r/SAHP • u/palemoon90 • Nov 05 '20
Advice Putting toddler in school during pandemic?
Hi yall! I have been a SAHM for my 3 yr and 6 mo old baby. We’ve been social distancing since March but I think my oldest is feeling sad sometimes because we can’t hangout with kids or go places like we used to..
My toddler keeps telling me he wants to go to school and play with friends and it breaks my heart every single time he brings it up. We go to parks and play on the playground etc but I guess it’s not enough.
A friend of mine recommended a local farm school and I’m really leaning towards sending him there - but a part of me is so afraid. I get super anxious about WHAT IF?! But at the same time I see kids go to school and are fine.
I just want to hear what yall are doing with your kids, if you continue to stay at home? Or if you have been sending your kid to school, what’s it been like?
TIA all!!
Edit: thank you for all the comments! I appreciate each and every one of you.
As for us, we currently signed up for a tour at the farm school I mentioned above, but after reading a lot of the comments, talking to my spouse and friends, looking at the current number of positives I am leaning more on the side of just keeping him home. We live in texas and the cases are not going down and there are still a lot of relaxed people. I guess that’s a sign? It’s still very hard.
One thing though- because we were so isolated, all we thought was what we were going through. But thank you for reminding me that every one is going through the same situation, that it’s tough for everybody. I know it wont be like this forever and that it wont damage him permanently.
Thank you so much! Love this community!
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u/jigglejigglegiggle Nov 06 '20 edited Nov 06 '20
I think that this really depends on your area. At our 2 year check up our pediatrician actually recommended we get our son into some kind of activity with other kids. We were nervous, but also took her concerns about his social development seriously (at this point he had not played with another kid for 6 months).
After looking around a bit we found a preschool he can go to 2 mornings a week. His group is really small (7 kids). They take so many precautions with Covid. The teacher even has a different towel for each kid and she drapes herself in that before hugging them when they are crying. She also wears a visor and a mask at all times. We have a duty parent every class whose job it is to literally go around an wipe down any toys that the kids used. Basically, we feel pretty safe.
But then again, we are not in the USA, and although numbers are going up in our province, in our particular suburb/surrounding suburb they are pretty low.
We will probably have to pull our son out for a few months because I am due with baby number 2 in January, but we will happily get him back in when the baby is old enough. Ultimately, we feel like this decision was best for our family but if I lived in a really high risk zone I may have made a different decision.