So are they doing what our school called the hybrid model? 2 days in school 3 days at home? How’s speech therapy going at home? It’s hard cause we aren’t trained in these areas and we just wanna do what’s best for the kids and give them the opportunity to learn and grow! I was so looking forward to having both kids in school full time, I mean being a sahm for almost 8 years I was really looking toward to having some time for myself and maybe getting a little part time job but that’s all on hold for now. At least I can say it’s only on hold for now and someday I’ll have my freedom lol.

@ss3mom, No hybrid. I meant The choice to learn at home OR go to school. Not both. Sorry if that was unclear lol. Therapy is going OK but it was so much better when somebody would actually come here. Exactly I have no idea what I’m doing I didn’t go to school for this I’m not trained for it. My daughter is talking a whole lot more though. I feel like she would be progressing so much more if somebody would come here and not me doing it by myself. It’s better when it’s on the spot so they can correct me right away other than going back-and-forth with emails.

I was looking forward to in the winter have my kid go to playgroups for social interaction because the therapist even recommended it. Plus that means I get an hour to myself. But who knows how long this is going to last.

I feel that hard, I’m a stay at home mom too. I’m definitely looking forward to enrolling my kid in school when she can and getting a part-time job. But kiddos always come first. Sorry to hear that.

Sorry for the super long response😅😂

@sourpatchkid, no worries about the long response. I totally understand the issue with not having face to face therapy. That’s gotta be so hard for u and her! I feel my son will need additional support this year and I’m very afraid he won’t get that. But I guess we will just have to wait and see what happens. That’s all we can do at this point

I know we weren’t given a choice either, but honestly I’m almost relived we didn’t have a choice. And almost relived they aren’t going back. It’s too much unknown for me. I really thought I’d be gutted about the decision to do remote but I wasn’t. I think I’m my mind I knew that’s what we were going to do and I felt a little relieved. I love that your daughter was looking forward to k because my son is not. I ask him all the time if he’s excited about kindergarten and he straight up says no lol. He’s developed, or should I say restarted having separation anxiety with me, so again him staying home is ok for now but it’s going to be a mess when he does have to go to school. He’s going to be a wreck, as well as me!!

@justgotaname, yes ya did. Representing Illinois lol

@ss3mom yes we all had covid.

I woke up on Monday the July 20th with absolutely no sense of smell or taste. I promptly went out and got tested. I called my job and quarantined myself until I received my results. On Friday I received my positive result. Hubby also received his positive result the same day. (He had to drive 90 minutes away to get a same day test, since every place near us refused to test him because at that time he didn't have symptoms and apparently me being positive wasn't a good enough reason)

My symptoms were total and I do me TOTAL loss of smell and taste (I still don't have it back fully even now) I also had fatigue, tingling in my feet and just all around felt blah.

My hubby was the sickest among us once he started developing symptoms. He had cold like symptoms with spells of vertigo and extreme fatigue. He slept for 19 to 20 hours a day

Our daughter was the only one who developed a fever. At it's highest it was 102.5°. We alerted the hospital just in case her symptoms became more severe. I didn't know if I was even allowed to stay with her if she did need to be admitted to the hospital since I was covid19 positive. (I still don't have an answer to that question either. The best I got was "probably") luckily after 12 hours her fever finally broke and she hasn't had any symptoms since.

I started prepping for the chance that we might get covid as soon as lockdown started. So I had everything I needed once we did get it.

I made bone broth, upped everyone's vitamins (zinc, vitamin c, and cod liver oil for immune support and curcumin, garlic and magnesium, for anti-inflammatory properties and to help prevent blood clots)

We also did daily detox baths alternating between dead sea salt and bentonite clay.

I also have an oximeter so I was able to keep track of everyone's blood oxygen levels.

I honestly have no idea if any of my, what hubby calls "hippie witchcraft" worked. But our symptoms did remain mild, and I did feel that I was at least fighting the damn virus with everything I could throw at it.

