I have been on a different planet this week! Planet gastro. I hope we don't visit it again in the near future.
It started on Sunday night with Jedda and Matt coming down with it at the same time. Followed by Tully on Wednesday and me with the grand finale on Thursday. I am so much better at being the carer than the patient. Actually, I'd probably have better patient skills if I were able to BE the patient but what is a mummy to do I ask?! Especially a mother who is breastfeeding on demand. The demand doesn't just stop because I'm sick.
I must say, I had major breastfeeding aversion for the first time since Tully was born. This makes me sad to admit but at the same time, I feel most mothers probably would have felt the same way. Vomiting one minute, breastfeeding the next... you get the picture.
It's been a crazy full on week.
I'm also driving to Brisbane tomorrow with the kids and my mum to see my beautiful sister and my lovely niece for the next week. Hopefully my migraine eases in time for the car trip which feels long at the best of times. We don't have a DVD player for the car yet. I keep pretending we are living in the 80's and that kids still want to play eye spy and 'count the coloured cars'. I clearly remember counting white cars on long trips. Jed is a happy traveller. We do hear 'are we there yet?' every half hour or so but aside from that, she is my low maintenance travel mate. Tully is another story! But he isn't really interested in TV shows or movies yet (except for the Edinburgh tattoo as he's obsessed with bagpipes) so I don't think a DVD player would work anyway. And I just don't know if I can listen to bagpipes for hours on end whilst driving. Plus there is something inside of me just wanting to keep car travel a bit old fashioned and boring. I know, mean mummy!! No, I'm not really. If we decide to get one to make our lives easier, so be it. Our family is spread so far and wide across this large country, that we will be travelling a lot. I figure as they get older, it will be easier to entertain without technology ... or do I need someone to burst my bubble?!
I hold no judgment against those with DVD players by the way!! I totally understand why they were invented.
We will be away until next weekend and I am going without my trusty lap top, so will write again when we get home. Hopefully I will have a tale to tell from our week away. I'm looking forward to switching off from the distractions of daily life at home, that is for sure.
Until then, I hope you all have a lovely and healthy week!
Ali xx
It started on Sunday night with Jedda and Matt coming down with it at the same time. Followed by Tully on Wednesday and me with the grand finale on Thursday. I am so much better at being the carer than the patient. Actually, I'd probably have better patient skills if I were able to BE the patient but what is a mummy to do I ask?! Especially a mother who is breastfeeding on demand. The demand doesn't just stop because I'm sick.
I must say, I had major breastfeeding aversion for the first time since Tully was born. This makes me sad to admit but at the same time, I feel most mothers probably would have felt the same way. Vomiting one minute, breastfeeding the next... you get the picture.
It's been a crazy full on week.
I'm also driving to Brisbane tomorrow with the kids and my mum to see my beautiful sister and my lovely niece for the next week. Hopefully my migraine eases in time for the car trip which feels long at the best of times. We don't have a DVD player for the car yet. I keep pretending we are living in the 80's and that kids still want to play eye spy and 'count the coloured cars'. I clearly remember counting white cars on long trips. Jed is a happy traveller. We do hear 'are we there yet?' every half hour or so but aside from that, she is my low maintenance travel mate. Tully is another story! But he isn't really interested in TV shows or movies yet (except for the Edinburgh tattoo as he's obsessed with bagpipes) so I don't think a DVD player would work anyway. And I just don't know if I can listen to bagpipes for hours on end whilst driving. Plus there is something inside of me just wanting to keep car travel a bit old fashioned and boring. I know, mean mummy!! No, I'm not really. If we decide to get one to make our lives easier, so be it. Our family is spread so far and wide across this large country, that we will be travelling a lot. I figure as they get older, it will be easier to entertain without technology ... or do I need someone to burst my bubble?!
I hold no judgment against those with DVD players by the way!! I totally understand why they were invented.
We will be away until next weekend and I am going without my trusty lap top, so will write again when we get home. Hopefully I will have a tale to tell from our week away. I'm looking forward to switching off from the distractions of daily life at home, that is for sure.
Until then, I hope you all have a lovely and healthy week!
Ali xx
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