So my mum's birthday is today.
On Wednesday I started feeling sick, promptly followed by vomiting every half hour or so for the next twelve hours. Then there was another two days with occasional vomit if I tried to eat or drink and frequent diarrhea nausea/headaches/temperature I was so weak feeling I could barely stand. And I had to deal with all this whilst also being in charge of a baby and toddler (mercifully fine), and DH came down with it too so while he has been as supportive as possible, it's been pretty dire.
One night the toddler only had toast for dinner because neither of us could cope, baby spent too long crying for milk because I couldn't physically breastfeed while puking, bins didn't get taken out because we couldn't lift them, house dropped into chaos because cleaning/washing was just not possible etc.
DH talked to my parents on an unrelated matter and let them know how sick we both were. They sent a sympathetic message and advice to eat toast.
Today we are through the worst, and DH has ventured out of the house for the first time in days and I asked him to throw a card in the post for my mum from all of us. It will obviously arrive late but I figured they would understand.
I also sent a text wishing her happy birthday (I know she is out for the day with friends celebrating so can't call until this evening).
My dad has sent a snarky response asking if we 'forgot' her birthday and I'm feeling really upset by it. I love my mum, I don't want her to feel unappreciated, but we've been seriously struggling to get the kids fed and looked after and they think I should have been worrying about posting a card?