HI everyone, :wave:
I have a confession to make. I suffer from parenting guilt. Things like did DS eat anything green today besides those M&M's at grandma's? Oh well, maybe if we skip this nap They'll let me sleep in (yeah right). I always feel like I am right on top of things. Then usually at night I sit up and say uh oh, did I brush Liam's teeth. I would really like to hear some things other people have done so maybe I'll sleep better at night hehe just kidding I nurse.I am really looking foward to reading some funny things and hoping I am not the only forgetful mom. :D P.S. anyone ever have a dream they forgot their kids at home and went to work I have it all the time.

Oh my, where do I start?

When our oldest two were born we were told to tummy sleep them, so when our dd was born we did the same thing just because she slept longer and better.

When our children swim in the pool, they have had their bath!

DD had a doughnut for breakfast today!

I have forgotten to give our middle child lunch money three times already this year.

Often when any of our three children have had a fever the night before, or even in the morning, as long as it hasn't been high and they weren't feeling miserable, I have given them a dose of tylenol and prayed that no one would call me until at least after a certain time.

We didn't potty train any of our children, but let them train themselves. Hey,
it was stress free for everyone and it worked.

I have sometimes left my dd over in our Extended Day program at our school (I am a teacher there) so I could stay after a little longer and chat with my best friend.

We let our dd have her nighttime bottle until she was three years old!

We let all three watch way too much TV!

Feel better? See, you are not as BAD as I am!

Nancy

I have for gotten to change DS wet diaper from time to time until it overflowed.

I have also forgotten when I fed him last and he was crying to eat and I am thinking why? and then realize hey maybe he needs to eat!!

I give him water from time to time (3 months old) and the other day I let him taste vanilla ice cream on my finger.

I haven't dreamt about leaving the baby at home. But I always breast-feed in bed, and then put him back in his crib. I keep having dreams though, that I have fallen asleep while breast-feeding, and he is trapped under the covers! I usually sleep hugging a pillow, and I wake up thinking it's him, and I am crushing him. What a panic I wake up in.
As for the guilt, I think when babies are born, a woman's guilt factor goes up 100%. Has he had enough to eat, did I play with him enough, should I change his diaper more often, did he have enough tummy time, did I talk to him enough, is he clean enough, etc.....

I have a 2 year old and a 3 month old and I am constantly guilting myself. But I figure hey, I've managed to keep my 2 year old alive and healthy, so I must not be doing all that bad, lol! But with my 3 month old DS I worry that I didn't do something "right", like I didn't give him enough interactive time with me, but with a 2 year old it's tough, or was I bad because I let him watch a cartoon for 15 minutes while I showered. But I know I am feeding them, keeping them healthy, and giving them a safe place to live, and most of all, I give them constant love, so that's all that matters to me in the end. All of my guilt feelings go out the window then when I think about all of the children in the world who don't get fed, or aren't loved. It just means we are such good mommy's when we have guilt feelings.

I have started to skip diaper changes at night unless I can really smell something bad. I am trying to get more sleep and the changes seems to wake him up. His little butt seems fine and we get back to bed somewhat earlier.

I also use the t.v. more than I thought I would. My Liam watches the Today Show while I take a shower. He is intrigued by the light and movement.


Sometimes when I just don't feel like breastfeeding, I give him a bottle of formula.

So, we all do it.

Hope this helps you sleep better.

-Jen

You are sooo not alone, we all have our limits and we all feel guilty, but we all love our kids too!

I can't believe i'm confessing this, but, when I was 8months pg with #2, I wanted an orange soda soooooo bad but my oldest (almost 2 at the time) was napping and there was NO WAY I was gonna wake him up, I told myself "the store is like 2 seconds away and he is in his crib" ... So the orange soda won! :nono:

I prop the baby's bottle so I can do other things while he eats, against dr. recommmendations of course.

When I was pg with #5, #1 missed 28 days of school because of my morning sickness (not in a row)

My dd changed her own diaper once

When I had morning sickness with #5, I made dh come home from work to change #4's diaper because it made me throw-up, and it was falling off of her.

