When Mummy Is Sick

[FOURtunate]

How do thers cope when they get sick, and still have to care for children? I have a terrible flu and an ear infection, and Hubby hasn't been well this weekend either. Still, I seem to have the same (if not more) workload.

I feel like death, but cannot stand the thought of the dishes and washing piling up. And my kids still need to be fed/changed/dressed/redressed/kept from burning the house down.

What do other Mums do? :(

[EskimoMumma]

I call my younger brother and he does my cleaning for me. THankfully im not on deaths door to often so i dont really have to pay him. :laughing:


All i can say is just do the necessitys. Your DH is a big boy, im sure he knows how to do his own washing, etc. Just do as little as possible and then when you feel better then catch up on it. Maybe explain to your kids (dunno how old they are sorry) that mummy is sick and see if they can help ya, make a game of it.

Other than that, as they say in that Codral ad, Soldier On :rolleyes:

[FourAngelKisses]

:hugs: I hope you all feel better soon.


I hate getting sick, especially when the kids are sick as well. They all want their mummy but they don't realise that mum doesn't have 3 pairs of arms and that I still have to run a household as well.
If DH is home from work (which never happens, I conveniently get sick on the 3 days each week that he IS working) he will take over for me and let me rest. But they still want mummy, lol.
If he isn't home, I just suffer and put up with it.

[stellaj]

Just make sure the kids have food, are dressed and put on a DVD or whatever to keep them entertained and dont worry about the housework, there isnt really a good solution. Get takeway to eat so no more dishes and try and arrange for them to go to someones house?

Depends how old they are too.

[rynosmum]

If I'm sick, I generally still do the majority of the workload. Recently I had a 2-day migraine and although the house wasn't as clean as normal, I did do the dishes etc everytime it eased off a little. When I had pnuemonia 18 months ago, my DH was in Sydney for work and I had a 6 month old bub with no help at all.

To be fair though, he has started helping much more around the house recently and did send me off to bed a couple of times when I had the migraine - the way I figure it is that any help is great help:yes: If DH is sick though, he just goes to bed, no questions asked, so there certainly is a major difference there.

[cwsmum]

If DH is sick though, he just goes to bed, no questions asked, so there certainly is a major difference there.

The same happens at our house.

Lucky for me I never get sick...well, thats what DH thinks :rolleyes:

[melfunction]

If I am sick and thankfully it isn't often, I still do everything as normal. Dh is a fantastic help though and if I can't physically get out of bed, he will stay home and I don't have to do a thing.
He also isn't the type to fall into a heap if he's sick either. We have no family here, no support whatsoever, so we have to make it work.

[vanillabean]

I was sick all day yesterday and DH was great. He took the kids out for a few hours and I spent some extra time in bed.

[jessgray]

when i am sick its ussualy business as usaul :laughing: when DP is sick its like he is on his death bed :laughing: i try to do as much as i can when i am sick, DP gets MIL to help out when i am sick or too tired to do stuff :)