Showing posts with label chicken pox. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chicken pox. Show all posts

Tuesday, 2 August 2011

How to survive chicken pox


Keep cake supplies topped up
Administer cuddles liberally

Don't skimp on the calamine cream

The good old fashioned remedies are the best - oats in the bath (or Aveeno colloidal bath powder) and a spoonful of bicarb for good measure (in the bath, not in the patient)

Order in some extra patience (and gin)


Remember that this too shall pass...

Give up on sleep for at least a couple of nights and treat yourself to some seriously nice coffee beans for freshly ground coffee instead

Remember baths can be a great distraction technique as well as cooling them down and relieving the itch (more oats please) - we're on our 2nd bath of the day and it's only 10am.

Repeat: this too shall pass...

Administer more cake. Repeat as required.

Monday, 1 August 2011

Raging

Today I am mostly unamused.

My baby has chicken pox. His beautiful skin is slowly but surely being covered with angry, red spots. And we go on holiday in 10 days.

(ok, I am also counting my blessings that he'll bounce back pretty quickly thanks to the powers of calpol plus regular breastfeeds aka liquid anaesthetic)

But back to being unamused...

Someone who I thought respected me, called into question my integrity today. Totally uncalled for. My integrity is intact thank you.

Someone else who mildly irritates me anyway made it quite clear today that he sees me as little more than a spell-checker. (insert very rude, very loud swear words in the style of very loud, very sweary people here)

Someone also questioned why I wouldn't just leave my poor, feverish, spotty baby with our nanny. Then I could go into the office instead of struggling to work from home. Errrr...let me think... baby... feverish... wants boob... feeling quite poorly and rubbish by 1 year old standards...

Well, shoot me but I do actually want to be here to cuddle my spotty baby, to soothe him and administer calpol and other lurid pink pain-reliving syrups. It's all part of being a mother.

As I said. Not amused.

I agree, I may be feeling the strain of chicken pox a tad. I may also be a little sensitive and highly strung from worrying that we will be pox free in time to head off on our first 'proper' holiday (sun, sea, sand, HEAT) since our honeymoon.

But still. I'm not amused.

Monday, you have mostly sucked. Tuesday, consider yourself warned.

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