Conrovirus.
This year so fair as been busy, and is a wierd world to live in right now. While ariyah is young is sad to think I first year of life is so isolating. Whilst shee gets both her daddies home spending lots of time together she is missing out on so much. Simple thing to like doing down a slide, sitting in the park going to the beach and the sea. Then missing out on building those early bond with people. She is growing up fast, all her family are missing it. Yes while there video calls andd we can. Spend photos it's not the same as that cphysicssl connect, hugs, kisses hearing her laugh and seeing her personality. For her she not getting the smell, touch and connection from extended family beyond us. People tell us she young she won't remember or know the difference but as parents and for our family it's heartbreaking to not share all these amazing moments. Her crawling talking ect... Not having any photos of her with other people. Wee will have to. Explain this as she gets older.
Other things like baby clubs and her being about to be around of children or babies her age. To watch and learn from peers and build those social connections are so important. Yet she will never get that. We been watching baby club and joining in on cbeebies or showing herr video and photos of friends and family so she can at least see other people. Especially noww she is getting older to remember faces and voices. There are a few close friends who we video call regularly and you can see her little face light up when they aree on the screen ass she smiles and chats over the phone. But when there other people we don't talk as much or when out in public, at doctors, health visitor hecks she crys because she not used to stranger orr people anymore. This is deeply upsetting she was so social and loved being out, seeing people but now sshe doing to be clingy. However oness things settle will we slowly build this up and reassure that it's okay.
Hopefully as things start easing now she is begining to talk and walk, so we can go out and explore the world. She will be used to this different normal now with people keeping away in the street, crossing over. Everyone walking round in masks and shops social distancing. To the point that if thing ever go back she will be confused when people don't cross over or come close to us. What an anti social world right now to be raising a child. You teach them to be friendly, to share, to be affectionate now that's not the norm anymore or safe so we have to find a balance in all this.
People can now meet outside, like friends and family in local parks, or in gardens as long as it is a maximum of 6 per time and social distance is still adhered to. This means keeping 2 metre apart from anyone not living in your household. Many people are unsure about this ease on restrictions because there is a lot of anxiety and lack of confidence in our governments choices. While other are now taking it as lockdown is over, as if nothing happened. They are meeting in large groups not keeping the distance, going round each others houses and having parties. With the heat wave we had at 25° the beaches have been flooded meaning social distancing was impossible and large amount of people were
gathering. Putting others who are following the rules at risk and the country as this increases the likelyhood of a second wave of the virus.
We are sticking to the rules being safe still by staying home, we go on little walks around the block or to the field early when no one is about. We will continue to protect ourselves and Ariyah-mai. We have gotten to see family which was so lovely. Despite being hard and weird having to keep distance from my own dad and step mum. We went for a walk round the field with the dog and Ariyah. The whole time we keep a distance and sat talking from over 2 metre apart. Ariyah luckly is so young she was happy sitting and seeing them at a distance. But did try to crawl to them a few times and we had to sit her back down. Then my mum and step dad came over in the garden, again keeping distance from us. Ariyah was so confused as it was the first time anyone had been in the garden with us. Then the fact they were standing the other side and not able to play with her. She keep trying to crawl over, which was heartbreaak as we had to pick her up and move her if she was getting to close. To have to do that and not let her give her grandparents a hug was horrible. My mum was itching to just give her a cuddle but knew it was still risky.
Although we haven't been out, neither had my mum nonetheless it was still too early. For now it's just nice to see people face to face even at the other end of the garden. In a few weeks hopefully they can get cuddles. Although it is silly when people can go to work, shops like primark are reopening and children can go to school, but families cannot met or give loved ones hugs.
It's crazy when you. Think about it as uss adults find it harder to manage or adapt but the children of today will take it aall in its stride and not know any different. The things it has effected really show the true seririty of this virus. Which will will document in a letter for ariyah to read and learn about wwhen she is older.
How the world went into lockdown, countries all around. The world closed shops, schools and people where working or staying home. Doctors offices where over the phone or had one way systems in and out with strict access rules. With everyone's temptures being checked at the door, masks worn by everyone, had to be given a certain seat to sit in which the nurse/doctor would wipe down. Were not allowed to touch anything. Then seen out the back door. Shops all had limited people allowed and limits on number of items each household would buy. Clothes shops where closed and smaller business when bankrupt. Takeaways and restaurants where all closed with some being allowed to deliver. Mc Donald's closed then the world went mad queuing fors hours when they opened drive through. Pubs, cinema, sport centre, parks, everything closed.
Children where being home school but also families came together and actually spent quality time doing art, baking and many activity they normal would noot get time to do. Everyone didd there gardens and houses up to keep busy. TV shows like soaps where cut because they had to stop filming. Some TV shows even filmed and aired via video chat. Like Live host or talk shows. People all over Were raising money for the NHS for the animals at zoos or farms to keep them feed. For many other chairies or families. Those risskinng there lives like key works, nurse, doctors, carers, shop or deliver workers, teachers, bus drivers, bin collectors, posties, all got the reconisition they deserved. It was real community spirt at the heart pulling everyone together.
Lots of other stuff happen in just six months this year. Like the Australian fires in the new years, which spread and killed many and distroded people homes. Then the conrovirus. There were riots and black lives matter protests everywhere at the moment due to police brutality in American, killing innocent black citizens. Following a reason incident where a young black male was choked to death by a police office who was kneeling on his chest and ignored his plee that he could not breath. So riots broke out, protests happened everywhere as everyone stood together to stop this long going rasisum not just from he police but the state and community's too.
(Written in June 2020)
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