken to be told that ‘school’ had to close because of the virus and germs. That another child was not feeling well and that all the educators and children had to stay away to make sure everyone didn’t get sick and to make sure all the books, toys and play equipment could be cleaned properly.

A little over a week later we got the message that the centre was reopening, and we were all excited. But then the confusion set in because the 14-day quarantine period hadn’t passed. Even though we had negative test results (thankfully), we still weren’t out of the woods yet and needed to wait out the quarantine to ensure no delayed onset of symptoms.  So another week in quarantine ensues.

We are almost through the second week. My husband and I are having to tag-team so we can both get some work done in our ‘real jobs’, while the other continues to find ways to entertain the kids.

Frustrations are running high. We’re both still very worried about their return to childcare, but worries do none of us any good (because kids are sponges). So we’re doing our best to look for the silver linings.

Things like our son drawing his first self-portrait.

Our daughter learning new words like ‘wow’ and ‘hot’.

The two of them discovering new ways to play together.

Lockdown and now quarantine, it’s incredibly hard. It’s not all rainbows and unicorns as some social media channels would lead you to believe. But we are doing it because we would rather be out of this situation sooner than later, and the health and safety of our children are more important than anything else right now.

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