Moana Hope is every mum as little Ahi requires a three day hospital stay
"Is it possible to buy sleep because I would buy the sh#t outta some sleep right now!"
An unwell baby is such a worry. A worry that Moana Hope and Survivor Allstar Moana Hope and her model wife Isabella Carlstrom have been going through as their young son, 9mo Ahi Joseph was hospitalised for three days.
Taking to her Instagram stories on Wednesday, 35yo Moana shared the good news that little Ahi was on the mend, but she herself was becoming delirious thanks to getting just five hours sleep in three days!
Little Ahi spent three days in hospital due to severe gastro and dehydration.
In the video (which you can watch above) the extremely tired mum asked her fans: “I really wanna know if it’s possible to buy sleep because I would buy the sh#t outta some sleep right now!”
In the selfie video, taken from a hospital bed as the sleep deprived mum rubbed her tired face, Moana explained: “Baby Ahi is sick, he’s been really sick for three days”.
She went on to explain her smiles, saying: “I’m smiling because I am delirious, I’ve slept five hours in going on three days, because he’s been so sick, and we’ve been in hospital, we are in hospital. But he’s on the mend, which is great”.
“I’ve slept five hours in going on three days, because he’s been so sick …”
While grateful that her son was feeling better, the exhausted mum of two found herself “wondering when it’s time for me to sleep, ‘cause it’s been a long nine months, the best nine months, but just a long nine months!
“I’ve already had four coffees today and I just don’t know when I can go to sleep!”
Moana continued adding to her stories once Ahi was discharged and revealed that he had become dehydrated due to a “horrible gastro”. She went on to say that Ahi went through “36 nappies in two days” and “it was very challenging. He cried for three days straight.”
And if looking after a sick child isn’t hard enough, the worn-out mum got gastro too.
“All you’re thinking about is your kid … It was four of the hardest days I think I’ve experienced as a parent. …It was emotionally and physically exhausting.”
“He’s on the mend, which is great…”
Moana carried and gave birth to Ahi on June 24, 2022, while Isabella carried and gave birth to daughter Svea in November, 2020.
The loved-up couple tied the knot in 2019, are grateful to have conceived twice via the IVF team at Monash.
Months after Ahi’s birth, Moana Hope started to share the details of her son’s birth.
Moana Hope carried and gave birth to Ahi on June 24, 2022.
In a podcast with Steph Smith, the WAFL star revealed that when Ahi was placed on her chest, after 24 hours of labour, he wasn’t breathing and she immediately knew something was wrong.
“I didn’t even try to embrace him or enjoy it, I just like ‘Fix it!’” she told the host. “I was looking over at them, working on him at the table. Then I was watching Bell, and Bell was crying.”
“I was on a bed, in stirrups, completely naked. Cut, blood everywhere. But all I could think about in that moment was, save him”
Moana went on to say that once she knew he was ok, she was completely overwhelmed and asked Bell to take him as she was “empty to life”.
Moana and Isabella are parents to two-year-old Svea and nine-month-old, Ahi.
Aside from this latest hospital stint, little Ahi is thriving. Just one month ago, the youngster shock his family by taking his very first steps at just eight months old!
Sharing a video of her son taking his first wobbly steps to her Instagram stories, Moana included a shocked face emoji on the story.
Watch the adorable video of Ahi taking his first steps below.
Here’s hoping the adorable little youngster if on the mend and his mamma’s get some sleep soon!
