I recently talked about feeling like we had passed our first real parenting test by caring for a newborn and sick toddler simultaneously. What I didn’t know then was that the real test was still to come! After Zoe got better, I became super ill (let’s just say I spent most of Saturday lying on the floor with a bucket); by Monday, neither Q or Avery were feeling 100%. Through it all, Q and I had to hold it together and continue caring for both girls – whether we felt up to it or not.

Having an illness run through the house is incredibly difficult: it not only means aching bodies, but long nights, frayed nerves and frustrated tears. (And did I mention lots and lots of laundry??) I admit to not holding up as well as I could have and to having more than one breakdown these past few days. How are we going to get through this? I asked more than once, including yesterday morning, after waking up from only four hours of sleep. But Q kept telling me to hang in there – that soon we would all feel better, get more sleep and fall back into our “normal” routine – and so we just pressed on.

Thankfully, Q was right. I don’t want to jinx anything, but I feel like we’re through the worst of things, and we’re all slowly returning to normal. And all I can say now is that this bug better stay away for good. We don’t need anymore “tests,” thank you!

-M

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