The 13 Signs You Have The Mum-flu (Your Family Will Never Notice!)
You’ve been feeling a bit off lately. You’re not quite sure what’s going on, but you know that something is just not right. Perhaps it’s time to take a look at your symptoms and see if they match any of the 13 signs you have the mum-flu!
Move over man-flu, it’s time to pay a little attention to the mum-flu. We mum barely break our stride while nursing a temperature nudging 40°C and struggling to breathe. School drop-off – done. Washing – on the line. Sympathy – non-existent.
These are the mum-flu truths we know too well …
1. Your ban on the kids using electronic devices during the week is swiftly lifted
iPads for everyone!
2. Tinned spaghetti becomes a perfectly acceptable lunch and dinner option
Here’s the can opener, kids. It’s time to learn to fend for yourself.
3. School lunch orders are now an everyday treat
Get your fill of nuggety goodness little ones, this won’t last forever.
4. You can barely breathe, speak, or function – but insist you’re ‘fine’
Stoicism is a trademark of motherhood, much like spew-stained tees and mum buns. It’s going to take more than a spiky fever to bring you down!
5. Your partner barely notices the disturbance in The Force
It’s business as usual – if you can lift at least one finger, you’re capable of keeping the house going.
6. The baby decides cluster feeding is a thing
Day and night. Fun times.
7. You suffer in silence
Any sign of weakness and those kids will be into the banned craft tub before you can lift your sorry self off the couch.
8. The mere suggestion of dragging yourself to the doctor is laughable
Remember: stoic. But getting the doctor to come to you, well that’s perfectly acceptable.
9. You’re able to keep it in perspective
Razor-blade throat, cold sweats, achy joints … you take it all in your stride because of birth.
10. You dare to close your eyes, and you somehow sleep through a toy hurricane
And you thought you felt ill before you feel asleep.
11. Your toddler’s tantrums reach level: Expert
Much like wild animals, they prey upon the weak.
12. Your house turns into some weird Lord of the Flies remake
You fell asleep again, didn’t you?
13. You start feeling better … and everyone else gets sick
And you better believe they feel so much worse than you ever did.
Conclusion:
Is it spreading in schools? What we know about the Delta variant and kids. 13 Signs You Have The Mum-flu (Your Family Will Never Notice!)
Is it spreading in schools? What we know about the Delta variant and kids. 13 Signs You Have The Mum-flu (Your Family Will Never Notice!) Is it spreading in schools? What we know about the Delta variant and kids.
13 Signs You Have The Mum-flu (Your Family Will Never Notice!) Is it spreading in schools? What we know about the Delta variant and kids. 13 Signs You Have The Mum-flu (Not that your family will ever notice !)
