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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Suck it up, OP. I was pregnant at the beginning of Covid prevaccine with a high risk pregnancy and an older kid with asthma and have had to be careful the entire pandemic. I haven’t eaten in a restaurant for 2 years, or been on a plane, or socialized indoors with anyone save a handful of vaxxed family and friends. You need to protect your baby and get creative with outdoor events (baby wear for a hike or outdoor coffee) and virtual activities. Some of us have been doing this stuff for a lot longer, you don’t just throw in the towel. You do what you need to to protect your kids cause it’s not about you anymore.[/quote]

Not a very nice way to put it but kinda with you on this, PP. OP I was halfway through my first pregnancy when COVID hit and we spent the next 13 months not seeing or doing a single thing indoors until vaccinated to protect me (while pregnant) and our infant son. Once vaccinated we did start to go grocery shopping/errand running indoors again and socialize with vaccinated friends indoors but we have not eaten inside a restaurant since 2020. I’m pregnant again (a decision made before delta and omicron emerged) and it’s back to much more isolated living (still seeing people outside and running masked errands, just without our unmasked, unvaxxed toddler).

It’s ok to mourn what you thought you’d have (though you knowingly got pregnant in a global pandemic), but you can’t throw in the towel until your baby is a bit older and immune system built up. It sucks, it’s so isolating, it’s so hard but you can do it. You will likely have to make tons more sacrifices throughout parenthood too.

Take walks with friends outside, meet up for coffee (outside) and keep baby in the stroller/baby carrier. You’ll get through this and look back and wonder how you were so resilient. Parenthood takes a village and this is a uniquely challenging time to not really have access to that, so I’m sorry. I’ve been there and know how hard it is.[/quote]

There’s a middle ground here, and your post does not reflect that. It’s totally fine if that’s your comfort level, but to hold this up as an example of parental sacrifice that must be done is over the top. If OP wants to go to the mall at 10 AM on a Tuesday and walk around at a safe distance, that seems like a pretty reasonable middle ground.

OP I recommend signing up for those zoom mom groups because I think that would be a real source of support. Much better than this place. [/quote]

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