To desperately ask for some moral support

@CornishPorsche

the poster made a suggestion
and you totally ridiculed her
and it wasn’t piling on pressure… one for hyperbole aren’t you?!

@zingally you seem lovely. Talk about piling pressure onto the ill OP to be performance parenting at a time when she's sick. Clearly you weren't that unwell. Might as well suggest a nice walk as something to be done by someone with a broken leg too.

Jesus, what a miserable person you are.

I was just trying to suggest something that works really well for me. Fuck off.

Class it as a family duvet day! Bizarrely you’ll miss it when he’s all grown up and no longer needs to clamber all over you while you’re ill 🤒😂

Bless you. I'm sorry.

You are doing a great job.

I think you really ought ask for help from DS dad though. You never know. Even just a couple hours so you can have a bath or nap.

Hope you have some vitamins/ smoothies/ confirm food.

Your son will be fine with a few chilled days. Maybe ask yourself why it makes you feel so worried/ guilty.

How are you feeling now?

Is ds enjoying his TV and snack day? I'll bet he is loving it.

Get ubereats or something to deliver a pile of stuff to you.
Id lie on the sofa, put the TV and try and rest. There are days as a parent you just have to give in. This is one of them.
Make sure you have medicine and hot drinks for the day and hydrate as much as you can. Go to bed when DS does.

Gargle with very warm, very salty water for your throat. (Don't swallow it, obviously). Every couple hours.

Watching Christmas cartoons and movies together can turn this into an intentional day of TV.

Hope you feel better soon. 💐

chill out.

I felt appalling a week ago. and taking out my daughter for a 10 minute stroll then meant she flaked when home as just needed that blast of fresh air.

@zingally FFS a gentle walk when you're barely able to speak with a sore throat, headache and cough with a toddler who is also under the weather is not a nice activity. Fuck sake 😂😂

Oh bless you.

I find, that when I'm full of cold, a gentle winter walk really helps blow the cobwebs away. It'll clear your tubes out and you'll feel better for it. Even if you just tell yourself you'll just go as far as the end of the road and back.
It would do you and LO both good. Then into a warm bath when you get back. Or maybe a warm soothing drink, like a soup. I always love a mug of bovril when I'm under the weather. Just the right mix of hot and salty.

Hey OP, you're doing your best so don't beat yourself up. Your little one will be fine. Take lots of cold meds and accept its a day in front of the telly. Order your shopping online. Hope you feel better soon 💐

Snappy shopper is the only option o have in my small town - it just comes from the local spar but it's an absolute godsend in situations like this

There are loads of apps that will deliver shopping.

I'm in the absolute arse-end of nowhere and there's one called snappy shopper, that all the local shops are on, but if you're somewhere a bit bigger then there are all the major ones to get delivered from too.

Do a whoosh delivery from Tesco xx

I had to have a tv day with my little boy yesterday because I just couldn’t do anything else. He absolutely loved it and as everyone else has said, it wont do any harm and you just need to do what you need to do to allow yourself to get better! Hope you’re feeling better soon!

On my worst days with the kids I remember they have EIGHTEEN YEARS to mature - one or two days of shit doesn’t count at all.

and I wouldn’t count your day as shit - but if you do so be it. Just remember that he won’t remember

Sorry @Historyspabd cross posted and didn't see the dad update 💐

Mum of adults here and I remember having days like that. Your little one won't suffer. Wise words from other mums upthread. Lemsip or Beechams max is the go-to here with a nasty bug like that. Lots of fluids don't forget.
You can communicate with touch if talking hurts too much.
If it makes you feel better, see it as modelling good self care!

Have you tried contacting DS' dad?

I hope you feel better soon xx

It's absolutely awful having to look after little ones when you're ill. You have all my sympathy. Dose up on stuff yourself and do not worry about watching telly - there's no evidence that watching telly when you're ill has any detrimental effect on a baby. Maybe stick ms Rachel on. If you feel up to it, break it up so you don't feel guilty - have a shower together, have a short walk to the shops to get something nice, go sit in the bedroom for 20 mins. But don't stress at all. You're doing great in a rubbish situation, which will pass x x x x

Oh poor you. I was in a similar situation many times when my dc were little and not well. I remember feeling really guilty as I lay on the sofa and they were glued to the TV (sometimes not just for a couple of hours at a time, but one time when I had norovirus, for a couple of days! 🙈) But they are perfectly happy, well rounded teens now.

I also remember dragging myself to the shop, buying pastries, sausage rolls, fruit and other snacks, and putting it all on the coffee table in the living room by the TV. The dc just grazed all day rather than me having to cook!

A few days of low key hanging out at home is not going to damage your child at all. I had a massive flare up of a chronic condition when DS was the same age and I spent a couple of weeks mainly just watching him potter around from the sofa/dozing. I couldn't interact with him much and could barely move. He was fine! He learnt the alphabet from the TV! Feel better soon