No one told me it is going to be this challenging and energy-sucking process to be a parent. When I got pregnant, both with my daughter and my son, I was congratulated and was told that motherhood is difficult yet the most beautiful thing in this world. I agree with it completely but I cannot deny that it sucks your energy and pushes you to your limits, almost every single day. Recently, my daughter caught some infection, bacterial/viral I do not know, and fell sick. 4 days after constantly kissing her, hugging her, and having her fingers in my mouth I fell sick too. I thought it will surpass but it didn’t.
The cold got worse, and I had terrible body aches and clutched nose, and strong headaches. As it is 2022, my husband and I did 6 corona tests and all came negative. Damn, common cold (maybe flu, who knows) can be this bad. Today is my 3rd day and I am still breathing with an open mouth, drinking warm milk (haldi-doodh) with honey, and taking steam at least thrice a day. This is not the worst part of the story. The worst is that I have been taking Ibuprofen twice a day just to take care, hold, feed, carry in the bag, make sleep and nurse my second child, a 4-month-old baby.
I am fatigued and just hoping every single minute to get better. Corona, its 5th wave in Germany, and its lockdown weren’t enough that this cold has taken over my happiness too. Not for long though, I am sure. If you’re wondering where is my husband during all this then to your surprise, he is sick as hell too. Somehow, each time our daughter brings any infection home we all tend to fall sick eventually, including the baby. Anyway, with the hope that I will be feeling better earliest by this weekend, I am looking forward to the spring, where there will be fewer infections to get sick, but damn there’s gonna be pollen :/. Alright, people, the tiny human just got hungry and since my Ibu along with the second cup of coffee is actively working right now, I better go.
Life’s indeed truly magnificent with kids.
– a super healthy mum!
Indian Girl in Germany 