can i share my day?

I should start with a warning. We all have colds at the moment (thank you little boy at the Drs office) My normal reaction to being sick is to become a pathetic, whimpering, self-doubting mush.

I woke up at 6:15, with a headache, to Hannah crying in her crib... not the i am awake cry but the something is really wrong cry. So i go in and sneak her out. Poor thing, she is all stuffed up and hates more than anything when she can't breath well. Luckly, Nicholas stays (or goes back to) sleep until 7 when i go wake him up. Hannah proceeded to cry, with only short pauses from 6:15 until 9:00 when i put her back to bed. She drank her normal milk then she threw up all over herself, me and the bed sheets (in our bed). For breakfast she cried off and on and refused all food and spent the time chewing on an empty tube of A&D cream that she grabbed when i changed her. i don't think it is a great idea that she chew on that but it kept her somewhat pacified so i let her.

Thank goodness she did nap, although Nicholas really didn't. she was somewhat better after her nap and ate okay at lunch. So, Nicholas took over the clinging, whining, and crying. I know they feel crappy because i sure do. And they are over-tired. and it will get better but man i hate it.

Also, i keep replaying the conversation i had with my SIL (who's son is the same age). She tells me he was so sick last month and nothing soothed him. so she just held him for 11 hours straight one day. And this is where the blubbering, self-doubting, pathetic mush comes in. I would love to be able to do that for my kids. I can't. there are two of them.. i am so out numbered and feel like i am not good enough.
I haven't had singleton envy in quite a while but right now i would so love to have just one sick kid and spend the entire day holding him/her. It was SIL complaint but to me it sounds heavenly.

Thanks for listening.

 

Poor you and poor kids - days like this are miserable.

I have been known to retreat to our big bed with both kids in situations like that - spread out lots of towels (to save you from having to change the sheets if someone is sick), find a semi-sitting position to ease everyone's breathing, take plenty of drinks/ bottles with you, take one baby to cuddle in each arm and try to get some extra sleep for all of you.

I hope you feel better soon.

 

Awww sorry they are so sick and I hope you all feel better soon. Don't worry with singleton envy. Right now my kids are 2 and 5 months and they play hide and seek together, they "read" books together, they jump in the trampoline together, they play with building blocks together, they entertain each other (OK they also cry when they want the same thing at the same time but I won't tell you that ). I have a friend who has a son the same age as my kids and she is jealous because she needs to entertain her kid all the time, while mine have a built in best friend. Plus if I didn't have twins I would have probably had another newborn by now since I really wanted 2 kids and when I think about having a toddler and a newborn at the same time, I realize I am so lucky . So see it depends on the prespective, you will see the bright side again as soon as you all feel better.

Get well soon,

Monica

 

I think a lot of us feel that way at one time or another. In the end you tend to their needs and give them all the love they need. They won't remember you couldn't hold them for 11 hours straight. They will have memories of Mom taking care of them and making them feel better. You're doing a great job.

 

Lol Monica. You are so positive. But I agreed. My kids are best friends forever. They eat, play, sleep, ...even fight together. I don't need to entertain them. We don't have muh crying, whining around. We have lot of laughing at this age. Yeah I don't think I can handle the baby stage at all Anymore. Thanks goodness my kids are almost 3

 

Hugs!! So sorry to hear that. Hope you all are feeling better now. It's winter (sick season), So everyone gets sick. Being sick and have to take care of 2 sick kids suck so bad. I have been there... At that age, it might take them a while to get over the cold. But when they get a little bigger, it won't be that bad. And the fun is outweighed the sick time .

My kids are almost 3. We still go to in door playgrounds, soccer games, school,.. This winter. And they do get germs from other kids. They got sick like 2-3 times his winter (colds, cough, stomach bugs). But they got over it like in 1-2 days. And at this age, They dont whine so much. They pretty much rest when they feel sick and tired. And the best is they are able to tell you what is wrong, when booboo is, that they are sick. So it is not that bad.

Hang in there. Hugs!!!

 

Thanks for all the moral support.
We had a much better day today. It really must be terrible not to be able to blow your nose. We are still yucky, but at least they didn't just cry all day... they took time out to play a little.

Thanks for the things to look forward to (few days of illness instead of 10 days) gives me hope. I so appreciated you kind words and your reminders of why I really do love having twins. As hard as it is when they cry together, I would never trade that in and miss how sweet it is when they laugh together.

 

I have a friend who has a son the same age as my kids and she is jealous because she needs to entertain her kid all the time, while mine have a built in best friend.

 

:hug: I hope your little ones are feeling better. I can remember feeling the same way when both of mine were that little and got ill. My son was the one who was very clingy when he was sick at that age and I felt so bad, because I wanted to give that to my daughter too and when I did, then I felt bad because my son would be upset.
But my friends with singletons all tell me how their kids would have never survived with a twin if they didn't have Mommy's sole attention at that age and it made me think, well I guess maybe both of my kids learned patience and that Mommy can't drop everything all the time.