Mama-Sick question...

PreppyPenelope2010

How sick can you be and still effectively take care of your child alone?  H has the croup (yuck) and gave me some sort of virus.  He's still croupy-sounding, but now I just checked my temp and it's 103; however, I took some Tylenol so it should go down a bit. I'm not feeling light-headed or anything, but I just don't know!  What do you think?

amandabrooke81

Bless your heart! I hope y'all get to feeling better ASAP!

Mason and I both caught the horrible 72-Hr stomach bug around February last year. Without going into too much, it affected both ends without much mercy and dehydration was a major concern. It was a nightmare but thankfully the very worst of it was only 1.5 days.

It's going to be your call though. I had no other choice but to handle it alone {this was when I was a single mom} because we couldn't even make it to the Dr's office in that condition and I didn't want to ask my neighbors to help because then they'd catch it. I suppose the blessing in us both being sick was that he wasn't super-active and wanting Mommy to play with him. He just wanted cuddle time and to be held so I indulged him as much as physically possible at the time.

But if you feel like you're unable to care for him, then definitely ask for help!

ameliaandmatt

Aww! You poor thing If both of y'all are contagious you might want to think about calling in some reenforcements just so that he doesn't catch it. I think I remember that your parents aren't local, but could your H's parents maybe come help?