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how I met newborn babies in this pandemic COVID.

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As I tried to stop threenager pants-less than jumping on the couch, I whine five months after being left in Exersaucer him for a bit too long. The unconscious guilt to be added to the tally of the day, along with my preschool child eating popcorn mostly for lunch and let the kids watch 500 hours of Ninjago (the baby is appropriate, no?).

At this moment, I can not help thinking about how ridiculous I sounded just a few months ago when someone asked me how to leave my second mat will go.

“It’s a bit boring, to be honest.”

Cue the universe, laughing. By the end of February my daughter, Edie, has just started to emerge from the bed and cover all phases of the newborn. We have kept our toddler, Theo, her enrolled in nursery school full time. Novelty mats endless off-watch show Netflix and aimlessly wandering around the mall with my baby was asleep in the stroller-has faded more quickly the second time. I’m tired of that covered in spit-up and the endless cycle of eat-burp-change-sleep-repeat. I’m sick cooped up all winter, and I found myself missing my deputy editor of jobs here in Parent today.

Shortly after I had the great privilege to express my boredom, as the first buds of spring broke ground and the weather begins to warm, COVID-19 sweep the world. Instead of springing for the music program and baby swim class, and enjoy regular playdates and coffee gathering with friends, the world comes to a stop-and my husband and children back home. For good. All day every day.

Now parents have a whole shelf’s worth of new caps and often not fit to wear in addition to their usual roles: teacher, housekeeper, physicians, Zoom, hair stylists, nutritionists, activity coordinator. This coupled with anxiety keep our families safe and eat, and stay on top of constantly evolving guidelines for how to conduct ourselves in a pandemic.

Oh, how cheeky I have.

Mothers holding two young children and smiling at the camera

Photo: Courtesy of Jessica Pollack

I’m still processing the fact that the first and second leaf mat I will be very different. With my eldest son, I may be the only mother in the history of enthusiastic music register for four classes a week, one day from Monday to Thursday. It was busy. But it was magical, too. I can not believe how lucky I was to spend all day every day watching the baby Theo grow and develop, make a note of fuss about the milestone and every one sweet little thing she does. (At 22 weeks she licked strawberry, and on June 16, I seem to see the need to record his first dirt fully formed!)

I also have a big group of friends close to my mother should see constantly, and we will dissect every milestone and sleep regression. We have two sets of grandparents are coming all the time dedicated and happy in every moment they have with their first grandchild. (For the record, they still will drop the Lysol-ed Tupperware frozen chicken soup in front of our house within an hour. Thanks, Mom!)

While Theo grew see his grandparents several times a week, Edie is getting to know them through the screen, and the loss of quality time is felt on all sides. FaceTime used to be a-glance extra bonus of children outside the hours-but now it’s all you get. And you can not smell that intoxicating scent of a baby or pinching his thighs ever-chunkier via iPhone.

As a second child, I know that Edie would not know the secret kind of focus and attention I can give you my first one, but we should have our years together special people, lazy “just us” days to bond before choosing his brother at the end of the day , Now he noisier brother stole the spotlight, he spent too much time alone on a mat playing while I was walking on eggshells trying to keep moody preschooler happy and entertained. This is not a plan.