Earlier in the week, I started a series here on the blog about what it was like to be a full time working mama, with a hustle, and a 4 year at home during the time of COVID-19. We're all feeling things. Anxiety, grief, gratitude, confusion & so many more. I'm documenting how I feel, what Caleigh and I doing during this staycation with the hopes that it can help another mom! Ok, let's talk activities. I've been structuring our days around a theme. Last week's themes were: Mond[...]
Caleigh woke up at 2:00 complaining of an earache. With a low grade fever. Commence nightmare sequence about bringing my 4 year old to the pediatrician during a time of a pandemic crisis. Apparently, there's such a thing as "telemedicine", where you aren't charged a copay and YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO GO TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE. Using Caleigh's medical history and symptoms, our pediatrician was able to diagnose her with an ear infection and call in the prescription all without seeing he[...]
While I don't want to overcommit myself right now (the biggest LOL), I want to keep a "living diary" of this time in the world because I don't think/hope not to experience anything like it ever again. I initially started to do this in a Google Doc, but felt like the initial point of this blog was to document our lives and experiences, so here we are! Will I be publishing these? Maybe. Maybe not. This is my second week home from work since Sandwich Public Schools became "closed".[...]
Mamas, this activity round up resource is being made available to you because of COVID-19. The likelihood is that we'll need to stay at home as much as we can over the course of the next few weeks. I'm gathering up all of my blogs and YouTube videos for a toddler/preschool activity round up! You will need basic supplies and hopefully you have much of them! I also want to highlight our craft collection here. This is a free resource; you just need to supply your email address to snag it![...]