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Sunday, February 25, 2007 - (see all news for this day)
no one else to bounce off - 10:14 PM
(filed under 'single mumming')
one of the more taxing things i'm finding about being a single mum just at the moment is being the only one around when smiley's sick. in typical cold style, he's pretty much fine during the day, but come night time & he gets rather whingy & needy.
everything he does, he wants help with it. everything he tries, he can't do it & gets all complainy about it. ever just going up the stairs, he half lies down & wants me to drag or carry him up. (mind you, that stair thing is pretty normal, he's just more whingy about it when he's sick.)
when there are two people for a sick kid to rely on, then the load is shared somewhat, even if not evenly. i did okay today because he spent a fair wack of the day at nanna & poppy's house, so it was nice to have a break. he was really good all though, from what i heard .. again, it's that feeling-miserable-at-night sort of cold.
thankfully, he's gone to sleep now (relatively early for him) so i'm taking the opportunity to take a break & have some 'me time' before i go to sleep.
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caretaking a child alone is really rough. i applaud you and all the single parents of young children. it probably seems thankless, but when they grow up to be responsible adults then you can take personal pride in what you've accomplished.