♥ms.pacman♥
03-28-2010, 09:39 AM
..when they get sick?? I mean really. My DH is great, he is pretty much a saint who does a ton of stuff around the house, doesn't work late, helps out with DS etc...however when he gets sick (as in a COLD or even <gasp> a headache) he becomes pretty much useless. as in, he lies in bed all day whining how his nose is stuffed up or this or that is uncomfortable/painful or that he is tired. :shake: argh. when he gets a cold he pretty much acts like he is at death's door, i am not kidding. i have to bring meals to him like chicken soup and give him his cold medicine because he acts like he is barely lucid enough to read the label and take the correct dosage.
it bugs me because i can have a throbbing headache (like i did earlier this week) and while i may b*tch about it, i will make it through the day nursing/caring for DS, doing laundry, just as usual. for the first month after DS was born i was getting headaches frequently due to lack of sleep (i was EBF'ing and DS was nursing pretty often) yet i pulled through anyway, because THAT"S WHAT ADULTS DO. if lied in bed incapacitated every time i got a headache or felt under the weather, my DS would have starved to death.
anyway, normally i am used to this thing with DH (he's always been a baby re: getting sick, even his mom jokes/teases him about it) but after having DS it just makes it all the more harder. i was looking forward to taking some sort of a break this weekend (during the week i care for DS during the day while DH works, weekends usually are easier since DH helps me out with diaper changes, etc), but instead i have twice the work because now i have two babies to take care of on my own. and to be quite honest, caring for DS is easier for the most part... for example last night my 11-week-old DS slept from 6pm to 3:30pm STRAIGHT (9.5 hours) without making a peep.. of course didn't get to enjoy it much or get much sleep since i had to take care of everything else on my own (cooking, dishes, cleaning up, taking out trash, other chores) and on top of that tend to a sick DH who was complaining about his stuffy nose. ARGH.
it bugs me because i can have a throbbing headache (like i did earlier this week) and while i may b*tch about it, i will make it through the day nursing/caring for DS, doing laundry, just as usual. for the first month after DS was born i was getting headaches frequently due to lack of sleep (i was EBF'ing and DS was nursing pretty often) yet i pulled through anyway, because THAT"S WHAT ADULTS DO. if lied in bed incapacitated every time i got a headache or felt under the weather, my DS would have starved to death.
anyway, normally i am used to this thing with DH (he's always been a baby re: getting sick, even his mom jokes/teases him about it) but after having DS it just makes it all the more harder. i was looking forward to taking some sort of a break this weekend (during the week i care for DS during the day while DH works, weekends usually are easier since DH helps me out with diaper changes, etc), but instead i have twice the work because now i have two babies to take care of on my own. and to be quite honest, caring for DS is easier for the most part... for example last night my 11-week-old DS slept from 6pm to 3:30pm STRAIGHT (9.5 hours) without making a peep.. of course didn't get to enjoy it much or get much sleep since i had to take care of everything else on my own (cooking, dishes, cleaning up, taking out trash, other chores) and on top of that tend to a sick DH who was complaining about his stuffy nose. ARGH.