What nobody tells you

When you're tired, you take a nap.

When you're sick, you take a sick day.

But nobody ever tells you (beforehand) that once you're a mom, naps and sick days just don't happen.

I'm sick. It's just a cold, nothing major....but I NEVER get sick. So when I do, I'm a shitty patient. And feeling under the weather, not being able to breathe, having a severly sore nose from all the blowing, and a scratchy throat, is no fun. But add caring for a three month old to the equation and I'm just downright cranky.

I love my daughter - but on days like today, when it's 2:30 pm and I'm still in pajamas and wishing I could bang my head against a wall (or at 4am this morning when she woke up to nurse and I was in a cold-induced coma) - I wish I had a babysitter!!

Thank GOD Brian works from home. He made me the sick person lunch - chicken with stars soup (it's a must!), toast with butter, and a triple hot tea. Yummy. Then he finished cooking the dish I prepared last night but just hadn't gotten around to cooking this morning. Then he helped me get Sophie down for a nap. The man is a saint.

Honest to God, I don't know how single moms do it. And I'm not saying that to brag that I am in a relationship - I genuinely don't know how they do it!! If I were a billionnaire, I would take all the single moms and take them out to lunch, then get them all massages. At the very LEAST.

Back to the original point, though. Being sick SUCKS. Being sick while taking care of a baby sucks worse.

On that note, I hear miss sophie waking up from her nap. Maybe she'll cuddle with me on the couch for a bit....