Sick Day in a Small Space

Earlier this year, I wrote a blog post about our family being under the weather while under one (tiny) roof. At that time, all of us were sick and struggling to avoid passing germs on to one another on repeat while sharing such a small space. This weekend I’m circling back on that topic, but from another angle.

This time, our 3 year old is experiencing typical cold symptoms, whereas Adam and I are feeling healthy. So we’ve been coming up with calm activities to do together in our tiny home to help West keep entertained without the use of a screen, and without overexerting himself.

Our go-tos have been creating pillow-lined paths for West’s new wooden trucks, reading stacks of books (we’re extra careful when handling the library books in this context), laundry as a family activity, doing flash cards and puzzles, watching dino eggs hatch, and playing with organic flour dough and dough tools made from recycled plastics.

I also went out early on Saturday morning to get West a compact, fold-up wooden train set as a little “sick day” surprise. It’s easy to set up in bed, and can be reconfigured and mixed-and-matched with other toys.

For West, I believe the highlight of the weekend was the dough games.

For his mom, the highlight was a snuggly and sweet three hour nap on Saturday afternoon.