When the coronavirus arrived, one of the first measures taken to avoid contagion was to close schools and start teleworking, so that millions of parents were locked up trying to raise, educate and work at the same time .
This gave rise to complicated situations, but also, many anecdotes that show us that in difficult and stressful moments, a little humor always comes in handy.
For this reason, we have loved the funny illustrations of a mother, who captures in a funny and anecdotal way many of the situations we have encountered during the confinement at home with our children .
Thais Vanderheyden is an illustrator and mother of four living in Belgium. Both she and her husband work from home independently while their children attend school, but when the quarantine began, the six were found at home trying to balance everything .
As a way to cope better, Thais started a kind of diary through his illustrations , where he began to record some of the moments lived in his family during confinement.
Although many are inspired by real experiences, to most it added a touch of humor or are funny thoughts that they have had , derived from the stress caused by the confinement and being at home with four children who, naturally, demand to be cared for all day .
For example, something that many families have encountered is the loss of schedules and the normality that we used to have at home (although certain things never change, such as children waking us up before the sun rises).
Noon : “Grandma wants to make a video call! Quick! Get dressed! Brush her hair!”
Normal? The only normal in my life is being woken up by a small child at 5:30 in the morning …
Another example is having to do telework while we take care of our children at the same time:
“No sir, I’m still on the phone, I’m just cleaning the poop from my son’s butt. I’m listening …”
Another situation that we have found ourselves in is that with the use of video calls and the little understanding of our children about privacy , we can find ourselves in situations that are a bit … compromising:
Mommy, my teacher is on video call! Say hi!
Also, it addresses one of the topics that we recently talked about in Babies and More, where we explain why during quarantine our children seem to have “mastitis” and want to be attached to us day and night:
What do you do Mommy? You smell bad! Poop!
WHY?
Of course, it also includes the odyssey that represents wanting to have some time alone, something that although it is already difficult to do during a normal routine, being in quarantine is practically impossible (although there are some tricks that we sometimes resort to):
I want a cookie!
¡Steve Jobs, I love you!
And finally, those emotional moments, both the easy and the difficult ones , that are part of the day-to-day running of the confinement, but that remind us that this is temporary and what matters most is that we are together.
-Mommy? Mommy?
-He’s having a Corona crisis …
Don’t brush my hair! I’m scared … Not blue, red! Bad Mom … No! Mommy, it was the best day ever!
Illustrations | Thais Vanderheyden (reproduced with permission)
Via | L’Officiel
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