Hi everyone welcome back to my channel. Today i'm going to give you eight
different reasons why having a baby during lockdown has been awesome.
If you're a first-time mum i can imagine this whole scenario of Covid-19 and the
multiple lockdowns that we've been having and the restrictions has made you feel very bitter
and very resentful about the whole thing i'm sure that you've all had these amazing images
of you and your baby walking through a park meeting other moms at baby groups and sitting
lattes at your local trendy cafe and none of this happened because of one restriction after another
because of Covid-19 the pandemic has snatched that away from all of us and it's going to be very
difficult to look back on this time and think of it positively because of everything that's gone on
but i'm hoping that these 8 different things i'm going to tell you today will help you feel a bit
differently and just change your mindset about having a baby during lockdown so number one
no one comes to visit you now this may seem like a negative but actually there's nothing worse
than people coming to visit you at all hours of the day when you've had three hours sleep
and not had a shower for two days people who also come to visit you also say they want to help you
they want to pamper you but actually all they want to do is come and hold the baby especially
when you're trying to arrange naps and all you end up doing is making the tea while they sit on their
asses number two your partner is home more often so for the majority of us working from home has
been thrusted upon us all you have been furloughed which means quite often you weren't expecting
your partner to be around at all really during the very start of your baby's life but now
they're here all the time which again can have its negatives i admit but it means that they get to
spend more time with their baby and build a bond that you as the mother usually get to have whilst
your partner is usually at work so now it means that they're a lot more involved
they can also can see the stress and anxiety and the hard work that goes with having a baby and
that's quite nice number three you're never late for anything having a baby breeds a whole new
realm of anxiety that you didn't even think you had and part of that is being late for things now
if you're like me i hate being late for anything there are people out there who are totally okay
and blasé about it all and i envy them personally but i hate being late for stuff and having a baby
there's a massive stress on that especially when they've just woken up you know you've got to be
somewhere whether it's a baby group or you're meeting up with someone or a an appointment a
GP appointment and you've got to get the baby awake changed fed and into the car seat within
a tiny amount of time and it's just not doable you're always running late and chasing your tail
but with nothing open means you never have things with anxiety you're at home all the time and it's
wonderful number four there's no comparison and when i say no comparison what i mean by this is
that you are not going to see that many other mums at the beginning and therefore there's no
comparing your baby you know that extra anxiety i was talking about earlier well this can often
be attached with yourself comparing your baby with other babies that you meet along the way
now i know we shouldn't be doing this and i can go blue in the face with how it's not healthy
to compare your baby with other babies and that they're going to reach all their milestones on
their own time etc etc but it doesn't matter what people say to you you're always going to have this
thing where you look at another baby and what your baby does and if you're a summer age you cannot
help but feel like your baby's not doing something that that baby's doing and you feel
like you should be doing something else and it can be very stressful and confusing for you especially
if you're a first-time mum and you're trying to figure all out yourself no one actually means
to but you always find that mum that brags that their baby has had excellent pizza grip two months
ahead of schedule or has slept through the night from birth and it immediately makes you feel like
a less adequate mum so with this it's not just comparing your baby directly it can also means
that you look at the stuff you have and you might be comparing your pram that doesn't feel as nice
as the other prams or you might not be introducing food at the same time as another baby or
you might be having a different bedtime routine all of these little things when you're speaking
to other moms and they're all doing things differently to you you start looking at what
you're doing and questioning it which is really confusing now that all the baby groups and the
NCT groups have now not been going ahead it means that you are just at home just spending the time
with your baby doing things your way at your own pace and it's very liberating and very calming and
i have found this much better this time around number five it's better for the environment
so there's no travelling to meet anyone no coffees on the go with plastic coffee cups
and making all your purees from scratch at home because you've got the time to do it
all of a sudden we are being very environmentally friendly and reduced our carbon footprint by a ton
well not exactly a ton but a lot you know what i mean number six you save money so all with all
this restriction on traveling and not being able to go to shops and cafes and not being able to go
to expensive baby groups it means i have saved a load of money especially on that reduced maternity
pay which can sting a little bit near the end number seven i wonder if it's really improved your
baby's confidence and helps baby reach milestones quicker now i have no evidence to back this up and
i'm sure that if you delve into it there might be evidence but i have just got the feeling that
the fact that i'm at home all the time with my baby i'm not going to places where my baby's
passed around to different people or going to baby groups where it's very overwhelming all the time
i feel that my baby has bonded to me better it has bred more confidence and with that he has hit his
milestones very quickly as i said is probably a coincidence but i have felt that to simple
things even just like he's now not in the pram as often because there's nowhere to go other than
the odd walk during the day he's now doing tummy time from a very early age because we're at home
he has had the more confidence to move around and these all contribute to him hitting his milestones
really quickly and i just have to sit here and wonder whether lockdown has actually contributed
to that but also little things like weaning for example we would always be out during the day
and therefore the simple process of weaning was actually a little bit more stressful and
always needed forward planning or i would grab some puree off the shelf of a shop or something
like that whereas now it's a very relaxed and calm environment because we're at home all the time
and if if he throws food around well it's my own kitchen floor if he wants to try something i don't
mind i'll take it off and let him try it so these are all things that have made the whole weaning
experience even a lot more fun and um and i feel like he's really benefited from it and finally
number eight boredom develops your creativity so i have made baby mobiles with different themes
like underwater theme and a space theme there's streamers i've made my homemade shakers with rice
i have made different messy plays these are all things i would never even think about doing if
i was out and about all the time and i was going to different houses you know people's houses to
meet up with them or baby groups or anything like that i'm doing it all at home and it is making me
expand my ideas in helping me entertain my baby and it's been really fun this is
really tapping into um some really fun play that i i didn't know i had anymore
so that has been a really really good experience for me and i've really enjoyed it there you go
those are my eight different reasons why having a baby during lockdown has been awesome and i
really hope you share this feeling please leave a comment below for any new reasons why you have
found having a baby during lockdown awesome and hit the subscribe button to get all the updates
on how we are doing as a family and aiden's development and i will see you next time bye