My husband got sick, then my daughter got sick, and now I’m getting the bug. My husband still doesn’t feel great – but when he was peak sickness I took the lead with our 1 year old daughter. Now I feel like I still have to take the lead even though I’m at the early/worst sick stages.
He said he woke up really sore today, powdered through (though complained about how hard parenthood is). Then he went to the gym and ran 35 min — now he’s sore again. I have barely eaten today and slept for 2 hours while my daughter napped.
Now we need to get our daughter up and he’s like “we both just gotta balance and power through.” I’m sorry but if felt good enough to go the gym, why can’t you take the lead on our daughter?? And give me my rest time. I did tell him earlier today that I need some extra space and grace to be sick and he got a little defensive. I told him before I was really annoyed so we could be proactive.
Venting but also looking for advice on how to approach him this afternoon… I don’t want to be accusatory but he’s a really whiny sick person, and I get frustrated always having to pick up the slack. It makes me worried in the future if I’m REALLY SICK, will he care? Will he be there for me?