So as I put in my Welcome post, you would see I am a stepmom and a mother. I have been a stepmom for just over seven years now and had my first child just over two in a half years ago now as he was born in May of 2019. So yes he was born 10 months before the pandemic fully hit us in March of 2020 but as a first time mom to my own baby I was still learning every day new things and when the pandemic hit I went into a panic mode cause I was scared of what was to be of this pandemic.
Now almost two years into this pandemic my son doesn’t know what’s regular existence is because of Covid. He goes into a store and has a mask on like everyone else and hand sanitizes as soon as we walk in any door of any shop. He doesn’t go to daycare because I have a compromised immune system so I am a stay at home mom and he has only had two colds his whole two and a half years of existence so I am scared to expose him to any massive germs as he has never had anything bigger then the sniffles. Which I’m sure most moms with covid 19 babes are scared of as well.
Even with having older children I feel horrible for them because they are struggling mentally with this pandemic not knowing when they will get to have a normal childhood again and it’s devastating. My second youngest babe has a birthday party to go to not that long ago and it was her first one since the pandemic had started and she got so excited but also overwhelmed because she was panicked of getting exposed and not knowing if she was going to get in trouble because of all the restrictions they have in place. How do you calm down a 10 year old from a panic attack because she is scared of Covid.
I wish my children could have the simpler childhood that we all got to experience. Without masks, without socially distancing and not having to live in constant fear because of what the media says and what they have to see everyday. They can’t even go to school regularly anymore… there is no more recess or cafeteria hangout spots for them to enjoy because they have to be socially distanced. They can’t go to all the big events with their schools because they have had to cancel them because of covid.
And yes I am a momma who is fully vaccinated and I know that covid is real and around, but I also am a momma who wants this to just go away so my babies can enjoy a normal existence again and enjoy being a child.
Any other mommas with me on this!
Xoxox one tired ass broken momma!!!
Broken Mama 