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Sunny season for zoom time

Nursery is back - sort of - and Jessica Weinstein is adjusting

June 25, 2020 10:07
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By

Jessica Weinstein,

Jessica Weinstein

2 min read

Lockdown is easing and life is slowly starting to return to normal — or the new normal anyway.

Spending the last few months of my maternity leave navigating a pandemic meant that instead of going to baby clubs and having leisurely coffees with mum friends, I’ve had to create my own sort of baby club. If I’m lucky enough to get a coffee, it’s certainly not a relaxing experience.

I feel a mixture of gratitude that I’ve spent so much unexpected time with my children while they’re so young and for the family memories we’ve made that wouldn’t have happened during business as usual, and sadness at the socialising they have both — but especially my baby son — missed out on.

But nursery has started again for my daughter, so I’ve been thrown into another new lockdown/childcare situation. When she’s at home, most activities revolve around her; my mum-guilt about this was slightly assuaged by my husband’s repeated motto that just being in the same room as a three-year-old was enough stimulation for her little brother. 
I don’t know how true that is, especially as after three months in lockdown my baby has transformed into a nearly one-year-old, but regardless, now he has my undivided attention four days a week, every other week.