To look forward to experience being ill when I have four older children and no toddlers!?

[FlamingoBingo]

Fighting some strep-throat thingy caught from my 2yo who had scarlet fever over the weekend. Feeling just a bit shit - achey joints, crawly skin, tender neck glands etc. and, following several nights of no sleep up with the scarlet fevered DD4, completely and utterly lacking in any energy whatsoever.

The older three (4, 6 and 7.5) have been fab today - self-regulated their tv, played nicely, got eachother drinks and snacks while I've laid in bed trying to rest.

The 2yo has been a ratty, annoying pain in the bum. Of course she's behaving completely normally, but oh, my word am I looking forward to having an illness when none of my children need to be so demanding of my attention all day long!

2 hours to go until DH gets home - McDs for supper - so can't be arsed to cook

Hope you feel better soon.

You have my full sympathy, this has to be the one worst aspect of motherhood!

You can rest when you're dead

I've got vommitting virus and contending with DS1 trying to pick the vomit out of the toilet bowl- mid hurl, whilst DS1 wants his dinner and is having a fit as DS1 has ruined his art work!

Yuck, pipsy!

Trouble is, she's knackered, but she napped yesterday (doesn't usually but has since she's been ill of course) but she then didn't go to sleep until 11pm when I was on my knees with exhaustion! I've stopped her napping today so I can have an early night...but of course that means she's knackered now but needs to keep awake for another 2 hours yet!

That has to be the best thing about having teens, isn't it? that they can look after themselves?

Aww sympathies. It's crap being I'll with kids. There is one upside to being I'll with toddlers though, last time I have d&v I was sat on the loo while throwing up into a potty! If I didn't have a toddler would never have had the potty to hurl in!

On the bright side, they do say health, wealth and sleep are only truly appreciated when you have gone without!

Bumperlicious - where did you acquire your extra 'r' from?

I have to say, my two are just lovely when I'm under the weather. They cut out the squabbling and slop drinks upstairs to me whenever I ask.
Bless 'em.

Completely agree! Have three dd, 4yo and 2 yo twins, I have a horrible chest infection and am feeling like crap but v little chance of rest. Nights disturbed too as one of twins has decided she doesn't need sleep anymore and keeps waking and yelling about 4am. At times like this I can't wait for them to be several years older and self-managing...!
Hope you feel better soon

I'm in bed with that nasty throat thing too, the tiredness is unbelievable but luckily my 2 are 13 and 12. I was snoozing earlier and wandering what on earth id do if they were little again. Sending virtual tea and sympathy and hope that you can get some rest.

Ah, being ill with small children, my least least least favourite thing ever. The prospect of it terrifies me these days. My crowning moment of misery was when I had a corneal abrasion flare up (basically excrutiating pain if you blink or move your eye), DH was away and I had a newborn to grapple and HE had ganky eyes so I had to not only feed and change him but swab his lids gently with salty water, all whilst trying to see through my puffy, weeping slit of eye and up to the ears with co-codamol. Oh and there was a 2 and a half year old darting about the room bouncing off things...

I hope you feel better very very soon, your older children sound fab for behaving so well.

Every other winter (ie, illness season) from here on will be easier, so that's something to cling to.

I had a horrid throat lurgy-dizziness-weakness-sweating thing a few months back, during a weekend when hubby was away. The kids were 10 and 6, and were total stars - didn't even remotely bicker and sorted themselves out with breakfast, lunch and drinks, even bringing me some, and accepted graciously that dinner was whatever could be shoved in the oven for an hour and turned onto a plate.

DS even put his sister to bed for 2 nights, complete with monitored teeth brushing and story, then popped in with a last drink to do a 'all's well' speech about turning off lights, locking doors, etc, before taking himself off to bed.

It made being horribly ill almost a pleasure, as it gave me such pride in the DCs.

Your time will come, it will come, and then you can join us in the 'older kids, they're flippin' marvellous' mantra. Hope you're feeling better soon.

Ah, the extra 'r' is to foil any would be spies searching on my name, I like to mix it up a little bit. I am regular James Bond, me!

Oh gawd I remember those days. :(

I recall my poor 7 year old playing mum to her 5.5 yo sister when I went down with a really nasty flu virus - no choice, I had no-one to care for them. She was a star and earned herself a Baby Born doll!

Now they are teenagers. If I am ill it;s DD2 who will bring me tea and sympathy, whilst DD1 stays out of the way, on her mobile or laptop.

Your turn will come. Get well soon and take it easy. :)

Urgh, Ive been up all night with sickness/dihorrea and its showing no signs of stopping.

Not easy with a 2 and 4 yr old to look after.

Help!

Hope all the sick mums and sick bubs out there are on the mend. It's the absolute worst when you're ill and baby is too.

This winter had 2 bouts of vomiting/tummy bug with baby affected too - I was counting down the minutes until help (DH) arrived. Felt like death.

Feeling your pain, my 3 yr old was up at 3.30 with a temp and cough, back to bed by 4.30, but still coughing so kept me awake till 5, then my 1 yr old was up at 6am and absolutely refused to stop screaming with dh until I appeared.

I have the same horrible lurgy they have but I'm just not allowed to be ill. 3yo is off pre school today, so I have an entire day of whinging and fighting to look forward to.

Where's that calpol...

Had a very high temperature in the night, and need to get to the doctors today for Abx as I think it probably is scarlet fever . DH has taken day off work - phew!

My neck, tummy, joints, skin all ache

can mummys have calpol too?

The kids aren't ill so are full of beans, and I cant cope with it.

Luckily the fairy nurse aka mum is en route.

Oh - not glandular. You have my sympathy!

Good post flamingobingo!

I'm on day three of flu with a very active 10 month old at home. Also had to make all sorts of complicated arrangements to get 5yo DD to and from school!

It woujld be lovely to be ill and not have to worry about caring for others. In fact, no, it would be lovely to be well, that would be best.

We had strep throat last summer when DD2 was about 8 weeks old - DP and I were so ill but still had to get up for night feeds etc. Took us forever to get over it ad a result.

Sorry meant to say get well soon!

Mine will always need 24/7 supervision and care. No rest for me ever!
Two youngest now 12 and 14, both SLD, one rarely sleeps, one soils constantly (both this morn front and back, lovely)...
Do not get ill, not allowed, do not get breaks, not allowed either, do not get sick leave or holidays or paid!
Had hysterectomy recently, had to be out in 24 hrs and then got on with it. Social services worse than useless, no help whatsoever forthcoming from them, despite me begging!!! Have been told by hosp i will most likely prolapse but hey ho, onwards and upwards.
It is harder when you feel like sh*t I agree!
Was sooo easy when the girls were young, they could look after themselves to a fair degree; watch telly, make drinks etc, but not so with me lovely lads.
Haha rant over!

It is truly awful being ill with DC. When DS1 was 5 and his brother was about 18 months we all got a short lived vomiting bug. DS1 had it first and was better bythe time I cam down with it on a Saturday. DH was at work and couldn't leave. I couldn't get out of bed except to puke or use the toilet and that was a struggle.

DS1 made lunch for himself and DS2. He made jam sandwiches bless him. He came down with it at about 5pm that day then DH cam home from work and got it. Not a fun weekend for us.