No..we didn't have a lovers' quarrel but Wx is under quarantine. The old man has got the cough since yesterday and in our household, when one of us gets sick, he/she gets boot out of the room! Sorry dear, u are either sleeping on the couch or the guest room tonight. With the baby around, we have to be more careful now. Instead of just sleeping apart, we have also enforced the rule of wearing a mask and washing our hands before we touch Jarrett. Contact with the little one is to be kept to a minimal. So it's the case of "Can see but cannot touch".Why so fussy? Cos......
1) If the little one gets sick, he will not be able to tell us what's wrong with him, so he'll resort to his only way = cry
2) If we do not know he's crying because he's not feeling well, it will result in a lot of irritation and anger and we may mistaken it as him being cranky and which.... may further result in more irritation which.... may lead to us scolding him for the wrong reasons.
3) As parents, we all hate the feeling of helplessness when it comes to our children. It's not a nice feeling knowing that your baby is not feeling well and because he can't tell you what to do, you don't really know what to do to make him more comfortable. I know of some mummies who break down when their little ones fall ill.
4) Heartache. Please see above point 3. U ever see a baby cry till his face's red, tears all over his face and you don't know what to do?
5) I don't mean to say small = weak, but if you are able to prevent a little one from falling sick, shouldn't u do it?
So Daddy's off duty for the next few days, till he gets well. If U read my earlier post, you'll know I am in deep shit cos I'm exhausted. Of course I love to take care of Jarrett, he's my precious little meatball...but I really appreciate having Wx around. He's been great with the baby whereas I am more like an apprentice. So if u call me anytime these few days and if I sound flustered, u know why.
3 comments:
You are so funny - keeping WX confined and that list of points defending your actions!
Are you sure it works?
I hope it does..
Meanwhile - poor WX!
Hope he gets better soon!
heh...it's our household policy. I get kick out too when I am sick and I have a secret agenda writing this post. It is to share with others why one should be careful with little ones when they are sick. Actually...it is basic courtesy ya, it's just like I wouldn't cough into my hands and shake a biz aq hands.
Poor wx is feeling better, he's working real hard on getting better cos it's been hard not being able to carry Jarrett as much as he wants to. haha..
Oh and thanks sweetie..got ur card and present for Jarrett! Muack!
oh ya forgot to add, the list of actions was actually given by our Doc. Just some basic hygiene stuff to keep the germs away from others.
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