Weekend & Family Friday: Solo Solid Shag Rug
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It’s official. My son has moved into a “big boy bed.” No more nursery, time for a kid bedroom. We changed out his sweet canvas of elephants holding blue balloons for his preferred construction vehicles. The most expensive part of redecorating a room is the rug. Or maybe it is just that I don’t place as much value on rugs as they seem to cost. Either way, rugs can be very expensive, and if my son is anything like me, he will take a black crayon to it any day now (a story my mom somehow let me live to tell). This adorable rug comes in several bright, punchy colors that would be perfect for decorating a child’s bedroom. It has over 8,000 reviews and is very reasonably priced at around $71 at Amazon, depending on size and color. Solo Solid Shag Rug
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My daycare hasn’t closed yet but I suspect it’s imminent. I was hoping that in this thread we could crowdsource what we’re doing to prepare for being home with kids for a long while (not in terms of food/supplies, but in terms of actually keeping them occupied). I’ve realized I probably need to stock up a little on supplies — both my 2yo and 4yo go to daycare full-time, so we’ve never bothered investing in all that many activities. Thank goodness it’s warm enough that we can go outside — I’m planning on lots of outdoor playtime/nature walks/scavenger hunts. Here’s my to-get list so far…
– finger paint and regular paint, for messy outside painting
– a ball (ours have all gotten mysteriously lost)
– a push trike for the 2yo (the 4yo has a scooter) so we can on walks together
– a few of the Alex craft kids you all have recommended for the 4yo
What’s everyone doing about nannies? My office has gone work from home but I expect workflow to be light. DH will be work from home starting Monday – probably actually working at least some. We have three kids five and under including an 11 month old so honestly life would just be easier with our nanny. (If kids going to be home for weeks, would be ideal if one of us could focus on older two and one on baby)
I’ve already told her to stay home if sick or unwell or if she feels uncomfortable and that we’d pay her regardless. But on interests of flattening the curve should we have her stay home? We’re already avoiding my older parents. I’m in Houston so we’ve had our first couple cases of community transmission. Oh and she drives her own car to work.
Are shag rugs practical in a kid’s room? I’m in nursery-decorating mode for our first, and I can’t imagine trying to keep a high pile rug clean of kid mess. Not to mention hidden toys to step on…
Happily taking suggestions for rugs around this price point that aren’t high pile or shag. We have dogs. Prefer something solid colored or at most with stripes for a little boy’s room.
Happy friday y’all!
I know everyone is probably tired of these … but help! My boss and several other coworkers, all with a lot of seniority/respect and levels above me, just returned from a large event in a very high risk city with community spread (think top places you should not go right now.) I’m currently pregnant. We don’t have community spread yet where I am and no one is talking about working from home. Everyone is pretty much business as usual. I don’t want to overreact or come off as criticizing them for going (although frankly it was totally unnecessary and I am frustrated by it). But I’m honestly scared. What would you do?
Last night, Michigan’s governor closed all schools for three week. Because of spring break timing, my kids are off now until April 13. Wednesday, my husband was told to WFH indefinitely, and I just got that same direction today. I had to cancel vacation to the west coast that I have been planning for 9 months. I am sad and disappointed and find this a very bold move, but I understand why we are doing this.
I’m dreaming of renting a house somewhere warm and setting up shop for a month.
Went in this morning. They are considering fertility treatments non-elective so anyone who is currently cycling will continue. But, if the cycle doesn’t work they may suspend indefinitely. Not letting my brain go there at this point…. She said they are strongly encouraging (1) social distancing; (2) no bringing family/friends to appointments – patient only; (3) hand sanitizer as you enter and exit the actually office space, even use an alcohol swab as you use the pen on the sign in sheet.
Interestingly, had I not asked, she wouldn’t have discussed it at all with me. Her gloves were off and shew as half way out the door when I stopped to inquire. There’s been no messaging from them through their online system or any other way about these new requirements/ recommendations/procedures.
She said the vast majority of people are moving forward, though there have been a few cancellations initiated by the patient due to COVID-19
Fingers and toes crossed.
Ways to collaborate well with your spouse when you’re both work from home and your three year old’s preschool is closed for the foreseeable future? What kind of compromises or plans have you set up?
Working on finding at least part time babysitting but it’s not looking positive and I don’t want to hate my husband in week.
My 68 year old mom (no underlying health conditions) is flying home today from a conference in a major US city with multiple COVID-19 cases (but not Seattle or one of the big hotspots). Obviously, in hindsight she shouldn’t have gone, but none of us have a time machine. My city and my parents’ city currently have no cases. My parents were supposed to come drive to visit us next week. Given that my dad is 71 and has multiple underlying health conditions, I believe he’s the person in our family most likely to die from this, and I’m thinking it might make sense to have my mom come alone and drive straight to us, so she doesn’t infect my dad. DH and I are working from home and schools are closed, so I’m not too worried about us infecting her and if she infects us I think we’ll likely be ok (I have some underlying health conditions but my doctors have told me I’m overall low risk given my age and the nature of the conditions). Does this sound logical? I feel weird exposing myself, my husband and my kid to someone I think may have the virus, but statistically we’ll be a lot better off if we get it than my dad would be. My mom refuses to go to a hotel in her city – she’s either moving back into my dad’s house or she’s coming to our house, and coming to our house seems like the lesser of two evils at this point.
NOVA folks- governor just sent out a release ordering all K-12 schools in virginia closed for a minimum of two weeks.
Ok, another question re: COVID. My dad (early 60s, no history of pneumonia or other respiratory conditions) helps us out with watching sick kids. He’s offered to come over if our daycare is closed. This should be ok, right? He would drive here and none of us have or are planning to be in contact with high-risk areas (beyond the usual risks of us working in the city).
Any tricks for treating Hand/Foot/Mouth in adults? My husband caught it from my son, and he is absolutely miserable, can’t sleep because of painful, itchy hand lesions. We’re already stacking ibuprofen and tylenol, using a lidocaine lotion, and oral benadryl.