It's Saturday again. It's been a week since Gavin got sick. Gavin is feeling a lot better, but he's still coughing, sneezing, and draining yellowish green. Pretty gross, I know, but at least he no longer has a fever and is acting normally and has been sleeping straight through for the last couple of nights. Of course, right as Gavin started getting better, Colin got sick. He's got watery eyes, sneezing with a constantly runny nose, a horrible cough and rattling when breathing, and an intermittent fever. Poor thing has been awake at night coughing for the last 3 nights.
It's horrible to watch my kids feel so badly and not be able to make them feel better. I haven't slept in a week because at least one kid has been sick at night every night. I'm exhausted and overwhelmed. It's so hard to be a SAHM, but I can't help wondering...how do working moms deal with this? My kids don't go to daycare and there's always a parent home to watch them. If we both worked and they were in daycare, we'd have to take time off every time they got sick, which, I assume, would be more frequently if they were in school. This is only Colin's first illness and Gavin's second (in 2 1/2 years...how awesome is that?) We'd still be up all night taking care of the boys, but then one of us would have to go to work with no sleep. I haven't showered in a couple of days and I'm still in pajamas, but at least I don't have anywhere to be. I'm sitting on the couch with my sick toddler next to me watching "Thomas", my sick infant in one arm, and I'm typing with the other.
As hard as it is being a SAHM, it is a blessing as well. I feel so lucky (and privileged) to be able to provide my children with the same type of childhood that I had growing up. I get to give them all the things my mother gave to me. Even though there are days I want to pull my hair out, I realize that I am fortunate just to have the option to stay home...by choice. Not everyone is so lucky.
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