Question:
What’s worse than having debilitating morning sickness 24 hours a day?
(Waves hand wildly.)
Oh I know! I know! Pick me! Pick me!
Having debilitating morning sickness 24 hours a day AND having a stomach flu make its way through the family!
It started off with Sadie, the 6 year old. Vomiting, diarrhea, the works. At the time she happened to be spending the night at my mother’s house. My mother offered to take care of her for me and I gratefully agreed. Sadie came home and Caleb, 13, got sick. The next day I got it.
I couldn’t keep anything down, not even fluids, for 24 hours and the next day I was as weak and dizzy as a newborn kitten. I only got out of bed to use the bathroom, and since then I’ve only been able to eat Lipton noodle soup and popsicles. I’m not winning any awards for nutrition this month, for sure.
Still, I am trying to be grateful.
1. Sadie, the one I worry about the most when she gets sick because she is the youngest non-nursing member of the family (I don’t worry about nursing babies so much because their illnesses are so mild and they never get dehydrated because breastmilk stays down so well) was well by the time she got back from my Mom’s.
2. Caleb is old enough that other than occasional checking in, he is self sufficient when sick. (Once when I fetched a blanket to put on him when he was lying on the sofa, he told me “Nevermind me mom, you go take care of yourself.” So sweet!)
3. Ruby hasn’t gotten it yet and if she does, I’ll at least be mostly well. And she is old enough now that she is happy letting my mom or her Daddy care for her in my place.
4. My husband has been right as rain so far. He puts the kids through the evening routine and rocks Ruby to sleep for me.
5. Mothers. What would we do without them? When I was too weak to stand up my mom was here cooking for everyone and playing with the baby.
It could be worse!
Oh no!!! I hope it doesn’t make it’s way through everyone. You are right about mother, what would be do without them!?! I, for one, would certainly still be in the fetal position with a screaming 1 week old baby…
Sorry to hear you’re unwell!
I hope it passes through very quickly. At 32 weeks, I certainly don’t miss the morning sickness.
Mothers are indeed a Godsend. They look after their babies and their babies’ babies, all effortlessly! My mom is one of those stay at home mothers who were super organized and ‘with it’ all the time – I, on the other hand, are not.
Everyday is disorganized and most of the time I like it that way, as it’s quite relaxed. I’d be lying though, if I said it wasn’t nice to have a dose of ‘organized’ air in the house every now and then. When mom’s around, I wake up and the kids are already dressed, fed, hair plaited and all.. With dishes done to boot.
Dh often jokes that the only time our house is spotless is when my mom is here!