When A Toddler Get Sick (An Honest Poem that Does Not Rhyme)

When your toddlergets sick

It feels like the world will end

Absolute misery

It’s stupid and relentless

What happened to my cute and cheerful daughter?

A common cold has turned her into a grouchy tyrant

If I don’t obey her commands

She punishes me with her incessant crying

It’s 2am

She has waken up every 15 minutes for the last 6 hours

Her coughs wake her up crying

And the crying only makes her cough more

Sick toddlers are unreasonable and demanding

“I need tissue!”

“No! Don’t fold the tissue!”

“Get me water...