sick kid, poo, lists
drew has been sick on and off for the past three weeks.
she’s getting better but not quite. i think i’d better write down some notes about happens today. i get to the end of wednesday and it’s a bit of a blur. “um … we trashed the house? … can’t remember what else … i had a shower at 11am and that felt like an achievement … “I can never remember the important stuff like when was the last bottle, when did i last give panadol, how many poos etc.
i’ve never had so many conversations about the consistency about someone else’s poo. there was a detailed phone message from the childcare worker on my phone last week describing drew’s poo.
i have no idea how families manage where both parents work full-time and there are little kids. eilis has been working a four day week for the past couple of weeks and it feels a little like from tuesday onwards we’re limping towards the weekend. and why am i so tired all the time when the baby pretty much sleeps through the night, and if she doesn’t eilis always wakes up a split second after she cries and i need a sharp kick to the kneecaps to respond? i’m not sure. but yesterday my desk was calling to me: “just put your head down right here. just for five minutes, it’ll be nice”.
i hope she is better soon. thank goodness for grandparents who don’t have the “two runny poos and you’re out” childcare rule. i think without them for the past three weeks life would have been a lot harder. it’s enough to excuse all the pink sparkly tops that appear in drew’s drawer after they visit.
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