Sick kid responsibilities

So Lil is sick again. The doc and I are pretty sure its allergies that have been plaguing her the past few months but knowing the cause doesn't make the symptoms just stop.

 

As a parent there are thing we have to do for our kids sometimes that can often make our life more difficult. One of those things is dealing with a sick kid. If you have kids then you probably already know where I'm going with this. If your kids are still just little infants than you probably haven't gotten the full effect of dealing with a sick kid yet. Just wait, your time will come.

 

Here are a few things you have to look forward to when your kid is older and possibly walking or talking and more...

 

Vomit: While in the beginning the spit up was gross it is nothing compared to what comes when they are eating solid foods. Also when they are little it is generally in one place, sure there is a little projectile happening but when they are older its like when they are sick their only purpose is to puke on everything possible.

 

Poop: Yup. When they are sick pooping their pants happens, even if they are no longer using diapers. For them its about as controllable at the vomit and instead of staying in one spot and finishing they feel the need to run to the bathroom to make sure that there is a trail of it for you to clean up.

 

Pee: Sure its not as bad as poop but still to deal with it on its own is not fun. Especially when they are knocked out on cold medicine and didn't even realize when they peed your bed in the middle of the night. Now you are stuck trying to move an extremely heavy unconscious kid (because for some reason they are always heavier when they are sleeping) from the bed and change the sheets all while your still half asleep.

 

Sleep: Yeah say goodbye to that while your kids are sick. They will want to sleep and mope around the house all day and somehow they sleep perfectly during the day. Night time comes and suddenly when they lay down they cant breathe. It didn't happen during the day but something about you being tired from taking care of them all day makes it harder for them to breathe at night and therefore they need your assistance. So instead of laying down and sleeping comfortably like you would like to, you are stuck sitting up all night so you can keep your kid propped up enough so they can breathe and snore and blow snot bubbles in your face.

 

Snot: Somehow your kids nose becomes some kind of fast leaking faucet. They don't take in nearly enough liquids to replenish the amount of snot they are loosing from their nose yet somehow that tap doesn't seem to ever run dry and after the sickness is over you are stuck wiping dried snot off the back of the couch, the tv screen, every toy and once clean surface in the house.

 

Coughing: Until you become a parent you are never fully aware of how many types of coughs one person can have.

• There is the flem cough where when they couch it sounds like a puddle is trying to be sucked back up through their windpipe.
• There is the rasping cough where every time you hear it you cringe because it makes your throat sore just thinking about how that must feel.
• There is the dog cough. Where your kid just sounds like a huge bull mastiff has found its way into your kids throat because there is no way that deep noise could possibly have come out of your kid on it own.
• There is the dry cough where it sounds like your kid is trying to cough something out yet no matter how much they do it whatever is in there isn't budging.
• There is also the choking cough, where it started off as a normal cough and then that thing just took on a mind of its own and only the cough will decide when this coughing fit will end.

I think its safe to say that no parent looks forward to sick days with their kid. Yes its nice that they want to cuddle and even if they are independent normally when they are sick all they want is mommy or daddy. But all the other crap that comes along with being sick is a nightmare. It doesn't matter if its allergies or a virus or a cold no parent likes to see their child suffer through anything like that. And even worse no parent likes to deal with the suffering kid either.