When Mommy is Sick

I woke up today and I felt really badly. My body ached and I was feeling exhausted. Robert offered to stay home. At first I didn't even have the energy to say or think about the logistics of how Robert could help me out, but that didn't matter since I couldn't even get off the floor.

Hannah is very clingy. She has a hard time letting anyone take care of her but me. So I knew that there was going to be some bulking from her about having daddy take care of her. I fed Noah, handed him over to Robert. After Hannah cried for a bit I was able to lay down and sleep for a couple of hours. I didn't feel very good when I woke up, however, after I took some ibuprofen and it had little time to sink in I felt so much better.

It's so hard to be sick when you have children. Noah and Hannah need me so much and I love taking care of them. I'm so blessed to have such a wonderful husband who knows when and how to step in for me. He had to force me to go onto the bedroom to lay down. He knew that Hannah wouldn't leave me alone if she could see me.

Hannah has been running a fever all weak and has asked to go to bed two times well before her bedtime. Poor thing. She hasn't been eating a lot either. I've been a real push-over with her lately. I seems I get this way at times. I just get so sick of all the crying and crying and more crying that I let Hannah have her way more than I should. I feel pretty worn down from allowing Noah to cry to sleep, starting my period after a whole year and being sick. But isn't there always an excuse?