I thought Moms were supposed to have this super immunity. You know, laugh in the face of germs… take care of the family without missing a beat. Well that’s not exactly how it works here apparently. A couple weeks ago, Hunter came home from day care with a present: a cold. Oh the guilt. If I didn’t send him to day care he wouldn’t feel so bad, so sick. Poor little guy. I cried when he cried. Welcome to motherhood.
I kept him home for several days and my Mom watched him… victim #1. His wonderful sleep schedule (sleeping all night) went right in the shitter. He was waking up every couple of hours, poor guy. So I was getting up too, every couple of hours to help him fall back asleep and feed him… victim # 2. Well with the lack of sleep and busy schedule I knew my resistance would be low so I tried to stay healthy. Then my hubby started to feel crappy … victim #3. Hunter goes back to day care, the cold front seemed to have passed… but no. I get a phone call at work. I have to pick Hunter up, his eye is draining. AND I need a doctor’s note before I can bring him back. A not to bring him back to the place that started all this crap – nice. Doctor’s verdict … pink eye. WTF… oh the guilt. Have you ever tried to put drops in a 3 1/2 month old’s eyes. Finally everyone seems to be on the mend… except me. I feel like I’ve been hit by a fucking truck. Finally I’m off to the doctor where I get some antibiotics, cough medicine (I can’t breast feed on this cough medicine) and as an added bonus I get drops for my eyes…. why? you ask. Because I have fucking pink eye too.
Super immunity, my eye… oh wait.. not even in my eye.
All weekend I have had to pump and dump. Can I just tell you how hard it is to pour breastmilk down the drain. My husband had to do the first two bottles. On the up side, I am finally feeling human again. So no more cough medicine and no more pump N dump. Just in time for vacation. The whole family will be on vacation next week. We are going up to the trailer to enjoy some nature and so Dad can hunt. It will be nice to spend some quality time with my husband and our son. I just hope no one packs the germs.
