No More Tiers (Enough is Enough)

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Here it is - thread 365 - was getting too twitchy....

Dinna this really winds me up too surely the adults should go on the road to let the kids stay on the pavement but apparently not .

I've just had a woman at my door to say that a kid threw a snowball this morning and it nearly hit her dog. She knows I have kids so could I please tell my kids that throwing snowballs near dogs could cause them to have a heart attack and they mustn't do it.

my dog would bloody love it if a kid threw a snowball at him, would make his day.

My house has no power currently and I have sought refuge under a large blanket - one which can be plugged in and heated but......

I am not entirely sure I want to come out.

It is relentless. (Not the power thing, the Covid thing).

I am doing all the things we are told - exercise. Chat with friends. Etc. I even had a lovely day in school yesterday with real teenagers having a chat and catching up with them.

But oh it really is starting to get to me.

What’s getting me now @Cismyfatarse is those now saying even with the vaccination of the elderly /vulnerable things can’t get back to normal.

If feels hopeless..

I’d stay under the blanket!

CIS I think we all have days when it really gets to us.
Mine was just before Christmas when my DSis was totally convinced we should forget Christmas and focus on February birthdays. I felt February birthdays were a no go and could see things getting worse before they got better so, Easter before we'd next be able to get together.

I needed that break in restrictions, I needed to see family. I think too when you have it set in your mind your in it for the long term it's easier than the constant drip feed.

WouldbeGood.
It got better last summer and it will this summer too and we have the vaccine to help.
It won't be over completely by Easter but things will be better, the weather, lighter nights, life will be better!
Easter🐰🐇🐰🐣🐣🐣. It's not that far away.

I'm struggling today. Being stuck at home all day with a crying newborn and a 4yo begging for attention is so hard.

I think taking St. john's wort is helping me. Been on it for about a week - starting to get a pleasant numbness around the edges.

No good if you are on contraception though so be careful.

Don't think DH likes it though as my concentration and memory have gone to pieces.

Also struggling a bit today.

That blanket sounds like a perfect place to be right now @Cismyfatarse
Hope your power is back on soon

@shouldistop does your dc like doing crafty things?

I’m not sure what I want/need anymore .

rookiedog likes to eat snowballs ( our dog walker took that , she's a marvellous photographer).

@runningpink we've already done play doh and painting this morning but he really wants me to do it with him and the baby just wants to be attached to me this morning 😫

Sounds grim, shouldistop. for you and all others in this situation.

It's all getting to the ICould household too, and we don't even have DCs in the mix here.

Some days, just keeping breathing is as good as it gets.

@WouldBeGood I don't understand either why things can't go back to normalish once elderly/vulnerable are vaccinated. Sure I can see being strict over border control outwith UK to keep out new variants, but other than that we were sold this as an action not to overwhelm the NHS, not to eliminate anyone ever getting it.

@shouldistop Ah I was going to suggest painting with toy cars. Dipping the paint on the wheels and moving them onto the paper to create tartan for burns night. (Maybe something for tomorrow)

How about a large cardboard box flattened out and together you can draw roads, ponds, fields, train track etc to create a wee town. Then use duplo type blocks to create wee houses to add to the town and add in cars, animals etc. Bit of help creating it but then dc might be happy playing away?

Or just a large cardboard box they can sit inside and have free range to draw all over it however they like.

@shouldistop virtual hugs and . One of the hardest periods of my life was when my dcs were a similar age and we lived in a flat in a foreign city where you couldn't just go for a walk in the streets if the dcs were climbing the walls Ds1 watched a lot of TV but he's at uni now so I don't think it damaged him too much! I just wanted to say this will pass. Be kind to yourself.

shouldistop that is such a hard juggle in normal times. Why M&T groups were invented. My DD1 used to regularly suggest "DD2 bin" when she was 2 and DD2 was a baby. I shied away from anything messy as DD2 was bad enough for mess production without adding playdough and paint. In the words of my favourite "Mum" advert "You're doing great" if you're getting to the end of the day with everyone more or less in one piece. Bonus points for sandwiches at lunch and remembering to chuck the fish fingers in the oven for tea.

DD1 loved stories and jigsaws and watched too much CBeebies. She was also a fan of balling socks to throw at the laundry basket and dusting. I left her toys out in a corner of the living room (very bad habit as DD3 still has a toy tip in the living room and she's 9 ) so she could at least play on the carpet at my feet if the baby was unputdownable. Sometimes the baby cries even when you pick them up in which case you might as well ignore them for 5 minutes and cuddle the other one.

It gets better once the baby is mobile and more entertaining for the older one but then you need eyes in the back of your head. So many pictures of so much mischief from when my older 2 were wee. Bringing tears to the glass eyes here remembering.

We were revising "money sums" this morning. If tweens are not allowed out to the corner shop with their pocket money soon then I fear financial illiteracy will increase exponentially.

Oh that sounds good running pink

Going to do that

And it really sucks shouldistop

I feel your pain

That is a fab photo rookie of a beautiful rookiedog.

We don't have a ddog but have nearly the whole Hairy McClary gang to look out for via the neighbours. They all treat us as part of their extended family (don't tell Jason)

My take on the reasons things can't go back to normal after the elderly and vulnerable are vaccinated, is because the people who they are really worried about are the younger people who are susceptible but are likely to survive with treatment and the young people who end up with long covid.

If it was only popping of old people they'd class it as normal flu / old age and we'd have none of this.

We're going to have lunch then head out to the park, hopefully there are some other kids there. If the baby won't settle in his pram then I guess I'll just need to sit with my baps out in the local park 🙈 Anything is better than these 4 walls.

Enjoy the park it's a nice day, cold and sunny. Would baby settle in a sling?

Parks are full of parents here desperate for their kids to play with other kids

And there are lots about with toddlers and buggies

Fuck me, lockdown to the summer.

Just shoot me now. This is fucking shit. I can't do another SIX FUCKING MONTHS of this bollocks.

The problem with these fucking epidemiologists only know about epidemiology.

They have NO clue about education, the economy, mental health. I am so fed up today. Might throw things at the telly when that wee podium appears for the daily lecture.