I worry about my baby’s separation anxiety. Conceived before I knew the world was going to be shut down, and born in the middle of pandemic holiday season round one, she knows the mailman better than some family and close friends. She has never been to a crowded restaurant, an airport, or a museum. She has only been whisked through the grocery store on occasion, or hidden in the corner of the gym at her brother’s basketball games where she is “far enough away” from people.
I worry about my four year old’s speech delay. All hail the power of the masks but trying to teach a child how to articulate with your mouth covered is like teaching sign language in a pair of mittens. With virtually no effective speech modeling in any public place, most of the modeling that she gets is at home.
He has lost the ability to transition easily between places and activities because there has been so little consistency for so long. Between the exposures, the shut downs, and the cancellations, the goal posts are always changing. He goes long periods of time staying comfy at home and again, like me, he forgets that real life is cool too.
He’s desperate for peer connection and normal fun. He needs space from his younger siblings, and wants to execute some independence. So when he is acting out and yelling, “This sucks!” I have to remember that he’s right, and he needs more.least mildly depressed
That sounds awful & I’m sorry for everyone there. Not like that at all here in Tx.Most schools were back to normal by fall of ‘20, & masks not required by about Dec ‘20. All kids’team sports, camps etc full swing.Our cases no worse than elsewhere.We got vaxed,not kids.We’re ok.
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