How do ya’ll handle infant childcare in regards to Covid? Trying to figure out if me and my partner should put our less than 6 month old into daycare or not. Really really worried about exposing him and us to repeat infections. But my partner and I both work full time almost entirely in person. I think I could swing a remote job with childcare help from grandparents (who are vaxed, but don’t mask and travel a lot :/) potentially. Kinda leaning towards that especially since hearing the news that Covid vaccines might be banned in good ol’ AmeriKKKa by the time we can get it for them. Not feeling great about going out of the country for it and potentially getting detained at the border on the way back either.

And once our kid is old enough to go to school, is virtual maybe worth it? I know not seeing other kids/teachers in person is not great, but neither are the long term health complications from getting Covid constantly. Hoping maybe I can find some cool parents that also care about Covid to meet up with, but I’m not holding my breath for that.

I look my baby in the eyes every morning when they give me a big dumb gummy smile and I just want to do the best I can. I don’t want them to get sick, I don’t want them to be isolated completely from any peers, I love them so goddamn much. I just don’t even know what doing my best looks like in a country that would rather let its most vulnerable die out of sight than mandate even the most basic precautions.

This shit sucks.

  • FishLake@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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    14 days ago

    Some places have alternate school programs available with smaller class sizes and different learning arrangements which might be an option. A friend has a kid going to one of the alternate learning programs and they love it. It’s a small class and it’s only half days with a lot of self directed learning, which suits their kid well. Seems to be the place where a lot of neurodivergent kids end up and thrive, which is cool.

    I forgot to mention this in my comment but this is absolutely worth looking into. There are also homeschooling groups too. But with both of these options it is highly dependent on where you live. For example, in my area alternative schooling programs are nonexistent and homeschooling groups are almost exclusively filled with Christian fundamentalists.

    If homeschooling is possible for you though, you can still have your kid socialize with others through sports or other hobby groups.