one week down with a flu

funny that she had a flu but no colds... so there are no mucus. she has cough and a sore throat and head ache. but i am happy to say she is getting better... from my TLC. our son is very cooperative and he does not make anything that his mom will get angry. he just sits or lie down near her most of the time. thanks a lot for the response and the advice as well.

we do really have a division of labor at home... and i know my wife appreciates me much when i need to run outside on a hot and sunny day, or on a rainy day for errands. my chores really is cleaning our bedroom. she only comes in when i clean is when she needs to change the curtains. but i change the bed sheets and pillow cases and clean the room. she cleans the other part of the house . i help her with the cooking like taking out the trash washing the utensils and setting the table and cleaning afterwards. there are times that i can not wet my hands then i can not wash the dishes. we do that manually. when she wash clothes i help her in hanging it. but now that she is sick i did it all by myself. plus at night i still need to go to work. minus the cooking, i dont like her to be stressed out with the cooking har har har. she is slowly recovering but still has sore throat but i told her to take it easy everything is taking care of... i guess har har har. thanks a lot for the response.

i agree that all the great people who made this history was molded from a patient hands of mothers. being a mother is no easy job, plus there is no day offs and no salary. so its not that easy to be the mother in the house for a week and more but it is nice to try sometimes. wife's getting better and so i am happy, she is happy too. thanks a lot for the response.

i do cook simple things like you can the frying, fish, chicken, hotdog... i can also make omelet cornbeef. but of course when someone is sick she needs to eat something that is nutritious and since i am not that good in managing the time i would rather buy cooked recipe than to let her wait for her meal. it was a success and my wife is getting better, perhaps i did something good. har har har thanks a lot for the response.

yes i too lost my temper during the process of trying to be the mother and the father and what is more tiring i still need to work at nights. so as i go home i can still have a few time too sleep before getting up and be like wife. it was very tiring and very overwhelming. plus the washing of clothes and bringing it out then when it rains blah blah blah har har har thanks a lot for the response.

thank you very much stary. when we dont have a child yet we both work, so i know she knows the fun and the hard times of bringing home the bacon. at home we also have division of labor but still it was hard to be all of that for a week. to be a dad and the mom for our child. i can not say i did it perfectly but i guess i did a good job. i am happy that my wife appreciates the effort too. thanks a lot for the response.

Soup is really good for the sick. And porridge, too. I'm glad my mother is better now. I hope your wife is, too.

the other day i was textng one of my sister in law, wife of my brother to teach me how to make sinigang... so she go to our house and cooked it for us. isnt it cool. but that was one time only. all of the other soup she wants to eat i get it outside. there is a good chinese restaurant near our place and i buy food from there. a sick person needs to eat something that can refuel them so frying is not a good idea. thanks a lot for the response.

lucky you that you have a very wonderful husband... like me har har har ... but i am happy too that so far i made it. i am sure there are a lot of husbands who would rather call their mothers to do it for them... and as you know my mom is paralyze and there is no one i can call. but when my wife gave birth too my mother was at the hospital but when we got home it was me and her and the baby. it is not easy but it is all worth it. thanks a lot for the response.

welcome aboard mylot profiler. hope you ike and enjoy here. i do that everyday too, bring my child at school then get back when it is time to go home. i work at nights so that is one of the chores i have at home. i agree with you that working at home means working as a team and me and my wife has a division of labor at home. but it is hard when you do it all... while wife is sick. thanks a lot for the response.

welcome to the wonderful world of mylot. yes i do appreciate my wife and all that she can do around the house. i even salute all the wives and the mothers who are multitasking. i thing that i know i can not do. i am a little dizzy if i do that and i am sure one way or another i will forget something that i am doing. har har har. so i do one task at a time that would be safe. i dont like to realize that i burned something or burned the house just because i want to attempt multitasking. thanks a lot for the response.

my wife used to work before she got pregnant, and after giving birth she decided to be a hands on mom and a stay at home mom as well. although i have to say that she has a small business and she earns from that even she is at home. she does a lot of crafts and sewing. so i know how busy she is everyday, taking care of me and my son plus the chores. so i guess this is also a break for her and giving her a week off. thanks a lot for the response.

i do appreciate my wife that is why i always lend a hand when i am at home. i make sure i will help her around the house and run errands for her. for being a hands on mom is really not easy. but in this case i appreciated my mother as well and all the mothers specially the ones who have 2 or more children. we are 5 kinds in the family and i am sure my mother has her hands full plus she needs to borrow more hands but my father was not that around all the time. i also have a friend who is a single mother of four and she said sometimes she wishes she was an octopus so she would have 6 more extra arms. thanks a lot for the response.

You're welcome. 5 children, well thats a lot. I have me and my brother, and believe me, my mother had her hands full with us, especially me. I was a major handful. I see as I got older that we appreciate our mothers and mothers in general more and more.

i agree. sad that my mother is half paralyzed and can no longer do the things she does before but she has a lot of patience as well taking care of 5 siblings and 3 of us our boys. i know her patience was something that can not be measured. i am also happy that my wife has a week off for she will never take off unless she is sick. thanks a lot for the response.