So I've been ill with a cough/cold upper respiratory sort of yuckiness. My baby is only 6 weeks old so is still obviously tiny and feeding lots. Everything tells you that when you're ill you need to rest and sleep to recover but obviously that isn't happening. Between night feeds with the baby, and generally parenting her and her older sister, I'm on my knees and what I would normally shake off in a day or 2 has been around for 10 days and I'm just getting progressively worse rather than better. Chesty, phelgmy, coughing constantly. But the elusive sleep just isn't an option so what else can I do to try to get better quicker, I honestly am really struggling and a few hours broken sleep just isn't cutting it!
Just to add - I have no family nearby who can help and because she's EBF, no-one else can feed her even if they wanted to help.