and the bug goes round and round

it has been almost a month and our family is not free from this unrelenting bug. it always starts with the kids and then it goes to the adults. I've now fallen victim to it after fending it off valiantly for what seemed like ages while the little one succumbed almost immediately. darned! wished i was still breastfeeding her then maybe she'll have more immunity! now that I'm down with the usual fever and cough, it has been hard on the little one as I cannot hug her too much, certainly cannot kiss her and have to wear a mask and sleep apart from her. she tried her best to be understanding, even fetching water, thermometer etc on the first day, but now, is inconsolable as she has not been kissed for 3 days and 3 days is a very long time for someone who needs lots of kisses and cuddles. Her daddy has been great, trying to do all the things i do with her, bed time stories, bathing, cuddling, but i guess it is not quite the same. just now, she teared pitifully, saying she wanted to stroke mummy's hand to sleep. i offered her daddy's, saying it was the same thing. she shot me the kind of look that can only come from teenagers, and burst into tears, begging me to sleep with her, and offering to boot her daddy out instead. Poor daddy will probably have to contend with her sleeping on his chest the entire night as he strokes her to sleep. i just hope i'll be up and about tomorrow as i hate being so absolutely useless, just pretty much moving from a horizontal position on the bed to another horizontal one on the sofa, alert only when Panadol Max does its magic.I guess sometimes i expect too much from a 2 year old. how can i hope she'd understand mummy needs to wear a mask, be horizontal, not do jumping jacks? So all mums can never hope for time to rest and recuperate. they can only pray that they will recover instantly so that they can continue their jobs as mums.