Having a sick kid makes me feel like more of a Mom. Is that weird?
I mean, most of the time, my kids are pretty self-sufficient. They get their own snacks, choose their own sources of entertainment, even Kaitlyn at almost 4 doesn’t really need me to guide her playtime. We keep the playroom TV on Nickelodeon and she knows how to push the power button 
Of course, I have to help her on the potty and fix her meals, but the boys can pretty much function on their own. Which, if you ask me, means Chris and I have done a good job of instilling them with confidence to make their own choices and know the rules and limits.
But when one of them gets sick, my instinctual need to parent and provide for them kicks in. Ryan has come down with a cold, it’s not horrible, but he’s coughing and congested, and tired all the time. He got up less than an hour ago and I just looked over and he’s asleep on the couch already. I fetched him his pillow and blanket from his room and he got snuggled in and just conked right out.
And I have to admit, it feels good to be fussing over him. At 13 and 5 foot 8, he’s practically a grown up already. Yet here I am, fetching fresh cups of water and opening more Kleenex packs, dispensing Tylenol and Sudafed and coaxing him to eat a few bites of cereal. Of course I don’t want him to be sick, but it’s nice to be needed.
Is that weird?
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Twitter: soleflormom
says:
I know exactly how you feel. When they are sick they require our 100% attention and they want us to really take care of them. On a normal day they don’t even want us to enter their room. It’s “love” moments but it really breaks my heart to see them sick.
Twitter: Table4Five
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Laura – exactly.
Wow…this is so true. I have two teens who sometimes act like they are too old for my mothering (but I know deep down they love it). But when they are sick…I love how they need me…lol! My oldest daughter is away at her first year of college. Her third week there, she came down with a horrible head cold. I felt so helpless not being there to dispense medicine, hand her tissues or brew her tea. But she survived, and I like to think it is because of all the directions and “mothering” I gave her over the phone.
Twitter: ralphbryant1124
says:
I agree with this. Some of our children don’t know what manners is, they just go anywhere without realizing that if they got sick or not feeling well, automatically they go to their parents and asking for help.
Twitter: ralphbryant1124
says:
great post. Got an answer from here.
Hi Elizabeth
My two girls aren’t teenagers yet they’re 5 and 3.5 and to be honest I’m not looking forward to when they are teenagers.
I work from home and have them both 3 days a week, the other 2 days they are at Kindy and Daycare. But when they are sick (thankfully only just colds and the odd virus so far)I just drop everything and tend to them 100%.
I never thought I had that parental instinct in me, but geewhizz it kicked in when they were born. Mums and Dads are different role models to their kids, but there’s nothing like getting some TLC from your mother when you’re sick!
Regards
Damien
Now kids are learning everything that is happening in their presence.But they do need our attention as they don’t know which is right or wrong.