ups and downs
Sometimes you’re up, sometimes you’re down. And sometimes you’re stuck on the couch watching endless daytime tv because you’re holding a sick baby who only stops crying when she’s snuggled up in your arms. Baby Bug caught her first flu bug yesterday. Talk about milestones… this was definitely a rite of passage for me. Puke, diarrhea, leaking diapers, fever, sad weepy clingy-ness. Phew! I’ve never felt so needed as a mom as I did yesterday. Toby tried to hold her but she would have none of it.
Usually Toby gets all her special smiles and happy gleeful shrieks down the hall. I feel like chopped meat because I’m the one who gets up with her at the crack of dawn and I’m the one who takes her all over the place. I’m the one who reads her the same book over and over and over… why don’t I get any special smiles or gleeful shrieks? I guess I’m just the mom and I’m supposed to always be there. But yesterday all those days and days of unending care paid off. When the going gets tough, only Mom will do. I’m not sure I should be proud of my clingy mama’s girl but I did feel special and loved.
I thought Baby Bug got sick because she picked up the most stinky, putrid, awful smelling piece of seaweed I have ever smelled, at the beach the other day but the doctor said she was 99% sure that it was just a virus. I guess the doctor would know since the flu is going around and that’s probably what she sees all day long. Can you imagine being the doctor on call for all the sick kids that come in all day? I can’t. But I’m so thankful there are such people. They must have super immune systems.
I’m happy to say that we both survived the day of puking and Baby Bug is feeling much better today. She hasn’t puked once. Yay!
18 Comments
The Chatty Housewife
Oh poor BB. Poor girl. Hope she is feeling better!
Susie
Aw, poor Bug. I’m glad she’s feeling better. By the way, happy belated birthday to the big girl!
OMSH
Oh, this stuff is going around – here, there, everywhere.
I’d offer you a cup of joe, but alas, we are but state apart.
Here, have one of these on me.
Get some rest momma. I know you’re tired.
Heather
Glad she’s feeling better. The pics are so cute!
DeeJay
Glad to hear she’s doing better now. It’s never fun when the wee ones are sick. Wish we could make it better with the snap of a finger.
mel
BIG BUMMER about the flu! Rt got it a couple of weeks ago, just on the bottom end, but passed it to me a couple of days later. Can you say OUCH? Please keep washing your hands and staying out of the drool zone. Nothing is worse than a sick mommy! Hope she gets better soon!
BeachMama
Oh gosh, I hope it passes quickly for you. I think most kids that spend all day with Mom, give Dad those special laughs and smiles, but when they are feeling blue, Mommy is the only one for them. Hope you don’t catch it either!
aunt kathy
Sorry about the flu; just don’t let her get dehydrated. You ended up in the hospital because of that, remember? Good thing you didn’t get it, or did you?
LVGurl
Yep, Paige (my youngest) caught the plague a couple weeks ago. She threw up for about 12 hours, runny poos for a week. She’s better now, no worse for the wear. But it still sucked (and was scary) to see a baby so little get so sick. Best wishes to you and Baby Bug!
whoorl
Sweet BB!! I hope she is feeling better!
Angella
The cuddles are nice, but I hope she’s much better :)
Oopsy Daisy
Poor little Baby Bug. I am glad she is better today. Lets hope you and Toby don’t catch it. Kids just love to share you know.
love squalor
so glad she’s feeling better! and look at that new trick – up and down! *wow* it seems like ages away for my little one, but it’s just a matter of months.
Lynne
Oh poor little chucky egg. Tis’ always alarming when they get sick. I hope you don’t get the virus too. x
Lin
Hope you’re all feeling stronger and that it hasn’t made the rounds in the house. Is she walking yet because she is just on the cusp!
Jennifer
Oh poor Baby Bug. My 4 year old is finally on the mend after 2 days of fever and now the 1 year old is starting to heat up :( I don’t know if we’ll be seeing puke or any other bodily fluids soon. I think it’s going to be a long night…
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