Earlier this week I felt like everything was going really smoothy and I even started to think that I had this mothering thing under control. Then Wednesday I came down with the flu. Fever, aches, throwing up - bad news. I was a sick as a dog. Aaron was a huge help and took work off on Thursday to help take care of Reuben. Reuben was a saintly baby and has started consistently sleeping 3-4 hours each night which really helped me get enough rest to recover. I really love this kid.
All this time home sick gave Aaron and me the time to finish reading Team of Rivals which I highly recommend even though I didn't enjoy the ending (due to the circumstances not the writing). I've started reading His Excellency, George Washington by Joseph Ellis which I like but is giving me nightmares about being attacked by French/Indian raiders. Combined with what I just learned last week reading A Voyage Wondrous Strange by Tony Horwitz (author of Confederates in the Attic) my mind is cooking up some very adventurous dreams.
4 comments:
I am glad you are feeling better. Being sick with a new baby is a crash course in motherhood--you no longer are concerned just with your own needs and problems and it's great to have a partner.
Oh yuck. The exact same thing happened to me! When Lydia was 8 or 9 days old, I had to go to Instacare and get hooked up on an IV because the flu dehydrated me so much. Breast feeding while hooked to an IV is not as easy as it might sound. (Does it even sound easy?)
I was so weak before the IV, I had to stop and sit on the stairs TWICE just on our way to the front door! Thank goodness my mom was in town- Ryan had to go back to work.
I'm glad Aaron was there for you.
That doesn't sound easy at all. How awful! Nothing like a baptism by fire.
Yeah, that's not a fun way to start motherhood, but it is life, and we seem to get through all these things better than we think we will.
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