At least I’m assuming I have tonsillitis. It started on a Saturday night, the night of the clocks change, when I started to just feel really hot. I guess I’d had a bit of a headache all day, but didn’t know what to put it down to. Saturday night the fever started, the all over head pain and sore neck. Sunday I tried to rest.
I still had a fever.
And how easy is it to rest with two children?
Luckily it was the weekend. Hubby let me sleep in a separate bedroom and woke me for the one and only feed Robin needed. He took over Elvis during the day as much as he could given the toddler’s current clinginess to me. And Robin let me have some decent naps (she still only sleeps on me during the day). I was still feverish Sunday night and Robin was a bit more of a pickle with needing longer feeds overnight which I really, really could have done without.
Luckily, I awoke Monday in less pain and not quite so feverish but my throat was swollen as were my glands but my neck hurt less so I assumed I was fighting it.
The problems were:
* I just wanted to be alone. You can’t with two especially not one so young.
* I desperately considered doing formula for the nights so I could sleep but who knows if she’d take a bottle and I don’t want to compromise her immune system now. But I want stronger drugs!
* She’s too little for set naps and sleeping alone so I could barely get any respite from parenting from wake up until bed.
I am so thankful for my husband helping so much and that I had the worst of it (hopefully) on a weekend.
Now, I’d just like to eat food without it tasting absolutely foul!
~ P
Persephone: Parent 
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