When Do Mommies Get Mommied?

When double mama-duty calls ...

She pins me down and lays on me all day. I hold her head while she has a technicolor yawn. That's my fancy-schmancy, poetic way to say, well, she puked. Not once. Multiple times. In fact, her body made it perfectly well known that it wasn't interested in keeping anything down. I tried to explain this to her.

I said, "Honey, your tummy is saying 'Please don't keep adding more food and drink to me. I'm busy trying to get rid of this buggy down here and I'll have to send it back up your way!"

That must have been the wrong thing to say. When she gets sick, she gets a little cranky. Ok, ALOT cranky. Alright, I'll be honest. She sounded the like exorcist yelling at me, head spinning while spewing green pea soup. "Mom! Quit acting like my belly can talk because it can't! Alright! My. Belly. Doesn't. Talk!"

Ten minutes later, she pukes and then sweetly says, "I'm sorry I was so cranky at you, Mommy." And my heart melts and all is well again, despite the bewildered look on my face and the 'WTH just happened?' thoughts running through my head.

I do my best to keep her comfortable. She increasingly has 'the pukey whine.' What's the 'pukey whine?' you ask?
It's the whine only a sick child can have. The kind that makes you both cringe and cry.

You cringe because it grates on your ears like nails on a chalkboard. Because that means, any hope of getting anything done on your only day off, is over.

You cry because well, dog gone it, that is your baby and you can't do anything about it! All you can do is lend your lap, give a millions hugs and kisses, giver her a helping hand and get whatever she needs to stay comfortable. You know it's not critical, that the virus will pass. Exhaustion all night sets in and yet, you, Mommy, still must go on.

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Love sure gives us the fuel to keep going, doesn't it? To be there for everything we can be, good or bad, is a job in and of itself. I love being a Mommy but somedays wish my Mommy could come Mommy me when I'm exhausted and stretched too thin. (Oh, why can't that be a real deal? I wish by 'stretched too thin' it actually made me thinner! LOL)

Happy Monday to all the Mommies who need Mommied today! I'm going to throw myself right in there with you :)