The list goes on. We are all guilty in some way, if we haven't done it, we've thought about doing it! It's hard to be a mom, if you love them they will know it and not be concerned with the little things. Hope my moments of "poor parenting" have cheered you up a bit! ;)

I should edit that, it's terrible! I can't believe I did that, i'm claiming youthful stupidity. Really ladies I don't do stuff like that these days, hey, now i'm feelin guilty!

Oh crap! I should probably feel guilty about my almost 2 year old knowing the entire morning Dora and Blues clues line up if you guys feel bad about 15 mins or so.I also have the nursing panic but it's not a dream I just jump awake thinking I didn't put her away and I am using her as my body pillow. I also feel bad about not giving enough one on one time w/ DD and DS. I used to read to DS all day long until the baby came, now I am lucky to brush my teeth. I carry a toothbrush and paste in my purse now just in case I make it to work without doing it lol. :D BTW Liam's favorite food last week was donuts so he had a few too.

all your comments ladies made me lough so hard, just goes to show how human we are. Things that I feel guilty about:

-I put my son in his swing for like 2hours in the morning so I can get extra sleep
-there are times when I swing him really hard in his car seat in the middle of the night, hoping he will fall asleep faster
-and yes many times his diaper overflowed b/c last time I changed it was like ...hours ago

Goodness where o where to start?

Ummmm the worst thing I have ever done is forget to strap my dd's carseat into the car on the way home from the mall! OMG can you belive that!

I stopped steralizing at 2 months

I used to let my dd stay in bed with me after her night feed.. hey whatever got us the most sleep won!

She watches waaaay to much TV... but she loves it sooo much lol

And I also used to prop her bottle so I could get stuff done lol
K I'm gonna stop now before y'all call child services LOL

I love this thread!!

My 2 1/2 year old can quote almost every Disney movie out there he watches them so much.

I forgot to strap the baby into her carseat when I put it in the car

I worry that I'm not spending enough time with the baby as I chase after my oldest all day.

Popscicle is one of my son's 4 food groups. And it is not uncommon for him to have one for breakfast before he eats anything healthy.

Last night I was so exhausted that the baby went to sleep with dried baby food on her face. I didn't want to wake her up to clean it and deal with putting her back to sleep again.

And I too have forgotten diaper changes. I once forgot to change DS in the morning and it wasn't until about 11 that I remembered. That's 16 hours! :eek: Gross

Well --

My 2 yo does not eat any veggies. Does salsa count?? He loves chips and salsa (even the spicy stuff). I also never know what to give him for lunch, so we go for fast food all the time. Like Quesadillas (sp?) at Taco Bell and Personal Pan pizzas at Pizza Hut, no french fries very often though. I never in a million years thought that I would ever let him have fast food. :eek:

He has the TV on all morning while playing, so that I can get "mom" time to clean, go online, and take a shower.

I am horrible about remembering to brush his teeth. We have started doing it in his bed at night to try and remember. This has worked the past two nights since I have implemented this. :D

Sometimes at night before bed I am to tired, or want to watch a TV show, so I don't read a story before bed.

OMG these are so funny!!I don't know about you but everytime I read one of your posts I think,oh yeah I've done that too. Kiera, we did this diaper thing to Liam which made me think of this post.I thought DH changed him when he woke up.I looked at him and he looked like he had a football in his diaper. You did beat me by an hour though,lol.
Another thing I did was switch to half caffeinne coffee while I am nursing and now I thing I drink more than twice as much.
My son screms MCdonalds yum yum french fries everytime he see it on TV. Did I mention he's not 2 yet. Thats bad huh.
I lock my toddler in his carseat with the door open before I grab everything else and load up the car so he is out of my way.Sometimes I pack my lunch and use the bathroom.
And the worst one for me right now is evertime Liam drops something he screams damn it.OOPS!! I guess that could be worse right?

And the worst one for me right now is evertime Liam drops something he screams damn it.OOPS!! I guess that could be worse right?

Yah, it could...DS heard me say the s word one day while trying to get the VCR to work (and play yet another Disney movie) For the next two weeks he would walk over to the VCR and say "S***"

Wow, people really steralize bottles?lol Once, when I had my 1st child I was too lazy to go to the store and get diapers, so i wrapped a towel around his butt and secured it with duct tape! That's top 'o' the lazy chart!!! :o