{"id":6499,"date":"2021-05-19T22:12:36","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T22:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s37407.p1377.sites.pressdns.com\/resources\/video-of-pandemic-babys-first-time-at-park\/"},"modified":"2021-05-19T22:12:36","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T22:12:36","slug":"video-of-pandemic-babys-first-time-at-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/video-of-pandemic-babys-first-time-at-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Video of 1-year-old pandemic baby seeing kids on a playground for the first time has us crying"},"content":{"rendered":"

The COVID-19 pandemic changed life for everyone, but things have been especially different for families of babies and young kids. Thanks to lockdowns and social distancing, many babies born in 2020<\/a> (or just before) have never gotten the chance to interact with kids and their communities in a normal way. A recent viral post on TikTok of a toddler’s very first visit to a playground is a startling reminder of just how serious the impact has been on young kids and their families.<\/p>

“Actual footage of [her] first time at the park,” the mom named Maryam writes on TikTok<\/a>. The video shows her 1-year-old daughter, Jannat, staring in wonder as she takes in the brand new sights and sounds during what used to be a normal, everyday outing for a toddler.<\/p>

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You can see the little girl’s mind working overtime as she gazes at all of the people, the playground equipment and the excitement going on around her. While every baby has a “first time at the park,” it usually happens long before toddlerhood, and it’s typically not their first time seeing other kids. Unfortunately, that isn’t always the case for pandemic babies. <\/p>

The video was also shared on Twitter<\/a>, where dozens of parents responded with stories of their own first experiences out of the house with their babies. “We went to a store for the first time,” one person writes. “Those automatic doors scared the crap out of my baby. She nearly crawled up my body like a cat climbing a tree.”<\/p>

https:\/\/twitter.com\/DesignGooney\/status\/1371160920672628737?s=20<\/p><\/div>

“That reminds me of the little girl about the same age who thought everything was a hand sanitizing station,” another person adds.<\/p>

https:\/\/twitter.com\/justkelly_ok\/status\/1371137589852348420?s=20<\/p><\/div>

One parent even says her daughter was recently playing with a magnetic dress-up toy, and she thought the doll’s hat was supposed to be a face mask.<\/p>

My daughter put the hat on as a mask when dressing up her magnetic doll. pic.twitter.com\/Fr0jtRthOx<\/a><\/p>

— RN in PDX (@rnscinpdx) March 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>