Now in lock down for, 2 weeks a single mum

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Both dd 14 and 4 have new coughs in the past 24 hours so we are now in lock down for 14 days my mental health is really crap can I please have some support to get me through this please

Hi op

Not surprising your feeling crap at all. The whole situation is very crap.

Do you have the things you need? Or a way of getting them?

I have a few bits I have someone going to the food bank for me tomorrow I suffer with really bad ptsd and anxiety

Hand holding

hi op. Another single mum here. My dd13 got a high fever last weds and has been self isolating since last thurs but now 9 more days to go . I broke the news to dd about this this evening and she was devastated.
We put a bit of structure to her day today and I have done the same tomorrow when ds10 will also be home due to the new guidelines. I have broken the day into chunks so they will do half hour yoga, an hour of language learning, arts and crafts for an hour then will do a project in the afternoon. Finding out about a country then learning its national anthem and performing it at the end of the day. hopefully it will keep them busy and at least learning something. I meanwhile will be trying to work from home for the full day and I cant sleep cos of the anxiety of all this! great!

it's really shit op. keep posting here and I'm sure there will be others in similar situation soon too but I am sat here right next to you (but not too close lol)

Thank you all so much anxiety and ptsd is in over drive so I can't sleep w

Another single mum here - but it’s me that is unwell.
I have no family support and work have told me to stay at home .
Have no idea how I’m gonna get my kids to school and do shopping !

Hope you manage to get through it .

Signing in as someone doesn't live my partner
3 kids,one with cough after a very bad sore throat.another has the throat thing
I also have anxiety
We have board games and jigsaws,plenty of books,paper ,colouring books and pens,wool(I knit and I've taught all mine to,go use you tube teach me to crochet)dvds and basic baking products
I read you are allowed in your own back garden,which gives me some hope if fresh air
I'm thinking of chores I've been avoiding
Also debating how to stop DD(15) murdering DD(12) who bought bug inI may need a tinhat as well as some sanity!!
DS has asd and anxiety.he has PS3 so he quite happy on Minecraft as long as allowed
I'm try keep girls off social media as lots stuff on there can scare them silly
I will be here with you

Do you have a printer?
Activity village do lots puzzles and colouring pages/crafts the 4 year old could manage?

just checking in on the other posters on this thread, hows everyone doing? xxx

You’re in my worst nightmare. No advice but from one single mum to the other I’m thinking of you.

Sending much love from 1 single mum of 3 to you all. I'm waiting for one of us to show signs....keep strong and keep talking! We are all here for eachother!

pisspants According to Giv advice page though dd doesn't have to do another 9 days:
"After 7 days, if the first person to become ill feels better and no longer has a high temperature, they can return to their normal routine. If any other family members become unwell during the 14-day household-isolation period, they should follow the same advice - that is, after 7 days of their symptoms starting, if they feel better and no longer have a high temperature, they can also return to their normal routine." so it is just the rest of the family that need to continue to isolate.

thanks @zach but after the governments change in policy the school has said that anyone already self isolating needed to extend it to 2 weeks. They knew the reason my dd was off so I couldnt now just send her in. TBH I feel happier having my youngest here as he is a filth bag! I keep wondering if I might have it but mildly. No cough but my chest has felt quite weird for about a week now.

Sending hugs and checking in.dd15 has raging sore throat and pressure on chest.strong words said to dd12 for "bringing it in.if you weren't such a feral creature and washed your hands more we all would be ok" funtimes...