Our whole household has to self-isolate for ten days, that much is clear. To be honest, there isn’t an enormous difference between lockdown and self-isolation, apart from all those really indulgent trips to buy stamps we’ll so valiantly sacrifice. But Toby is the first in our household to test positive, and all the information provided for people in this predicament is designed for adults who are (or should be) concerned about protecting their families. Toby, obviously, cannot comprehend such advice. He cannot keep a distance from everybody else, or eat and wash in a separate room. There’s a word for asking a baby to behave like that, and that word is neglect.
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