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Matronic6 · 28/05/2025 19:43

Or anyone with experience, what do you do when you are sick but your toddler is well???

I need all the tips so here for traffic. I feel awful, terrible headache, temp, my torso feels super sensitive any touch feels sore, nausea, chills (despite the temperature) just had a bath at 38' and it felt cold.

Problem is DC 3 is with me on Thursdays and DH has a very important presentation/conference so is leaving at 6am and won't be back till Friday evening. So I'm completely on my own.

Any advice on easy keeping busy activities are welcome.

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Blackdow · 28/05/2025 19:55

Take all the paracetamol and ibuprofen you can, lots of lucozade or isotonic, lie on the sofa and have the TV on for the toddler. Easy pic-nic meals for them like cold meats and cheese and cucumber sticks etc.
Don’t do anything; just rest and get them to play and watch TV. Do the best you can. Your husband can go shop before he leaves and pre-make all the food and snacks so you won’t have it that hard.

Sirzy · 28/05/2025 19:53

Before your husband goes make sure he makes sandwiches/ an easy to warm up meal etc ready to make things easier.

purpleme12 · 28/05/2025 19:45

Well honestly I used to lie on the settee and put the Tele on for however long I felt poorly for and let her get all the toys out she wanted

It worked ok because it didn't happen often and she wouldn't normally watch hours of Tele so I guess that helped 😂

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