I work PT and have nicely timed the worst sickness I think of my life (as in last night I was so sick I almost drove myself to the ER) for my day off and a day when DH absolutely cannot be out of work (he is running an injection clinic at an ortho office and there is literally no one else trained for it and 20+ patients scheduled). I called my mom who is a teacher but is retiring in 1 month and she just called back and said her principle told her it didn't matter about meetings she was supposed to attend and she is on her way over to drive me to my doctor and watch my kids until DH is home probably at 7pm tonight. I was just wondering what in the world I would do if I didn't have her to do this.
I should add... this isn't just run of the mill sick... I'm a nurse and in my head know I could very well end up being sent to the hospital from my MD office and there is just no way I could function at home with my kids in any way today and I do not have a big network of SAHM friends - just a couple who both have infants and my DD2 is also sick so I couldn't expose them to her.
What do other SAHMs do when this sick? Obviously it doesn't happen often... just had me thinking.
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The one time I was seriously sick dh stayed home for two days. On the third day when he needed to go back in to get stuff done he dropped the kids off at my moms on the way in and picked them up on his way home.
hope you feel better soon!
It is a respiratory issue-- I have asthma that has been tricky this pregnancy and I caught my girls' virus and now have horrible burning chest, nonstop barking cough and can barely hold my head up. I'm certain I need breathing treatments and steroids but not sure what will be baby-safe. As an added bonus I have an irritable uterus this pregnancy and my constant coughing fits are triggering massive contractions. I am so grateful for my mom. My dad used to be my go-to and it's been hard since he passed away. We don't have a ton of family nearby.
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This! My H started a new job last Dec, so he doesn't have a lot of vacation time saved up yet. At his last job, he had so much time saved up that he would just stay home if I needed him too.
Hope you feel better soon!
My DH also cannot easily get out of work many times, so when I was very ill recently, I called my mom on a whim. She works full-time, but dropped everything to come take DS for the day. I am lucky! I know friends who just have to suck it up and lay on the couch while their LOs (hopefully) play quietly.
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This. This has not been a good week in this house. DH couldn't take off work and DD, DS, and I were all sick. Luckily they slept longer than usual since they were sick also.
Being military, I have always cultivated reciprocity relationship with a handful of friends.
From scheduled monthly babysitting to emergency sitting and even shopping trips.
Since we retired, I have continued this trend (we are a 5 hour flights away from our nearest relative). So far I have only had to use it once, but have offered up my home a handful of times.
Thankfully I haven't run into this situation yet. I have a few SAHM friends in the neighborhood who (hopefully) could watch DD if I needed them too.
Today I am watching twins for a mom friend (she's a teacher) who's babysitter quit yesterday. She has 8 days left of school and her inlaws can only watch the kids 6 of those days so I stepped in for the other 2. There was no way she could get time off work this late in the school year and her husband is out of town for work.
That sounds scary, hope you are feeling better soon!
My parents and MIL are all retired and live about 20-30 minutes away so if I really need help I call them. Otherwise DS gets a lot of TV and iPad time. There was once I was so sick that I locked DS and I in my bedroom with the ipad and a bunch of toys & books and laid down and slept.
If MIL was away or couldn't watch DS, I'd go to their house anyway. They live right beside DH's work, so at the very, very least DH could check on me every once in a while and bring DS into the office for the ladies to visit with him for an hour. Ha!
I have a tent that I refer to as the "migraine tent" because it only comes out when I need it. We curl up inside and watch tv or she reads to me while I doze or we have snacks. I dunno... even with a full blown migraine and vomiting we've always managed.
Either my H stays home or one of our parents takes A for the day.
If neither of those is an option, I just turn on the TV, throw cereal, milk, and pouches at him, and wait for death.
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