What's worse than a cold?

Now I don't just mean a slight sniffle and a bit of a sore throat. I mean a cold that saps all of your energy, makes you generally ache and regularly wakes you up at night because you can't breath through your nose and breathing through your mouth is just too painful!

So, what's worse?

Obviously... having a small child who presumably feels about the same as you but doesn't understand what's going on or why.

This seems to lead to them generally screaming most of the time, quite often including during those few minutes when you actually feel just about well enough (or simply too exhausted for anything but) to sleep.

So when you're feeling really pretty rubbish and mainly just want to hide under the duvet, you actually have to get up, look after, change and attempt to play with a generally unhappy and screaming baby. 24 hours a day!

Could it get worse?

Of course it could - add one partner, who would normally care for you and help you through such tough and unpleasant illnesses. The only problem is, this cold lasts for quite a lot of days and they now have it too!

All in all, three people with no sleep and an unpleasant cold doesn't make for a very fun household!

Thank goodness colds don't last that long.