Partner unwell, managing baby alone :(

Sorry that you are going through tough time. But you will get through this phase even stronger than you think. I have been in similar situation many times, now I can handle better. My husband became unwell unexpectedly, need to admit in hospital. I was just discharged from hospital after my delivery. My baby was 2 days old, I was left all alone at home for few days, I managed everything that too followed by C-section.

Luckily he got better afterwards.

Another episode, due to work trip-Germany (unavoidable) he was away for 5 days. My baby was 4 weeks, that's still one of my horrible days. But managed some how, by pre-planning/organising few things ahead (every night- for the next day).

Now my daughter is almost 2 year old. You will get to know your strengths when you go through hard phases.

Hope you all get better soon, take care xx

I feeeeel you! I’m about to go to sleep, but this was the message meant for me right now! My partner has a very sensitive stomach and is having some kind of flair up… vomiting non stop. Axel was with me all day. I’m battling an ear infection so am not 100 percent myself! Feel free to reach out directly if you want to chat more. I also don’t know how single parents do it. I imagine for you it’s perhaps even more intense because Axel is almost a year and at 7 weeks you’re still getting to know your baby. Even so, I’m really having a hard time navigating this!!

Real talk: I’m kind of mad at Bryan, even though he’s so sick. I feel like he could do a much better job managing his micro biome. It seems like a huge midnight milkshake set him off this time. I’m willing to cut dessert out of our diet for him to consistently feel better. I’m hoping he can stop drinking for a while too as alcohol seems to act as an irritant sometimes. Anyway, I hope you’re able to be more gracious with your wife! It’s hard stuff. (Also, forgive any typos or awkward phrasing. I’m a little delirious now. Time for some sleep! More later, perhaps!)

Parent hood will teach you what it really means to work as a team. It’s not always comfortable and in this situation it can be a shock to the system when your team mate falls short and can’t physically help look after the baby because they’re too unwell. It’s definitely one of those tough parent lessons that you learn to accept over time because sickness happens. I used to really resent my husband whenever he got ill because I felt like I was left holding the baby while he was resting in bed. But when the shoes on the other foot you’ll be grateful that your wife lets you recover if you ever were to become unwell. So it works both ways and It’s just one of those things. Hope your wife feels better fast so you can get back to normal soon. Maybe once she feel up to it she can go let you have some space and plan a day out for yourself so you can fill your own cup back up Xx