Aw com'on already! Can't a lady catch a break? - long vent...I'm sensing a trend here.

kit_kats_mom wrote: I talked to K's sitter this morning. All of the kids have had colds all week, including K. One of the kids ended up at the peds last night and she has bronchitis and since the sitter and I use the same ped, she said she was taking her kids in to get checked and would get K looked at too if I wanted. Sure, no biggie...saves me a trip. (Side note: how this woman can manage 5 kids under 5 years old in a public place, much less her house, is beyond me...baby straightjackets? LOL)

Sure enough, K has bronchitis and is running a fever so my mom is picking her up now. Lauren was a bit snotty this morning and after her 11 o'clock nursing session, she puked up every bit of breastmilk she's ever gotten. It was all mucousy too. Grrreat! I'm sure that with the way things are going at our house, she will end up with bronchitis or something else as well. Please send some "breast milk super antibodies kick in for Lauren so she doesn't get sicker" vibes our way...I swear, that's our only hope.

I'll probably end up catching it too which sounds awfully fun. Mmmm hmmm coughing with stitches from the episiotomy. Yay!

To top it off. DH's foot is still not in walking order. He's taken his entire paternity leave and been crippled and unable to help at all. Of course he can't work either since he can't put a shoe on the foot but it just seems to me to be a giant waste of time. I'm so frusterated. I know it's terrible for him and it's hard on his ego but this has been a problem for years. I mentioned that maybe he should check with our insurance about getting a scooter for use around the house but he said that "is admitting defeat and that I'm crippled then". Well, sweetie I'd love to have you be 100% but if you can help a bit with a scooter, then darn it, admit defeat already! I feel so heartless.

Isn't the first few weeks of a new babies life supposed to be when everyone takes care of mommy and lets her just hold and bond with the newborn. I feel like I'm totally missing out and everyone is failing me. This stinks.

I want my normal old boring life back so I can come on here and post happy news again.

mammag replied: Aww, I hope things settle down for you soon. I know the feeling when everything happens all at once. Keep your chin up!!!

MomToMany replied: Awww man, that really stinks!! So sorry you are having such an awful time right now! I hope Lauren doesn't get any sicker (GO Breastmilk Super-Antibodies!!), and that you don't start coughing (OUCH!!!). Sorry your DH is crippled up and can't help. That really sucks!! Another one to take care of!!

I'd be frustrated too! At least you can come here and vent. I wish those first 3 weeks were like a fairy tale! You should try it with 4 other kids running around!

Man, I want to come & take care of everything so you can cuddle with Lauren.

maestra replied: Man.....I can't imagine all of that on top of just trying to take care of a newborn. Giselle wants to nurse around the clock, and I don't know what I'm going to do next week when dh goes back to work.

I hope those super breastmilk antibodies kick in so noone else gets sick!

kimberley replied: aww Cary, that does stink! i wish i could come help you out. i hope K is better soon and sending lots of ~~~stay healthy~~~ vibes to you and Lauren. i don't think you were heartless to DH, just realistic. i hope he comes around too.

kit_kats_mom replied:
Thanks guys. I feel better just being able to write it out. At least I can sit back and go "ok, I'm not just being a weenie. This is a lot to ask of anyone. It's ok to be feeling overwhelmed."

If it weren't for the sling, and the fact that Lauren is a pretty easy baby thus far, I'd have gone out back and jumped in the lake a few days ago with the intent on becoming gator food.

jdkjd replied: Someone has to be pragmatic...it just sucks that it has to be you. YOU are supposed to be irrational and hormonal and everyone else is supposed to take care of you. UGH!!

But you have an awesome husband-I'm sure he'll come up with a solution or bite the bullet and go to the Dr. and figure what needs to be done. Can he just wrap it or get a boot-thingy and just a crutch to get around?


I'm really wish I could just go down there and help but I'm sure your Mom is doing a great job.

ammommy replied: I'll stop moaning about being sick, now. I don't know how you are doing it on top of being sleep deprived. ~~~~~~healthy~~~~~~~ your way.

jcc64 replied: Things definitely aren't going according to plan, are they, Cary? I'm sorry things are so sucky for you right now (couldn't come up with a nicer way to say it, sorry), and I hope the kids illnesses don't progress beyond this point.
I can't think of anything else to tell you. You have every right to feel overwhelmed. I'd have one foot out the window if it was me. It'll calm down, eventually, it always does. In the meantime, there's always beer.

TANNER'S MOM replied: I am so sorry. I know the "when it rains, it pours" feeling! I am so sorry.

coasterqueen replied: ((HUGS)) Cary! I'm so sorry you are going through all this. This stinks I wish I lived closer I would come help out too.

Hope everyone gets feeling better soon and you don't get sick.

favre4fan replied: Oh no sorry you are having such a rough time. i hope things get better soon , lots of get well vibes coming your way!!!

Kaitlin'smom replied: oh man I hope she gets better fast and Lauren does not get any thing more and you stay healthy and your DH gets better

Okay that was pretty bad english

get well and stay well vibs to you all

youngmomofone replied: i hope you feel better soon! and I hope the baby doesn't get worse.

DansMom replied: Wow, that stinks pretty much all around. I winced when you mentioned the coughing with episiotomy---I had a third degree tear and I remember that agony all too well. And Lauren is too little to get this bug---what crappy luck. I hope things take a turn for the better very soon!

amynicole21 replied: Ugh! I'm so sorry you're having such a rough time If I didn't have to work this weekend, I'd come to help you out. I hope that all of this gets better soon so that you can actually try to relax and enjoy Lauren.

loveydad replied: I'm sorry to hear the kiddos are sick!

aspenblue1 replied: I hope everything calms down soon and everyone starts feeling better.