Lockdown - what the hell are we meant to do?

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I know it's the right thing and there's no other alternative but I'm just panicking right now. I live with DP and our 4 year old in a flat in a city, we don't have a garden. DP and I both work and can continue to work from home easily but it will be such a struggle with a young child and no outside space. Will we literally not be allowed to go outside at all except for food? I am honestly freaking out right now.

Also, you can phone in orders for vulnerable and elderly people. Morrison’s is definitely doing that.

If/when we go into lockdown I am looking forward to lots of threads from people moaning about neighbours kids screaming, playing loudly and driving them mad.

We're on day 4 of self-isolation with 2 DCs, age 6 and 8 - they have been outside once in 4 days. We're trying to stick to a school routine where I get them going on tasks and try and do my work alongside them, we have morning snack break and do something physical (today we did a kid HIIT video for 10 mins), they have "golden time", etc. At 3pm each day I've been putting on a film or TedEd videos or something from the huge lists of resources I've seen posted on here, and then trying to do my own work in those couple of hours. We've also done an hour of housework together each day trying to follow the Organised Mum method - 15 mins tidying, 15 mins daily jobs and 30 mins doing the focus room. The kids have been tidying, wiping, and hoovering with me so far (motivated by bribes!)

I know it's super early days, I am ridiculously privileged to be all set up to WFH as I had a flexible job before this all started - so far we haven't murdered each other. But I can't lie, the wine is getting cracked open a little earlier each night!!!

For those of you with children interested in art (and Disney) there are scads of Disney Parks sponsored 'how to draw Disney characters' videos on You Tube.

Here's one to start:

Uh. So if we do go into lockdown
And we get emailed a ‘permission slip’ to go out
What on Earth do you do if you don’t own a printer ?

We aren't in lock down yet, and just because you can both work from home you won't be working ft and your child go feral. You need for one of you to be caring for kids whilst the other works.
If you have a dog you'll be able to walk it, but doubt you'll be allowed freedom to roam outside.
Waste of time worrying aout it, we just have to get on with it.

daisypond

Baby boom in nine months (There won’t be)

If that was the case there would never be any baby born in war zones!! Don’t forget young couples will be together 24 hours a day for weeks!!

But only time will tell !! You might be wright or As I said I think baby boom and loads of devoices.

Devorce

This is probably a completely ridiculous question, but will royal mail still deliver? Will Amazon etc still deliver?

@Heatherjayne1972

Don't know if they'd allow it in this situation and this was for some tickets with a barcode, but when my printer broke I ended up taking a picture with my phone of the computer screen.

Divorce not devoice

Must admit I'm getting a bit queezy now at the thought of being confined to my home for weeks . Just been to my local shop to top up our pre pay gas and leccie meters as much as I could afford after an e-mail from my energy provider.

I do feel for posters with young DC who have no garden. We are fortunate that we have decent front and back gardens and my DC are young adults.

Stay safe everyone!

Must admit I'm getting a bit queezy now at the thought of being confined to my home for weeks

Months

I would buy entertainment type stuff now if you can afford it. Amazon, etc might stop doing non essential deliveries. So stuff like colouring books, play dough, uno card game. Some age appropriate education type books. Find any free resources you can. TES website may have stuff.

Maybe almost have a school type timetable. Reading, tv cartoon, card game, colouring, lunch, tv show, practice hand writing, make something.

Heatherjayne1972 they will surely have to accept a picture on your phone.

At least you can work op

Do and I are both self employed. We are fucked

I think Amazon have already stopped non-essential deliveries.
I don't think it will be long before lockdown now.

My dh pointed out there will be a baby boom in nine months

Why would there be - surely people wont suddenly stop taking their contraception/precautions just because they are at home together? That actually doesn't make much sense.

Op I get why you are dreading lockdown, but I think you have to gain some perspective - loads of single mother are posting on threads wondering how they will cope with multiple children. You are part of a couple with only one child. It won't be fun for any of us, but you have to look for the positives in your given situation.

@Flymetothetoon

I'm in the US and we live on acreage. I told DH that if any of our sons' friends want to bring their DC over to run around our back pasture we'll assign them 'time slots'. I was only half joking.

Me and DH are thousand of miles from the rest of our respective families. There's only the three of us here. I was supposed to see my family during Easter but that's obviously not on cards now so all border closures have a huge effect on us too.
Working for a multinational, I have colleagues here who have been here for few days or months and have no family around. Right now, they can't even go home. The country is in a semi-lockdown, we are working from home and homeschool DD.
It's bad but the idea of people dying because we didn't go into isolation would be even worse. This is unlike 2008 where there was lots of upheaval and blaming. This is time where we need to think about the people.
I was impressed by the An Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland yesterday. A very powerful and empowering speech.

www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/miriam-lord-desperate-times-require-extraordinary-lines-as-leo-finds-right-words-1.4205660

We are in a kind of lockdown here. All bars, restaurants, schools, large stores, recreational buildings, etc are closed. Evrn beauty salons (and I was due to have an appointment this weekend so I will be looking like a yeti soon!). Almost all workplaces are closed - factories , etc. no gatherings of more than 10 people.

It’s tough but you can still go out for a walk. We go on the evenings just before dark and there are not many people about. I live 5000 miles from my family so I’m used to not seeing them. The in-laws are 350 miles away. Gyms etc are closed so we are being creative finding ways to work out at home. Many museums etc are doing virtual tours whilst they are closed. We have sorted out the garage and deep cleaned the whole house even those jobs that don’t get done very often. The library is closed but there are ebooks available and we have been catching up on old films that we recorded months ago and never got around to watching. I have also started a 1000 piece jigsaw and I’m trying to learn crochet with YouTube videos.
It only works if you discipline yourself to follow through. It’s tough but it’s not forever.

This is the most important time to stay indoors.

The infection and death rate increases are now unstoppable.

The alternative is unthinkable.

My dh pointed out there will be a baby boom in nine months

I think the opposite. Now really is not a good time to conceive. I would stop trying if I were ttcing.

Plenty of babies born during ww2