Bonus: Quarantine with Kids
Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)
Laura Birek, Shanna Micko
4.7 • 531 Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2020
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
In part two of their "Momming During Coronavirus" bonus series, Shanna and Laura come to you again in real time to give an update on how they are dealing with the quarantine. It’s been one week since the coronavirus pandemic has turned their lives upside down, and the spread of COVID-19 has shut down schools, workplaces, large events and more in Los Angeles, where Shanna and Laura live, and they discuss what it’s like to be a mom while practicing social distancing, sheltering in place and working from home while caring for small children. They also share several BFPs that have arisen amidst the chaos of the last week.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to Big Fat Positive. |
| 0:04.6 | We are back with another special bonus episode where we are updating you in real time about how we are surviving this coronavirus pandemic lockdown, etc. |
| 0:17.1 | As parents of young children. |
| 0:19.5 | And so we're going to start off with check-ins on just how |
| 0:21.7 | we're each doing and what's going on right now. So, Laura, what are you guys up to? |
| 0:27.1 | So when we talked last week, it was Friday? Friday, March 13th, Friday the 13th. |
| 0:35.8 | That's right. It was Friday the 13th. And I think I had said, like, I'm cool with one-on-one play dates. I'm cool with playgrounds. And I have revised my feelings about that. Well, today is Thursday, March 19th. Yes. So it's almost a week later. |
| 0:54.9 | And the more I read about it and the more news that's come out, I've realized that one-on-one playdates are now not something that I feel comfortable with. |
| 1:04.4 | So we had our last play date. |
| 1:06.9 | I think it was the day before we recorded that special episode. |
| 1:10.8 | And that was, you know, things are happening really fast. |
| 1:13.7 | Things are changing rapidly. |
| 1:15.3 | So in the last week, not only have all schools in our area in like the Los Angeles area shut down, but San Francisco and Fresno where I'm from have gotten a shelter in place order. Fresno, too, huh? Fresno, too I'm from, have gotten a shelter-in-place order. |
| 1:29.0 | Fresno, too, huh? |
| 1:30.2 | Fresno, too, yeah. |
| 1:31.7 | And Los Angeles doesn't have that, but we essentially do because they shut down all what shops, restaurants, bars, basically everything non-essential. |
| 1:47.2 | Well, I don't think, I don't, I don't know. I thought it was just bars, restaurants. Well, in Pasadena, I think everywhere is a little different, but in |
| 1:52.5 | Pasadena and Los Angeles, it's like bars, restaurants, gyms are closed. Any gathering of more than |
| 2:00.1 | 50 people is, I mean, I don't know what band means. Like, I don't think the cops are coming in to break anything up, but they, you know, they're telling people to stop, basically. And, you know, it happened very fast. So I just wanted to say up front, like, I know people listen to the last episode, and I was like, oh, cool, with play dates. |
| 2:19.7 | Nope, not anymore. |
| 2:20.8 | So now we're really isolated. |
| 2:22.7 | We are going out on walks and going to the park. |
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