At flyde med strømmen - Go with the Flow

Livet sker - og somme tider spænder det ben!

Favorit-Baby har været meget dårlig en en uges tid og var på hospitalet i går, hvor det viste sig, at hun har en slem bronchitis. Hun hoster, raller og har svært ved at trækket vejret, men ind imellem får man et smil af den seje lille pige. Efter medicinering hele dagen kom hun hjem i går aftes, og hun havde det bedre.

Så er det man tænker: Hvad kan man gøre for at hjælpe, mens største og mellemste Favorit-personer er der med hende på hospitalet?

Man kan lave en gang thai-kylling og sætte i køleskabet. Rydde opvaskemaskinen og lave småting, så det hele ikke ligner noget, der er væltet.

Og så kan man hente Favorit-storebror fra børnehaven, fordi han er en meget empatisk dreng, der ikke kan bære at høre Favorit-Baby græde, når hun skal medicineres hver 3 time både nat og dag. Hun skal inhalere gennem en maske, og det er ikke noget hit!

Så jeg har haft gæster i nat. Det var super hyggeligt, og vi legede med vand og lego (ikke på samme tid), spiste, havde gode lange samtaler, læste godnathistorier m.m., og i morges havde vi en munter tur til børnehaven.

Hvad der sker i dag? Det ved jeg ikke, for efter en tid, hvor Favorit-Baby havde det rimeligt, er det blevet værre, og så er turen igen gået til hospitalet.

Så måske skal jeg have overnattende gæst igen? Måske skal jeg lave lidt mere mad?

Med dagene som de er lige nu, er der kun en ting at gøre - at lade være med at stritte imod, men bare flyde med og gøre det bedste ud af det.

Life happens - and sometimes it makes obstructions!

Favorite-Baby has been quite ill during the last week and had to go to the hospital yesterday, and the diagnosis was a bad bronchitis. She is coughing and has difficulties breathing, but when things aren't that bad, you get a big smile from the cool little girl. After having medicine all day she was sent home, and she was feeling better.

Then you think: What can you do to help, while Biggest and Medium Favorite Persons are there at hospital with her?

You can make some thai-chicken and put it in the fridge. Empty the dishwasher and do ods and ends, so the house doesn't look as if an explosion went off.

And then you can pick up Favorite Big Brother from kindergarten, who is a very empathic person. He cannot bear to hear his baby-sister cry, when she gets her medicine every third hour - also during the night. She is having an inhalator mask, and that is definitely not popular!

So I have had a sleeping guest. It was so 'hyggeligt', and we played with water and lego (not at the same time), had dinner, lots of conversation, read goodnight stories etc., and this morning we had a fun trip to the kindergarten.

What happens today? I don't know, because after some time, when Favorite Baby was feeling better, it has become worse, and now they are at the hospital again. 

So maybe I will have a sleeping guest again? Maybe I will make some more food?

When the days are like they are now, there is only one thing to do - not to fight it, but go with the flow, and make the best out of things.