I’m afraid I’ve become a bit confused with all the latest advice, because a lot of it seems conflicting. Also there is a big difference between what we are advised to do, or not do, and what we are legally allowed to do, or not do, as my lawyer son has patiently explained to me several times. Anyway, he is mostly working from home and can care for his seven year old child with the help of his partner, but not so for our daughter and her husband who are key workers. The school has said it will not provide key worker childcare and so we had little choice but to step back in and care for our six year old twin grandchildren. Their two year old brother can still go to his nursery so no problem there. Therefore for three days a week we are taking care of the twins. We do as much as possible outside, we are as careful as it is possible to be, so no kisses but we do cuddle them. We know there is risk, but as we’ve started to go out again, and our daughter had no childcare, we felt we had to get on with it. Luckily our area has a low incidence of infection at the moment.
I think we, as grandparents, need to assess the risk, and decide what is the best solution. This is our best solution, for our family. We started the childcare last week.