Covid positive

The fear of coronavirus is tremendous. Never imagined Avyaya will get covid positive. It was challenging to grasp the reality that my little boy will become one of the carriers. No, it was not his fault. He is a very careful boy making sure to sanitize everything or not to touch anything from outside. He washed hands the moment he entered the house and reminded all of us to do the same. SO how did he get the infection? Well! A slight negligence from a neighbor who got covid infected but didn’t know she had, transferred it to Avyaya but was sincerely regretful once she got the reports. It was a difficult time for all of us. Avyaya was kept in home isolation for 10 days .Both Avyaya and Abhimanyu understood the significance of the situation and cooperated so well. None was adamant or cranky. Infact, Avyaya loved to keep the entire room to himself and called it “his DEN”.Thankfully by the grace of god he is fine now. And enjoying his vacations. The lesson I learnt as a parent while going through this tough time is that never put your guards down. We always were extra careful even after getting vaccinated. No movies, no restaurants and no summer camps. Al these were precautions we were taking besides sanitization and haldi milk. I would recommend to everyone that they should follow protocols. We need to tell our loved ones the same. Sometimes we can be upfront and tell them directly and sometimes we can convey the message in an indirect way. Telling straight on the face is a much kinder way rather than gritting your teeth behind. Also, we need to stop saying YES just to please people. This!!! I learnt the hard way. It’s better to tell the people if you cannot say it directly then you can always say to keep the conversation on the phone unless it's very much urgent to visit. Especially when you have kids you can easily say that since kids are not vaccinated yet we are not going out much and neither visiting friends. People will get your point. It's better to be upfront than being sorry later.