"The idea is simple; attempt to safely prevent my incredibly loved baby from catching a highly contagious virus, much the same as wearing a mask!"
A mum who's managing her anxiety during the pandemic has shared how she's keeping her baby safe when they're in public.
Thanks to the global pandemic, we are living in 'unprecedented times' - inevitably leaving us navigating them as best we can.
Which is why one Aussie mum, Chelle, living with anxiety, recently shared a hack she's using to keep her baby safe in the supermarket.
Using the handle @theanxiousmumma, Chelle shared a video of her trick to TikTok, claiming it's one way she's dealing with the current COVID situation.
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A mum has shared that she uses her pram rain cover to protect her baby from COVID. Source: TikTok
The video shows a baby in a pram, which is covered in a standard rain plastic rain protector - being pushed inside a grocery store.
"We've gotta do whatever we can to keep our babies safe, so for me, today, that meant wearing a rain protector inside the supermarket," Chelle narrates.
"But it was only quick, so we didn't get too hot, and [we were] safe from germs."
Chelle added in the comments, "The idea is a simple attempt to safely prevent my incredibly loved baby from catching a highly contagious virus, much the same as wearing a mask!
"I wasn’t sure if others had thought of this so thought I’d share."
"The idea is a simple attempt to safely prevent my baby from catching a highly contagious virus, much the same as wearing a mask! " Source: TikTok
The video was liked 4K times and people were grateful for the idea, and shared that they'd been doing the same.
"You're not [the] only one. I did that start of Covid19 with my newby!"
Many congratulated Chelle on being a "good mumma."
"This is super clever! I've kept bub at home since Sydney went nuts again but he loves the shops. Ultimate pandemic baby, thinks Woollies is his party," one mum laughed.
There were a handful of comments that expressed the idea was overly cautious, but one mum shared that she had done the same thing for her baby as Chelle did and her bub caught the virus, so it's best to at least give it a try.
While others gave great ideas for airflow for the bub when under the cover.
"I do that and I have a little USB-powered fan I got connected to a small portable power block to keep him cool under," one shares.
"If you needed it on for a longer trip maybe a mini clip on fan could help the air circulation," another wisely suggests.
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Our resident GP Dr Sam Hay told us previously that it is pretty clever if you are left with no other choice but to take your child along to shop for urgent supplies.
"We are all coming to terms with social distancing and the importance of limiting contact with others. By doing that, we can dramatically reduce the potential to spread COVID-19 from person to person," he told Kidspot.
"But it's more than just physical distance. When you are out in the community, you have to be vigilant with washing your hands after everything you touch - because you just don't know who touched it before you.
"We also know that COVID-19 can be transmitted by droplets - that means when you cough of sneeze, tiny balls of spit fly out, transmitting the virus to any surface in about a two-metre radius.
"Now imagine someone coughs or sneezes just as you wheel your pram past - any of those droplets could land on your precious baby. Rain covers can provide a valuable barrier for baby from the world around them."
But if you do happen to turn to this approach,
However, Dr Hay has a warning for all parents trying this hack.
"Always monitor temperature inside. Make sure little hands aren't reaching in without you noticing," he urges.
"You may also consider giving it a quick wipe down before you take baby out so you don't transfer anything from the outside in."
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