what do you do with your dc when they are ill?

[beesonmummyshead]

Before you read my post can I just explain that I have been sat in an over-warm room with a semi-naked puking 2 year old all day and every little nuance is now obviously incredibly important to me

I just feel inadequate really. DD has lay on the sofa or sat on my lap (on the sofa) all day today watching tv. She doesn't seem bothered by what she watches, although certain programmes make her feel sick

she throws up everything she drinks, and eats (although she only fancied a few crisps, but they've come up too). I am squirting diaoralyte down her throat every 30 mins or so. She doesnt want books, or songs, or, well anything really. Should I really just let her watch tv all day?

Lots of cuddles and TV - isn't that what you want when you're ill?

Definitely.

She feels awful. Let her watch, fall asleep when she needs to and cuddle her when she wants it.

When DS was had a tummy bug last year that is all he did for a week.

thank you, cuddles and tv is all she has had all day and is all she is likely to have until bedtime

I a going stir crazy being indoors all day, and I've sent dh out for the day as there's no point both of us being stuck in all day, but I am now missing adult conversation. On the plus side I can catch up on all my mumsnetting

why don't you put her to bed?

It is awful - but imagine being in this state with a baby and/or pre-school child as well.

Much teeth-gritting required - and if she's got the same virus I had a few weeks ago, even moving her head makes her feel sick.

Took a week before I felt back to normal.

This is where something like an old button tin or box of fabric scraps would be handy - something to rifle through on sick days and provide a small distraction.
Good luck.

Now mine is older (10) she likes to lie in bed and listen to Famous Five CDs, something she has been doing since about age 5. However I remember many days of lying on the sofa with her when younger, with tonsilitis, unspecified viruses etc. I used to enjoy the chance to watch Disney movies, Thomas the Tank Engine and do nothing whilst still feeling like a good mum.

I tuck mine up on the sofa with blankets, let them have tv if they want it, read to them, chat to them etc

but I make them have a nap in the afternoon, on the sofa with curtains drawn and soft music on

mym other's attitude to illness was "get back to school, you malingering little bastard" so I get a kick out of spoiling mine and wrapping them in cotton wool when they are poorly

Yes, I remember the simmering resentment if I was ever too ill to go to school.

Our gp always recommends ice lollies slowly sucked for re-hydration, op.