All 3 of us experienced covid19 in completely different ways and that was the scariest part of it. Nobody could tell us what symptoms we would have and how long or how severe our symptoms would be.

I will say that even though I had the mildest of symptoms of the 3 of us, I've never experienced anything like it I've never been sick like that before and I certainly never want to go through it again.

@watz, damn momma I’m so sorry. That’s really really scary. I think the not knowing is the worst part huh? I love your use of hippy witchcraft lol. At least, like u said, u felt like u were doing something when u don’t even know what to do!! I’m really happy it wasn’t worse for u guys and you’re all making a full recovery.

@ss3mom, Update: tonight the school board voted to start the year fully remote for all students. Hybrid is no longer an option.

@bookwormmommy, yes we didn’t have the option of hybrid either. It was remote or cyber. I had no clue the differences but they explained them well enough for me to choose remote. Crazy times right!! Good thing your dh is home that way u can continue to teach. We need u teachers now more then ever!! It’s prob much harder for u guys teaching 1/2 from school and 1/2 from home. I can’t even imagine how much work u all do!!

@bookwormmommy, also to speak about the school board. I’ll admit I had no idea what the school board even was or what they did. I hope I’m not the only one lol. But I’ve learned a lot over the past few months about all that goes into these things.

Yes I agree. If there was an option then it’s nice that some can keep their kids home.

Yes the boys are getting iPads for school

I know o couldn’t even imagine if I was working right now

@ss3mom, i couldn’t agree more! My only concern is what about the families who aren’t as fortunate as us and have a stay at home parent. All the schools in the valley have already decided their start date and everything is still up in the air up here

@mommiesgoneabitmad, like my twin sister. She works full time and is a single parent to 3 children, one is starting his senior year, the other her Freshman year and the other who’s going into 5th grade. I spoke with her last night and her school still doesn’t have a decision. She was having a panic attack just thinking about it.

@ss3mom, I bet! There’s a lot of planning that needs to go into the school year and not to know so close to the start date is super frantic and hectic.

Yes mine is starting k as well but unlike yours he’s not excited at all lol!!

@ss3mom just remember, all the other kinder moms are dealing with squirrels, too. :) online kinder is pretty funny, because they get a lot done and learn a lot, but those kids never sit still, someone is constantly running to the bathroom. It actually made me feel better, I thought I had an unusually squirrelly kid and found out she is quite normal.

@jenx, haha that’s so true. I got in touch with our babysitter, who’s in college for early education, to see if she could come maybe 2 days a week for an hour or two to help him. I’m waiting to hear from her once she gets her school schedule. That would be a huge help is she can do that.

@jenx the comment about squirrely kids made me feel alot better. Thanks. My youngest is a high energy child and I was a little worried about her running off to the bathroom and such lol

Well that’s good you’re employer is willing to let u work from home. That’s wonderful. Most people don’t have the option!

@ss3mom yes I'm very thankful. They want to go full on remote to eliminate all the offices we have so this was a good test. Now working from home and trying to homeschool and then have a newborn will be interesting

Wow we didn’t even have that option. It’s most likely going to be shut down don’t ya think? I saw a school in Indiana was shut down within hours of opening because one child was positive.

@ss3mom, yes I think if they get to start in person, it’ll be shut down real quick

Wow. I hope you're no where near Atlanta. I lived in Camden county for some years. I didn't have a school age child at that point but I can't imagine being forced to send my child during these times.

@massgirl, we’re about 2 hours south.

@ss3mom, yes with a lot of precaution.

We didn’t even have the choice of going in school really. I mean they sent out a survey to see what parents would like to do but ultimately the super wanted to go with remote. Our 2 options were going the remote or cyber school. I opted for the remote because the cyber is throughout the district. Whereas remote is within the school so they will have their regular teachers ya know?

@ss3mom that makes sense. We're a very blue collar town in a metro area so unfortunately a lot of parents rely on school as childcare. I like the idea of live lessons but what they have decided yet is how many lessons will actually be live. We have to notify by Friday. I think ultimately they'll get in school a by November everyone will be remote learning again