Toddler illnesses - need some encouragement

[MalaJeanne]

Hi all, I just need some encouragement here. We've gone from molars to hand foot and mouth disease to chickenpox, some other illness this week (feverish but no other symptoms, not yet sure what this is) and the canines are making a move. We also traveled in may and in that combination it feels like things haven't been normal for 2 months in a row and I don't even remember what my girl (16 months) is like when she's not sick or teething. She is yelling at us in the morning, grumpy most of the day, yelling and crying in the evening after trying very hard to make her comfortable (bring fever down, help with the itch of the chickenpox etc) and I just feel like I don't even remember a non-grumpy child. We don't have grandparents in the UK so no help available and I'm just tired of always listening to her cry. I know it's not her fault for getting sick all the time, it's the curse of nursery but it has such an impact on my work and our schedule (which goes out the window all the time when she's sick) and her appetite (which is zero when she's unwell) and I am just not enjoying the whole parent gig for a while now. Sorry for the long rant, just need some warm words pleazzz

You poor thing. I went through this with my now six year old from about a year old until she was about two and a half and I thought I was loosing my mind. She would recover from one thing and catch something else. I was blessed that DH was able to be flexible with his job as I had just started a new one. If it's any consolation she is hale and hearty now

Thanks for that. It's always good to hear that this happens to other people, it's just crazy and it comes with bad sleep etc because being sick obviously makes her uncomfortable in the night as well - the last couple of days she woke up at 4am screeching and there was no way of getting her to sleep again (the super early sunrise isn't helping of course despite black out blinds). Goodness me, 2.5years ey? That's still 1 year to go 😱😱

Yes between 1-2 years for me with ds1 I’m afraid. It’s ok, her immunity should pick up soon - ride it out!! Lots of sympathy for you here it makes you a bit insane I know

@MalaJeanne sorry but you unfortunately you might have another while yet before it ends. We had bronchitis one year over Christmas and we had been so excited about it that year but no, we were housebound with a little girl too unwell to even notice her presents. I know it sounds insane but you need to find the humour in it somehow. Myself and DH got so used to cancelling plans over bouts of illness that we got into a habit of just not making them so we have now turned into box set addicted weirdos lol.