It seems as if Ivy and I were both sick at the same time. I wish I had read her post If She’s Upright, She’s Fine a little sooner because that might have helped! Unfortunately, it would not have mattered too much in the end.
This all started with my son who got the flu which progressed to pneumonia. I got sick next with the flu and bronchitis. My oldest son was the next victim and had a sick birthday weekend. Then it claimed the the worst person possible….. my husband!
My husband is the biggest baby when he is sick. He holes himself away in the bedroom and cannot be disturbed. He is grumpy and acts like the only person that has ever been sick. Yes, I am still annoyed by it and cannot hide that fact. If I got more help when I was sick then it would not bother me so much.
How is your husband when he is sick? I would love to hear that my DH is not the only big baby around.
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OHMYGOSH. If my husband and I are ever sick at the same time (G-d forbid), he ALWAYS has it worse…he just CAN'T keep moving, or helping with the children. I could by dying, but I'm still laundering, breastfeeding, homeschooling, while he moans and groans on the couch. And then, if he takes a day off, do I get the help? Do we share our sick selves with the duties that must be done? Nooo. He goes to bed. And upon his returning to work last week? Our 7 year old said, oh poor Daddy, he was to WORK when he's sick. There I am standing at the stove with toilet paper up my nose, and a hot compress around my shoulders. Hello?!? Have I ever had a sick day? Only when admitted to the hospital for c-sections, thank you. What is it with men?
Posted by: winomom | February 27th, 2008 5:04 pm |
Thank you! That is exactly how mine is too. I don't know how but I swear, I am going to make sure my sons don't turn out to be big, sick babies when they are grown men!
Posted by: KellyBax | February 27th, 2008 5:30 pm |
Good luck Kelly, I think being a baby when sick is part of the male chromosome make up. My husband is ALWAYS sicker, ALWAYS a baby and NEVER picks up the slack when I am practically on my death bed. One time several years ago we all had the flu at the same time. My son was about 5 and my daughter 2 at the time. Needless to say, I pulled myself out of bed to tend to the kids in the thick of the sickness all while my husband layed moaning because of course "he had it worse" than all of us. By the third day, he was still moaning and groaning and I completely lost it and yelled at him to "SUCK IT UP" and get off the couch and help. He was shocked that I lost it and guess what? He sucked it up (somewhat)! But since then, I have never heard the end of it. He still reminds me of the time I chastised him and we laugh about it to this day.
Posted by: Kathy H | February 27th, 2008 7:01 pm |
YES! My hubby is the bigger baby around here also.
Posted by: Linda | February 27th, 2008 9:53 pm |
It must be pretty normal. Hey, any men reading this??? If so, can you tell us what is up with the big baby act?
Posted by: KellyBax | February 28th, 2008 7:12 am |
I would have to say that my husband is the bigger baby as well, but also, I have the least amount of patients for him. Now, he is recovering from the flu and our toddler just caught it despite my efforts to try to seperate them. At this point all I want is my husband to stay out of my way if he is well enough to help me with our son.
Posted by: Jess | March 1st, 2008 11:50 pm |