Whomever said that someone with flu must be bed-ridden clearly didn’t have children. Not that I know that I have flu, but I have most of the symptoms. With Ben and Jon both getting over similar symptoms and so not sleeping well, both Georgina and I are also really tired. Georgina hasn’t yet got ill, and we are really hoping she doesnt!

Anyway, back to the thrust of this post. No matter that I feel really ill, I have children, so I still helped to feed them, change Ben’s nappy, entertain them, etc. when I could yesterday. Going to bed for 24 hours just wasn’t an option. Nurofen is great stuff when it kicks in. It takes about an hour after taking the pills to get the relief and that lasts for about 2 hours. It’s just unfortunate that you then have to wait a bit until you can have some more :( My current strategy is to do the family stuff during the nurofen times and sleep when it’s not providing relief. Seems to work anyway.

It does annoy me a little that it’s taken as a given that mothers are not allowed time off when they are ill whereas fathers are considered to be able to forget about their family whilst ill. I’m not convinced this is the case.