Engage in communal pondering (participants s the brain trust) as we explore the big picture impacts of COVID on children and families using the Infant Mental Health lens. We will discuss ways that family stressors associated with COVID have been disruptive to young children appreciating the intersectionality of young children's memory and language skills impacting their understanding of what is happening. We will offer infant Mental Health perspective on ideas, strategies, and everyday opportunities to provide comfort, reassurance, and self-regulation.