I got this idea from another forum I came across. I just wanted to create a light-hearted thread where we can share some of our confessions. Being a mom is the hardest job in the world and we can’t be supermom’s 24/7, so list some things you do that don’t exactly define your proudest parenting moments. Remember that I’m not creating this thread to criticize one another so haters stay out!
I’ll go first! Sometimes I forget to change his diaper and he’ll fall asleep while I’m feeding him, but I don’t want him to wake up so I just won’t change it. Then when I eventually do change it, it feels like a brick :S
Also, sometimes I pretend I’m still sleeping in the middle of the night when my baby cries so that my husband will go get him…even though I’m fully awake lol.
Very nice thread :) I don't get up night also when my 4 years call because after giving me one call he just turns over and sleep again.
Sometimes when I am busy cooking for some party I usually turn on the TV so they cannot disturb me in my cooking :(
lol i have done that sometimes where i am so tired at night that even if i hear her crying, i will let him soothe her :D Sometimes when i need to do something urgent, i give her a few cheerios that she picks up one by one and eats. It keeps her busy for a few minutes :D
So I am not sure if this comes in Mommy Confessions thread or Most Embarassing Moments thread!! But anyway here goes...
Often I am guilty of not listening to my kids. I mean I hear them, but just the sound waves as I have a gazillion things on my mind and so I nod yeah yeah especially at the end of the day when all I can think of is "when is their bedtime??"
All this changed after an incident about 10-12 days ago. In the supermarket with my kids and my 4 year old daughter asks me a question "Is it bad to do this?" I was busy comparing products and prices on the shelves so I say " One minute I am little busy". But she persisted. So I absent minded kept saying "Yes yes" I think I had heard her asking me the question about 4 times when I finally looked down at her.
My heart nearly stopped....she was holding up her middle finger and asking "Is it bad to do this?" Aaaargh! Noooo! I quickly covered up her hand with mine and first looked around to see if anyone had seen this!!!
Then I had to find out how and what etc. Turns out a girl from school was telling the children "You know its bad to do this"
Wow...since then, I have started paying attention when they say something...no matter what!!
PS and as the thread starter mentioned...no criticisms please.
Something to the effect that its bad manners to do that because if you want to wave good bye you have to use your whole hand...not one finger. I had to come up with an on the spot explanation. She seems ok with it.
Heres one off the top of my head...theres tons more lol but for some reason this comes to mind immediately.
Eldest son had a really tough time with constipation and maybe cause of that, potty training was really tough for him. I figured he might need less stress to "go" so I left the bathroom and let him sit. I stayed nearby and heard him chatting to his little self and he was mostly saying "all stuck. alllllllllllllllllllllll stuck." I figured poor little guy, he must really be constipated today. After a (pretty long) good while, I went in and there he was - indeed all stuck - butt way in the potty and knees to nose.
Hey, sure I do!! This thread is about the things we moms have done that made us feel bad...just so happens that eldest has feeding, eating and GI issues so yeah I have lived every kind of potty problem and know just about everything you never wanted to know about constipation!
I could go on and on and on endlessly about the things that make me happy and proud and all that! Should we start a new thread?
Since past five months I had made it to a point to have my kids read Quran everyday. We would read it together and read for 15 minutes. Since last week I have been skipping days and then we crunch everything on one day to catch up… during the days I have skipped I felt guilty cause if my kids want to skip I would not allow it… but I allow myself:bummer:
this is when my baby was a newborn and i had just come home from a week in the hospital since he had an infection and pretty much cried forever…
i was deep in my sleep when i hear crying… and in my sleep i think
thank god im not the mother of that child… man thank god i can just sleep.. poor woman.. i dont know how women can just stay up forever with their crying babies…
my bubble burst when my mom shook me out of my deep slumber and said
awaz nahi arahai.. baby ro raha hai.. doodh pilao
so i do the im gonna pretend im sleeping so my husband can go get the baby plenty of times at night.. its a diff thing he doesnt wnat anyone else but me
at times i get too busy with ffice work...as a result i cook nothing n feed my kids 2-minute noodles or sometimes sandwiches...
i know those noodles have high MSG...n when my kids demand these on meal time i refuse saying its not a proper meal...but i turn a blind eye to it when it's coz of me... :(
Getting out of the house with a new baby is crazy.I once had his bottles, diaper bag, my purse, his blankie, etc etc etc everything with me except the baby. Saw him sleeping in his car seat while I was about to lock the door.
