Recently Olive's nanny had to take a few personal days for her sick daughter, and Charlie caught a bad virus that resulted in a fever, two ear infections and bronchiolitis.

It's a pretty bad virus, because both Bee and I caught it! I can barely breathe due to congestion and the headaches and exhaustion have been draining. No wonder Charlie was such a bad boy for a few days!

Charlie or Olive have been without childcare for 10 days in a row. The upshot is that Bee and I have been brutalized trying to pull off both work and childcare (and recuperation). It's been really hard, and makes me question whether or not it's possible to balance work and kids. You think you're on top of things and pulling it all off, and then your kids get sick and you realize that you just lost 2 weeks of productivity (or more).

For those working parents with LOs in child care, what's the longest your LO has been sick and in your care? How did you balance work and kids?