Covid Housework

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I tested positive this morning and despite being young and fit, am feeling atrocious. I'd forgotten what flu is like and have been throwing up all day. Both very high needs kids with SEN (special schools, highest rate DLA etc etc) off school due to class closures. Poor DH looking after kids and then going to do a whole load of work after they go to bed (he says he has unmissable deadlines).

How much can we let the housework slide? It's stressing me out. The kids throw shit everywhere. I was being a martyr and washing up between vomiting episodes. Talk sense to me- tell me what is acceptable. I feel like I don't even know.

I feel like crap. Kids are positive. I'm creating piles of dirty dishes in sink as dishwasher packed in. They can stay there and hoping I fell half human tomorrow

I'm a neat & tidy freak. Honestly? Just leave it. Get yourself better before you get back in to it. Push yourself/try it too soon and you'll end up sicker for longer and bristling at the thought of a job half done when you inevitably go back to resting.

We tested positive over the weekend, felt absolutely awful for a couple of days so didn't do anything but sleep and vomit. I let the laundry pile up, we were too sick to eat anyway so no dishes to do, the kids were too sick to play with their toys so they stayed tidied away and I'd cleaned downstairs the day before testing positive so it didn't really need doing. Now on day 5 and I'm finally catching up on laundry, still haven't polished or vacuumed the house since last week.

If you feel up to it and want to do it, do it. If you don't, leave it and do it when you feel better, don't push yourself and just focus on getting yourself and your family better.

Unless the kids are throwing actually shit around the place you can let it all slide, clean up any actual shit.

Thanks for every response. Love the idea of a death friend

Yes, they do sometimes fling literal shit (which I would of course clean), but mercifully at the moment just the figurative kind (playdoh, clothes, toys, random items of mine).

I am going to take it easy even though I feel a bit better today. It definitely didn't feel 'mild' to me but then I haven't had flu for about 15 years.

I honestly don't know why I'm like this. I'm not even that houseproud in that I like it looking a certain way for me or enjoy cleaning (definitely don't). I guess that I take it as a sign of coping.

Let all of it slide. Get to your bed!

This is the worst house to recuperate in ever! One of my sons did actually poo smear today, so we had to strip the bed and get on top of the washing. The noise is unbearable (shrieking and vocal stims, which I appreciate the kids can't help but it's killing me). One of the DC won't stop climbing and putting him in danger and so for a full hour while DH was working I stood guarding between dangerous items of furniture and I thought I was going to faint.

I feel so rough.

That sounds so hard OP. And you sound like an amazing mum. I hope you're partner can give you a proper break over the weekend. Even if it's just an hour here and there.

Into nearly week 3 of recovery following several psychotic episodes. Things get pushed to side of room, stuff down the side of or behind sofas. Kitchen stuff hidden in the oven. I try to have a tidy every few days. It might be 10mins, it might be an hour.

Oh, and closing doors so I don't see it

Fuck it all, I have covid, feeling a hit better today but yesterday I literally couldn’t get out of bed. Came down this morning and the house is a total bomb site between two dc and a dh yesterday. But I have no fucks to give, it’ll get sorted eventually

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Ahh you need a death friend agreement. Pick your dearest friend. Swear that if one of you dies you’ll get in quick, make things presentable. Like the mafia have clean up people when they murder someone, but for your pants drawer.

THIS

Let it slide. If you have a diswasher set it at the end of the night if you can. Otherwise it can all just wait. Hopefully you'll improve in a few days and then get back to normal but now just focus on resting up.

Let it all slide, I'd just put dishwasher on and wash clothes if you've ran out, bleach loo after being sick and order an online shop with lots of freezer food.

When I had covid and DH had to look after toddler DD (when everyone had to isolate at home) we just survived by doing the basics. I was completely bed ridden for a week and he just did what was absolutely necessary in order to get through the week or so - PIL even dropped off meals for us. He wasn't feeling great himself but tested negative and SD was positive but completely unaffected so desperate to do stuff (and it was Jan last year so no chance of much entertainment in the garden). You can catch up when you feel better x
Ps - I hope you have a swift recovery!

In fact, he knew I was feeling better and recovering when I started wiping down the kitchen sides and packing things away 😂 and said that was when he could breath a sigh of relief that the worst was over