The term "COVID Baby"

[Anonymous]

Does this term annoy you or offend you?

I got pregnant is January DD is 4 months now. I went to get my 2nd dose of my vaccine and the nurse said oh a covid baby.

Would this offend or annoy you?

[Anonymous]

People like you just always need something to be outraged about, huh? What’s it like to live in your world?

[Anonymous]

If you got pregnant in January 2020, that was before COVID was known to be in the US. So it makes no sense.

[Anonymous]

No it doesn’t annoy for offend me. I have a “covid toddler” who has missed out on preschool, church nursery, play areas, etc etc etc. His toddlerhood has been totally different than my elder child’s. I’m also pregnant with a “covid baby.” Their babyhood will also be shaped by the pandemic.

Are you saying they’re implying you and your husband got bored and then pregnant?

[Anonymous]

In that the implication is that you were locked down and so had lots of sex so you had a baby, it is a little tasteless. Same as a Nov 14 baby being a Valentine Baby or a baby 9 months from your birthday or anniversary being a "special present". It's bizarre that people comment on the sex lives of others.

But, your baby was in many ways a COVID baby. You dealt with the changes in doctor appointments, not having your partner at ultrasounds (possiblity), laboring in a mask, COVID testing, no visitors in the hospital, possibly partner couldn't come and go, limited visitors and help at home....... So in many ways your baby and experience was and is shaped by COVID. So I totally get the annoyance but also it is true.

Mom of 4 month old who was born Oct 12.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does this term annoy you or offend you?

I got pregnant is January DD is 4 months now. I went to get my 2nd dose of my vaccine and the nurse said oh a covid baby.

Would this offend or annoy you?

Neither. She doesn't mean it. Some things are just idle chit chat, OP. Don't take everything so seriously.

[Anonymous]

I think this generation is going to be called "The Zoomers". I like that term much better than Covid babies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think this generation is going to be called "The Zoomers". I like that term much better than Covid babies.

There are already Zoomers (Gen Z).

Generation Z, colloquially known as Zoomers, is the demographic cohort succeeding Millennials and preceding Generation Alpha. Researchers and popular media use the mid-to-late 1990s as starting birth years and the early 2010s as ending birth years. Wikipedia

[Anonymous]

No, of course not. My baby is in fact a baby that was conceived and delivered during covid. There are great depression babies, baby boom babies (post wwii), 9/11 babies, etc etc....these are covid babies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People like you just always need something to be outraged about, huh? What’s it like to live in your world?

Who said she was upset? She was just asking a question d*ck

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you got pregnant in January 2020, that was before COVID was known to be in the US. So it makes no sense.

I know new moms calling their kids "Covid babies" not because that's when they were conceived, but because they were born during Covid. Different prenatal and birthing protocols, no in-person new moms groups, not able to have grandparents come visit - that's what makes them Covid babies. Not because they were conceived due to lockdown boredom.

[Anonymous]

eh. my daughter was born in February 2020 (turned one a week ago - yay!), so obviously conceived and born before COVID was really factoring into our daily lives...but I still kind of think of her as a "COVID baby." 11 of her 12 years on earth have been completely shaped by the pandemic. Her doctor's appointments were changed. She still hasn't met her grandparents who live in MA and FL. She's not going to Mommy and Me classes with me like her sibling got to. She has had extremely limited amounts of interaction with anyone who is not her parents, sister, or nanny and has been to very few places besides our house.

I take solace in knowing that most other babies are in the same situation so it's not like she'll be "behind"...but still, I think it makes a HUGE difference in her development! So yes, I think of her as a "COVID baby." I doubt the nurse was making a commentary on you and your spouse's sexual habits during the stay at home orders..

[Anonymous]

There is no need to get annoyed/offended at every single thing. Your baby was born during an unprecedented time and the nurse decided to recognize that by calling your baby a covid baby. Who cares? Move on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no need to get annoyed/offended at every single thing. Your baby was born during an unprecedented time and the nurse decided to recognize that by calling your baby a covid baby. Who cares? Move on.

This. And thank your lucky stars this is your most pressing issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:eh. my daughter was born in February 2020 (turned one a week ago - yay!), so obviously conceived and born before COVID was really factoring into our daily lives...but I still kind of think of her as a "COVID baby." 11 of her 12 years on earth have been completely shaped by the pandemic. Her doctor's appointments were changed. She still hasn't met her grandparents who live in MA and FL. She's not going to Mommy and Me classes with me like her sibling got to. She has had extremely limited amounts of interaction with anyone who is not her parents, sister, or nanny and has been to very few places besides our house.

I take solace in knowing that most other babies are in the same situation so it's not like she'll be "behind"...but still, I think it makes a HUGE difference in her development! So yes, I think of her as a "COVID baby." I doubt the nurse was making a commentary on you and your spouse's sexual habits during the stay at home orders..

Why do you think it makes a difference in her development? She's still so young.