In all of our 6 years of having children, the Hubs and I, we’ve never both been sick together before. It was almost always just me and the kids and he would be fine, or he’d be sick once in a year and that’s it. We’d be fine. Suddenly after this holiday in Perth, we are both down. Perhaps it was the cold, exhaustion, being in touch with some sick people, who knows. Probably a combination of all but it’s not a pretty sight and it feels like shit.

We still have to hold fort unfortunately, as there are two little things to feed and clean. We are both grumpy and feeling sorry for ourselves and yelling at each other because all we want to do is sleep. But really, the baby is a full time job now that she is very mobile and gets everywhere to do her research. And someone else has to cook and get the house in order. So we compete for each other’s sympathies but neither of us get any.

I asked the Hubs today to just acknowledge how hard it is for a stay-at-home-mom to cope with kids when she is sick. Just imagine, she is alone with kids and feeling like shit all over her face and she has no choice but to just get on with it. All the housewives in the world do it. Let’s hear a big clap for them. Was it bad bad timing? Apparently!

You know what? He returned all sarkie when he made his acknowledgements(totally unnecessary) and in turn asked if I knew how hard it was to make money these days. Did I hear that right? We’re not even on a level field here. And just to get back to being a stay-at-home-parent, the Hubs in his month home from work, has had ME as a backup at home whilst he becomes the great stay-at-home-Dad. Don’t get me wrong. He is a better Dad-Mom to the kids than I am a Mom-Mom, yes. But it is not the same. He has me to talk to, to ask questions, to have a 10 minute break if he so chooses. And men, well….men don’t care so much how much the kids eat or if they’re doing this or that, where as Moms just get more fussy?

When I was a stay-at-home-Mom this last SIX years, okay…..FIVE years and 11 months with 6 months with a helper, so let’s make that really FIVE YEARS OK? that I’ve been a stay-at-home-Mom, I’ve dealt with it. I’ve roughed it out, not without complaints, but I did it. I had the endurance and I raised a kid. A great kid. Can I even get a thank you?

I know you’re tired and sick. But so am I. I’m just surviving it because I’m made of tougher material.

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