It's been days that I didn't make any moves here because my daughter got sick. Yeah. My daughter was sick last two days. She had a fever. My sisters said that it is because of her teeth for she is still suffering from teething.
As a first-time mom, I can't deny the truth that I felt worried and nervous when she has a fever. I don't know but if she has a fever I can't sleep for the whole night. I keep watching her and monitored her temperature. I'm a kind of a mother who keeps on monitoring her body temperature because if it will hit 38-39, I am so scared. Especially when the thermometer sounds different when it hits more than 37 from the normal human body temperature.
It is okay with me if I don't have enough sleep the whole night because as a mother it's my responsibility to take care of her. She needs me. She needs my attention. She keeps on crying and I know that she needs my help. She needs my warmth. That's why every time she cries, I carried her. I dance with her until she gets asleep.
The other reason why I am worried every time she is sick is that she has no appetite to eat. She neglect the food I gave to her instead she keeps on sucking my milk because until now I still breastfeeding. And for me, I think, breast milk isn't enough for her. I worried if she lose weight. I don't want that to happen to her. But what can I do if she doesn't want to eat? I didn't force her to eat too because if I forced her, she vomits. And we all know that when we vomit our immune system decreases. We feel weak at the same time. I hate it when she spit-up. I wanted to help her to spit up but I can't. She keeps crying when she vomits. Hays! Another thing is that she doesn't drink medicine. She hates the smell of the medicine. She vomits again every time I force her to drink the medicine. That's the hardest part to take care of a sick baby.
Every time my baby is sick especially when she cries, I cried too. I felt pity for her. She suffers so much. It's not her normal behavior because if she is so well, she keeps on roaming around our house. She keeps playing with us. She is noisy and silly. Hays! I missed that behavior if my baby gets sick. Thanks to God, she is so well now. She's now playing. She's now smiling. In short, she is already healed. I thank God for answering my prayer.
Now, I can say that being a first-time mom is not easy at all. Yes. I don't have enough experience. I don't have enough knowledge to take care of a child. But I am always thankful to my husband for he helps me every time our kid is not well fine. He is always there. Even though he is at work, he keeps on calling us to monitor our baby. At night if I don't sleep, he doesn't sleep too. In other words, he accompanied me every single time for the sake of our baby. I am so blessed for that.
Okay. That would be all for today. My apology for being inactive the last few days. I do hope you understand my situation. And I thank you for that.
Thank you for reading and dropping by. God bless you and your whole family. Shalom! 😇
Parenting is hard specially when it's your first time, take it easy po, I know namn na you are a good mom, your baby will okay, advance happy mothers day po pala.