Opinion

Joys of quarantine not restricted to the middle of a pandemic

By Tyler Maher

Jun 21, 2022

Inseparable: It’s almost impossible to keep these two apart.

Winter is well and truly upon us, and with it comes the annual migration of germs between children.

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For what has felt like the entire first three weeks of the season, Eden, 4, and Bonnie, 1, have been passing various ailments to each other and back again.

Having to watch them cycle through the stages of sickness, recovery, wellness and then back to sickness again is certainly wearing thin — thin enough that I’m ready to quarantine them from each other.

When COVID-19 visited our household at the start of the year, every item in the house became solo-use and solo-user — with meticulous attention paid towards who was using which cutlery, toy, blanket or even TV remote at any one time.

Walking around the house with a spray bottle and cloth became a constant, and the usual scenes of children jumping all over each other were kept to the barest of minimums.

Obviously, in a small three-bedroom house with four occupants, avoiding each other for extended periods of time is unrealistic.

But if they pass this cold back around between them again this week, I might just consider putting them in plastic bubbles so they can kick it for good.

Tyler Maher is the editor of the News