Sick days

As a parents there is nothing worse than seeing your child(ren) suffer. And sick days are no exception. This time of year seems to bring more sickness and germs into our home than any other season. I hate seeing my little ones struggling with sickness, it breaks my heart. I try to be extra sweet and caring with them when I know they don' feel good. We spend more time cuddling on the couch while chores and errands wait their turn. Hey, they aren't going anywhere and my baby needs me! So that's pretty much what the last two days have been like for me since Mr. C's been sick. He's been running a fever, has a nasty cough, and a sore throat which results in a pathetically cute squeeky voice.

I wish I could end there and have everyone thinking I'm a great mom who does such an awesome job taking care of her sick kid. But I did promise to be 100% truthful. So I have to admit that after two days of said "pathetically cute voice" whining at me every time I'm not holding/cuddling him, I am about ready to scream! Not only does he whine at me constantly, but he also keeps asking for food which he then refuses to eat. I understand that his throat hurts, but if he's not going to eat it, why does he keep asking? My patience level is almost non existant at this point in time. There is only so much of it that I can handle and two days seems to be my limit. Now, maybe I could deal with it longer if I wasn't also dealing with a lack of sleep. (Which is due to being woken up several times last night by 3 of my kiddos, and not being able to fall back asleep for 2 hours in the middle of the night. Insomnia? Maybe.) I also have 4 other kids to deal with every day, so I admit that might wear me down as well. But seriously? He can't go 2 minutes without being held before he starts to whine. I can't even take a potty break without him following me into the bathroom and asking "hold me mommy?"

Like I said before, I try to be extra loving and caring, but mommy's gotta pee, or eat, or change a diaper. It's really just not possible to hold my sick little boy all day long! So after 2 days I find myself snapping at C for whining at me, and then I feel guilty for getting upset with him since he's sick and doesn't feel good. Which means that now we both are just feeling bad. Did I mention that I hate sick days?