The sick MOM

  The plague hit my house on the weekend.  The nasty cold bug that is floating through this little town is a tough little thing. I’m telling you being sick and being a Mom to a little almost five month old was definitely a challenge. Being in bed all day would have been my normal routine for illness. Shut my ringer off shut the blinds and shut my bedroom door. Of course that does not happen now with an energetic little Kaia wanting to be awake and play. She did catch a little bit of this bug as well but the brunt of her illness hit before mine did so I was well and able to attend to her needs. Kaia is surprisingly resilient though she bounced back regardless of the snot dripping down her nose on a regular basis. She has developed the typical defence mechanisms to the tissue going straight for her nose. It is a definite battle of wills to get her little snotty nose cleaned. Will I hold her head down just to get two minutes of a snotless face and will she just sit still to allow the cardboard feeling tissue scrape her delicate little lip only to take away that weird gooey stuff she has seemed to have discovered and enjoyed playing with.  I totally napped every time Kaia did for the first time since she was born I utilized every single possible moment of a chance for sleep. The weekend seemed like it dragged on for ever. I think I was down for five days....five days...YUK. I’m still phlegm and snot filled but for the most part I am feeling like my energy levels have returned. Yesterday was disinfection day...I got down and dirty...! Thank goodness for my dear friend Norwex....I just love their products I feel so confident that they are making my house disinfected and at the same time Kaia friendly. One of Kaia’s little buddies decided to decorate her excersaucer with crayon the other day. I couldn’t believe it but a wet enviro cloth totally got the entire crayon off. I love that I can clean all of Kaia’s toys and not have to worry about all the harmful chemicals I am leaving on her toys. I also am so happy with using it for washing my floors for her little impressionable feet when she starts getting mobile. We absorb so much through our feet and the last thing I want her or me to absorb is the chemicals from whatever I used to wash my floor with. It took me a long time time to get over the “clean smell” but really who says clean smells....? Now when I smell bleach or Lysol I just feel like it’s so strong and I’m glad my home does not have all those harsh chemicals in them. I just use essential oils....mmmm. Well thats my norwex soap box for today. But I just had to share the fact that the enviro cloth got that stinking crayon off...awesome. The chemical filled horrible for you and your babies “magic eraser” can eat my micro fibre dust....hehe.
    I have so become a mother it amazes me I’m blogging about frigging cleaning products...yeesh.
I think that I am going to attempt swimming lessons today with Kaia. I wasn’t going to due to illness but we are feeling way better and well I am feeling really stir crazy. I have not left my house in way too many hours. Oh and yoga tonight that should really make me feel better stretch and relax. I heart yoga.