Lockdown!

It’s been an interesting few months to say the least! The coronavirus pandemic has had such a huge impact on everyone.

Back in March when we went into lockdown, we were so fortunate to have a run of great weather. We are lucky to have a garden and a big trampoline. We would have been lost without it. Our son needs to jump and we see a huge difference in him when he doesn’t get that release.

At the start, we stayed home all the time and we were in the garden for fresh air. But it got to the point that we really needed out. The restrictions allowed for an hour of outdoor excersize a day, but it was a few weeks before we took advantage of this. My husband was still working , though he was only working mornings, and I was working from home, so it was me and our son 24/7. Around 10am we went out a walk each day. It was quiet so I felt safe, and we went the same way each day which took around 40 minutes. I walked and he was on his scooter. I tried a few times to get him to go a different way, but he kept to the same loop each time. He was happy with the route so I didn’t push it. There was enough change happening so this was a bit of stability.

My parents didn’t see him for 3 months. Going for seeing him almost every day to not seeing him at all was a big shock to everyone. He asked for them alot but they spoke every day which helped.

The carers centre called us to make sure we were ok. I can honestly say we were great. I was reading on the Facebook groups that I am in, of lots of kids really struggling with the change in routine, but we settled into a new routine quite quickly. Breakfast, schoolwork, walk, lunch, schoolwork.

I thought lockdown was going to be really tough but it has actually been ok. Our son needs alot of attention and can be very demanding. It has been challenging at times, but overall things have went well.