Why Moms Can't Get Sick

My child doesn't do that and my wife was sick with a stomach flu and you know what happened? ME. Yeah, this guy, her husband picked up the slack, stayed home from work and took care of things. She generally works later hours than I do, so I get my daughter from school after working my ten hour a day job that I'm up at 0430 for and take care of her, bathe her, feed her, play with her, take her out, clean the house, do the dishes and whatever else needs to be done, so that when my wife comes home at about 8 or so, she can just relax. And she'd do the same for me if the situation was reversed.When my daughter had a stomach flu two weeks ago, while my wife cleaned up her room, I held our daughter over the toilet (she's 2). I then stayed up the entire night on watch so my wife could sleep, even though it meant being up for 30+ hours. Every time that girl got up to get sick, I was on the futon right next to her with a garbage pail.I'm tired of all these #$%$ articles from the hacks at Shine. Maybe your kids aren't hellions. Maybe your husband is lazy or legitimately too busy working or whatever. But there are plenty of us DADS who don't get sick days and do a great deal of childrearing and housework. This isn't the 50s anymore.

Oh, boy could I tell you some stories about my 3 now grown boys and my pitiful husband who required soup when he was sick and don't ever give any one of them a bell to ring when they want something, no-no-no! Even now I take care of my sick daughter-in-law and Grandson when I am sick from what they have given me. But, I guess that's the way families survive kids. My 3rd son was the one I had to watch at all times. Not sit and watch tv because if he was quiet or disappeared from my sight I knew he was into something. My husband, no help, he would just fall asleep in the easy chair if I had to work and S.... would just let himself out the door and go outside or get everything out of the fridge or climb onto the top of the fridge. You never knew what to expect next. It didn't matter if I was sick, Pop would just sleep in older kids would take off on their bikes, and S.... would just pillage. So you just get up and be sick when they are asleep or at night. I am lucky, I seem to be immune to viruses that cause you to throw up, I don't know why, but God has blessed me. So Mom's everywhere, just do whatever you have to do, because at some point in your life, things will turn around and your kids, when they are grown up enough, will actually be there to look after you and Pop is fishing or playing golf. Once in a while in their busy lives will even call to say hi and ask how YOU are. Love them, oh how we love them

I'm there! I've had a bad cold for 2 weeks and the other morning my 17 month old son decided to wake up at 5 a.m. and refused to go back to sleep. I gave in, sat him down in front of blue's clues, and dozed off on the couch (please don't judge me!). Just a few minutes later I awoke to the sound of little pampers going swish, swish, swish and little feet stampeding toward me just in time to brace myself for the full-body tackle and my lil guy laughing hysterically and yelling "A clue! A clue!"

My daughter isn't like that. Even as a little toddler, she would treat me like a princess when I'm sick. Don't get me wrong, she can be a hellion when I'm not sick, but when I am sick, she'll get me all the imaginary tea and stuffed animals in the world.

I have two kids under the age of 6 and when I am sick I still have to do everything I normally do. It isn't easy and the kids seem to get into more mischief but I think that it is more my unwillingness to jump into the fray and make them mind than it is a deliberate scheme on their part. Their dad will sometimes help pick up my slack if I am under the weather but it isn't something that I can count on.

What a great article and so true!! I have no idea how they just seem to know.....maybe because we go a lot easier on them or let them get away with more than they usually do? My kids usually work me twice as hard and wont let me get a moment's peace to save my life!! I usually use the good old tv to distract them and keep them off me while I get better.