This blog post was written on 22/3/2020

So as my last post explained, we are choosing to be socially responsible and self isolate as much as possible to limit the spread of Corona.

You may be reading this in the future and not be able to place Corona, so just a simple explanation. It is more deadlier than the common flu, it is a pandemic, and it is happening in 2020. Over the years, I’ve been old enough and be able experience life through epidemics such as swine flu, bird flu, Ebola, Zika virus and this has been the worst. In my 37 years of life this is definitely the worst medical contagious disease and emergency I have ever lived through. Other than the financial crash of 2008, again, something that I vividly remember, being a young single mum of 2 children at University, and that wasn’t even as bad as this is now.

We have been stockpiling, not necessarily taking more than we need, but seeing stocks diminish and Charlie having such sensitive tastes and needing such particular items to live healthily, it is in our best interests to have a spare stock. For example, bath bombs and bath foam, he is sensitive too so can only use certain ones. Toothpaste is a constant battle for us, and brushing teeth is an activity that I particularly detest, as it causes a lot of battles. However, we finally found a toothpaste that he can manage and that is an Oral B one, with a picture of the pixar movie Cars on the front. So naturally, when I get it, I get around 3 months supply at once and I’ve been doing this for years. Same with cereals, other food groups, it’s always good to get plenty in just in case life takes over and you can’t get out and top up your shopping, it’s there in reserves by the plenty. However, in this crisis we are quickly running out of reserves and getting extras is now not an option as there are now solid restrictions on what you can buy. We are literally being rationed.

One very big drawback, is an average weekly shop for us used to be £60, however it is currently standing at between £90-110, and that eventually is going to have a massive impact on my income in the coming weeks. Charlie has very suddenly developed an obsession for Pokemon and Anime, so for now, he is quite happy chilling at home watching these programs. Which is quite helpful and I didn’t foresee.

So to ensure he gets rid of any excess energy, we have set up the mini trampoline in the living room. Charlie has built several obstacle courses using this trampoline and the furniture! Although, I don’t know what we’ll do if he has an accident and he needs the hospital! That will be a nightmare. Another great tip is YouTube, stick it on for some child friendly exercises, and hopefully your little one will jump in front and and join in, lead by example and get in there too!! I’ve had a few sessions to try and encourage Charlie to work out. Home schooling will be next on the list and I’m not exactly thrilled about that at all.

Georgina x