Ideas for isolation during half term week - getting desperate now!

[Littlemiss74]

Dh & ds are confirmed pcr positive. I had 2 negative pcr’s earlier in the week but have had a positive lateral flow every day so am assuming positive. Dd 9 is negative.
Obviously all isolating & all our half term plans cancelled.

It’s been ok up until today but dd 9 had been really upset this morning. She’s has enough & is bored & frustrated & so sad.
Ds is feeling similar but at least can play online with friends.
Dh has been in bedroom since Saturday as doesn’t want to pass to dd.
I’m exhausted & drained by it all as doing everything (or at least trying!). My house looks like we’ve been burgled and I need to get food in.
I am worried about my dd now, she’s been so good but just all too much for her this morning. Looks like her trick or treating will be off too, I can’t bear to tell her.

What are other people doing to get through half term in isolation? Fed up now.

Board games, cards, movie night, treats delivered?

In lockdown we had different events each day so they could join in if they wanted, we had a party night, snacks and cocktails and delivered afternoon tea where we all dressed up!

Oh poor you! Can you order some hobby craft bits or get someone to do click and collect for you? I'm dreading this part of it, I think the anxiety of it in the background does t help of knowing who will come down next and if they will then have to isolate too!
Any new films out you can get her to watch or into any series? Baking/bedroom clear out/start on making Christmas lists to have something to look forward to

could you have a little halloween party in the house, to replace trick-or-treating? this website have their halloween cookie kit discounted, so you could split the kit in half and have a competition to see who can decorate them the best link, or get dd to bake them by herself and then rate each design. Do a trick or treat hunt (hide sweets around the house like an easter egg hunt), and watch a film together.
Does she have a device to facetime friends/Play an online game together?

Why is DH isolating when you clearly have it too? Is he so sick he needs to be in the bedroom?

Could someone drop off some pumpkins to carve?

How about downloading a new movie to watch with popcorn?

Simple baking like fairy cakes?

Also it’s important that you rest both mentally & physically too. So I would suggest an hour or “quiet time” each afternoon. You can read/watch tv/nap in peace and kids can do as they please as long as mummy isn’t disturbed!

Get someone to drop you some pumpkins off to carve, order some decorations from amazon prime and decorate the house. Order some face paints and practice doing scary faces on each other.

Yeah and get your DH out of bed and get his arse in gear helping too

@talkalarm he had been quite unwell but I think he’s turned a corner. Annoyingly he doesn’t seem to think I have definitely got it if the pcr says negative despite my positive lateral flow every day this week! Apparently the isolation lady told him he needs to stay separate to me & dd. It’s bloody annoying me that my pcr was negative twice, i just don’t understand how that can be with 5 positive lateral flows!!!

I feel really really low today, i am behind on everything. Mountains of washing, mess everywhere, food shop needed, house needs cleaning, dog going nuts! Everytime I try and tackle something I get one of the invalids asking for something. My dd has been so good, she helps with the dishwasher & making food but today had just been too much for her. She looks so sad. These poor kids (not just mine) have had enough of all this now haven’t they.

I also have a chronic condition which can cause me pain & my feet are in agony so much that I’m struggling to walk easily especially going up & down stairs all the time! I don’t usually get affected in my feet so maybe it’s one of the strange side effects of covid...? Thankfully I don’t have any of the most obvious symptoms. To be honest I’m starting to think the risks of us all mixing in the house now are less than the effects to our mental health🙁

Both me and DH are positive but our kids are currently both negative 5 and 7, so we can't really isolate from them so getting on with things. DD7 made some dance routines filmed them on her iPad then we played around editing them with iMovie (never done it before but was fun), we've played every card game going, we've done arts and crafts, played outside on the trampoline, played football, done gardening, cleaned and washed cars, FaceTime'd grandparents, made up lego challenges, done kids cosmic yoga on YouTube, got the them both involved in meal prep...chopping veggies was a novelty to begin with, had movie afternoons with popcorn, and in all honesty let them have loads of time on their iPads. Writing it down sounds loads but some of those things last minutes especially for the 5 year old who has a short attention span,

In the exact same situation here - my DD9 and DD 5 has used the how to draw Halloween clips on YouTube. Sticking them up later.

On a more important note - you need to be taking it easy, I tested positive and have been really ill this week. Last week DH and DS isolated while I did everything - it was exhausting. Then I got ill but rather than help DH has been working in his room. Now the house is a tip but I'm too ill to do anything. Please get some rest.

I’m sorry, such a shitty situation. You sure your OH isn’t trying to have a bit of an easier time but making it sound like it’s for your benefit?

I would try and do Halloween stuff- ask friends to drop round pumpkins, make Halloween potions, decorate your windows with Halloween things!

If your DD doesn’t have covid can she go trick or treating with a friend? She could wear a mask as part her costume and it’s outside?

What are other people doing to get through half term in isolation? Fed up now.

Gin and Tonic. Start at lunchtime.

Something in the garden - firepit and marshmallows?

@TheNoonBell

What are other people doing to get through half term in isolation? Fed up now.

Gin and Tonic. Start at lunchtime.

🤣 yes this

OP order Halloween decorations off Amazon and decorate your house. Have a little party or watch Halloween films. Ask someone to drop pumpkins off. Make chocolate or toffee apples. I feel sorry for you its totally crap

Also agree your DH is being totally unreasonable

That’s a bit harsh! When I had Covid recently I spent 9 days in bed. I had a shower and not even enough left over after to dry my hair. I didn’t have anyone to look after as my daughter is 12 but come on! It’s not always just a sniffle.

I'd be making dad join the rest of the family and help !
If your in the same house you are going to get it if your susceptible!
Can you get some pumpkins delivered on an online shop and do some carving and Halloween crafts to pass some time.
Maybe have a mini Halloween party at the weekend ( just for your house) to break up the boredom and give your daughter something to look forward to.

No solutions really but we're in a similar situation - it sucks

I keep acknowledging to the DC that this is a rubbish time and it will be over soon. Apart from that we're on a kind of timetable, as in lockdown - with the TV/devices on and off at certain times, times when we go outside etc. It sounds a bit mad when written down but it's got us through the days. Plus music, baking, card games, movies, kicking a ball around the garden (once we all felt better). Older DC has got lots of homework which kind of helps!

When we were all ill it was pretty much wall-to-wall screens tbh, we could barely get out of bed to make meals, DC (when not ill) had to help with cleaning up etc!

Mostly just sending sympathy OP - sounds really hard. This too shall pass & I agree DH might just have to be up and helping if it's getting too much for you (and he's able to). Can a neighbour help with shopping?

Sympathise op. We're in a similar situation. Struggled this week and have let dc have far too much screen time. I've organised a few crafts here and there (halloween related) but haven't felt like baking. The trouble is as a poster mentioned...activities can be short lived and children are moving from one thing to another and creating loads of mess (they are least affected), meanwhile I'm just looking at it all and trying to ignore it whilst sorting the basics. It's been a strange week. Technically out of isolation now but still feeling rough so the whole week has been a bit of a write off. Feeling quite low with it in spite of the worse being over (I hope). Not sure if it's the virus or a combination of being stuck inside - probably a combination of both.