Help! Unwell and looking after children

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I think I have a chest infection. My chest feels tight and my body feels heavy. I feel really shaky and just not good at all. I have my two DDs (4 and 2) to look after today and I feel completely terrible. How can I keep them entertained? Even the thought of having to make meals is making me want to sob. I just want to curl up under a blanket on the sofa and sleep.

A duvet day for the Dcs isn't going to do any harm.
TV, DVDs, story CDs etc
As long as they are fed, I wouldn't worry about what it is - raid the freezer, couple of bowls of cereal or porridge, toast, fruit, eggs.
Hopefully you'll have help over the weekend.

If it is a chest infection, you may need some ABs - can you get to the Gp at all?

Hope you feel better soon.

First try and get an appointment if you think it is a chest infection. Let the kids run riot up to a point obviously tell your 4 yr old mummy isn't feeling very well so they understa ndand just make sandwiches or snack food and let them watch telly/tablets.

I've been trying to get an appointment with my GP for a few weeks about something else and I haven't been able to get anything. If I'm still not well over the weekend I'll see if I can get someone to have the DCs while I go to a walk in clinic.

DD2 was up at 4am so hopefully she'll nap soon and me and DD1 can watch a film together.

Please let them sleep well tonight!!!!

Fingers crossed for a nap. Itsucks when you are ill with young kids

Do you have someone you could call for help? I know I'd be happy to take somebody's children for a few hours if they were unwell.

Survival. DVDs/TV galore, cereal, fruit, toast, biscuits. Sleep whenever you possibly can, or at least lay down.
Get well soon x.

DD2 fell asleep for 2 minutes and now she thinks she's had a full nap 😫

They're currently eating crackers and barny bears.

I was debating asking their dad if he could leave work early to take them for a few hours. But he pointed out to me that he has to be careful with his leave after he took one day off to look after DD1 when she wasn't well and I had meetings at work ignoring the fact that he had a three week holiday at the beginning of the year

I would get himto collect them after work

Have you tried asking for a same day emergency appointment at the GP, that's what you need with a chest infection. I know in my area if the GP runs out of appointments for same day stuff they send you to the access centre.

Do you know anyone who might take one of them for a play date? (Or both if you're very lucky)

We normally spend Fridays with friends but they all had other stuff on today.

DD2 is also unwell. It's not a great day.

I text my exH (their dad) to ask if he could help out. But then I regretted it and immediately backtracked. It's a tricky one because they're his children so it seems reasonable for him to help out, but I don't want to feel I'm asking him for a favour.

They are his kids looking after them isn't a favour I appreciate it is tricky but if one parent is sick the other needs to look after them a dad doesn't babysit or do favours.

Their Dad is taking them for the night. So at least I should be able to get a decent nights sleep.

DD1 was very good at looking after me - she brought me a pillow and said "you lay down on the sofa Mummy, I'll look after you" then she gave me a cuddle, stroked my head and brought me some teddies.

They survived the day pretty much on crackers, biscuits and TV. But they survived the day! It's so hard having to look after children when you feel like crap.

Can you get an appointment at out of hours or call 111- please don't leave it if you think you have a chest infection I did and ended up hospitalised with pneumonia and was really poorly and ended up being laid up for weeks not able to look after my 2 year old.
Hope you feel better soon

Aww bless her for looking after you. How are you feeling today ?