The Sickness Saga

Have you and your toddler ever fallen sick together? No? Yes? Well, I recently fell sick and was successfully able to pass my sickness to Y. It all started when we decided to take a stroll in the neibhourhood park and the winter wind hit us hard. We came home and next day I was down with cold and sinus pains. I tried to keep Y away from me but all in vein. The same night he had running nose. Before this, Y had cold only once when he was 9 months old and trust me it was tough to manage a baby with blocked nose but this time I realized that it's 10x tougher to manage a sick toddler. The first night was exhausting, I had blocked nose-headache-faceache-toothache (basically all sinus induced pains) and Y had visibly blocked nose, he might have had other issues which he could not complain about. We tried to give him some steam but he was not cooperative. We put some saline water in his nose and tried to put him to sleep. He slept but refused to get out of my lap. His grand mother and papa tried to take him out of my lap to theirs but he refused and started crying. I had to sleep while sitting whole night, keeping little Y in my lap. That was the most exhausting night i have ever had since we had Y. Next few days/nights were better. Both Y and I took medicines and got better in a couple of days. But that one night of us being sick together, that one night of being a mama while missing my own mama, that one night of offering comfort when I myself needed it the most taught me how selfless a mother's love can be.