LO pees on himself on the regular. He thinks it's hilarious. He waits until the second he's uncovered and goes for it. I've stopped feeling bad about it. That's probably a fail in itself
Poop explosion at Starbucks. Went in the bathroom to clean LO up, and found that I'd forgotten to pack wipes and all I had were pacifier wipes, which are like a quarter of the size of regular wipes.
Literally as I was reading this leaned back with a wine glass in my hand and nailed LO with my elbow as he slept in the boppy next to me. Didn't even wake up.
I spill food on my kid allll the time. DH is always picking crumbs out of the baby's hair and teasing me. Didn't realize it was a fail, just thought it was inevitable. Double fail? Lol
I spill food on LO like a lot of fellow moms on here but my biggest fail (to date) is that I can't find LOs baby book! My mom bought me a beautiful one and I put LOs baby bracelets in it and wrote his birth story in it. We moved when he was only 2 weeks old and I was looking for the book to write about his first 2 months in there and I can't find it anywhere! All of the boxes are pretty much unpacked and I don't think it's in any of the boxes at my in laws house so I have no clue where it is! It's very upsetting to think that I might have lost such an important thing (
I probably scarred one of my twins from the bouncy seat. Today as I was putting her in it, I caught some of her skin (the super sensitive part on your upper arm) in the seat clip. She screamed bloody murder like when she got her first round of shots. Only took off a little skin, but I felt terrible!
I probably scarred one of my twins from the bouncy seat. Today as I was putting her in it, I caught some of her skin (the super sensitive part on your upper arm) in the seat clip. She screamed bloody murder like when she got her first round of shots. Only took off a little skin, but I felt terrible!
Oooh I did this to my poor baby's little leg in the bouncer on Saturday night. I felt so bad! Poor baby
I spill food on my kid allll the time. DH is always picking crumbs out of the baby's hair and teasing me. Didn't realize it was a fail, just thought it was inevitable. Double fail? Lol
Yes... i've done most of these not realizing they were "fails." Peeing in his own face? Check. Chocolate in the neck cheese? check. Dog french kisses? Double check.
I had my husband save her bracelets and we just moved so I'm sure they're lost in an abyss somewhere.
Fail of the day: I noticed her 3mo sleepers were getting to short but I didn't realize they were keeping her from straightening her legs. Her poor ankles. I put her In a 6mo and it's almost too short as well. Yikes.
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I am right there with you ladies, I had been pushing little man in his stroller unbuckled and forgot to buckle when we put him in he car seat base. I work for an auto insurance company and my mind just went racing with horrible thoughts. I've started keeping a blanket in the car that I put on the car seat base anytime I take him out so that I can't put him in without moving it. It's meant to remind me to also check his buckle. Has worked so far!
I also almost dropped my love bug when I was putting him in the body wrap. I had one hand on him but he managed to get his foot on my plushy waist and used it as a launching pad. I dropped the wrap and snatched him just in time but he was so startled he cried for almost 5 minutes (which is a very long time for him).
The most hilarious was my nephew though. We had watched nephew at SIL1 house and we were having fun bouncing my 2 yr old nephew on their love sack. I would plop down on it and he would bounce up. It was deflated enough that he just did a little bounce. The next week we were at SIL2 house and he asked me to do it again. Not realizing how full their love sack was, I jumped up and landed on it...launching my nephew in the air and on the floor. I felt awful and I'm pretty sure my BIL still thinks I'm the biggest idiot.
The other day I was on my phone face booking and not paying enough attention. When I looked up DD1 was carrying her sister to me from the swing. Guys, she's not even 2 and though she's big for her age she isn't big enough to carry a baby! Thank heavens she didn't drop her but I should have strapped the baby in and been paying attention. I talked to the toddler about being too small but I felt bad being strict about it because the baby was fussing and she was trying to bring her to me to help
Ugh I've done the not buckled car seat a few times too! Found his head slumped over when I realized but he was fast asleep and seemed just fine. I was trying not to buckle him in until it's go time but then end up forgetting, so now I just buckle him right away to save forgetting. Blanket tip sounds helpful, might try that.
Today I was standing swaying with LO at a diner and I went to eat a French fry because I needed it and as I was about to put it in my mouth LO leaned back in my arms and banged her head on the table. She has bumped her head quite a few times before but this one was the most embarrassing - Mom of the year award for prioritizing French fries...
Went to do LOs first dip in a wading pool today with DH. I lecture him all-knowingly about being careful because swim diapers catch poop but not pee. He carries her outside. He gets the camera, I pick her up and place her in my lap, and she pisses all over me. Fun. Just continued on and got those damn photos!
I was velcro-ing the straps on LOs diaper when I realized I was putting a dirty diaper on my kid. It was only pee, but still! How did I manage to forget to throw that diaper away? and how did I not notice when I got to the changing pad that there was an aberration in the form of an opened diaper sitting on the side of the pad? #-o
i didnt do this one, DH did. the first time he was bathing LO with him, he managed to dip LOs face in the water while holding him face down, didnt even realize it happened, all of a sudden the poor kid was just coughing
I was taking out the trash and one of my babes was screaming bloody murder so I picked her up to take her outside and BAM crack her head on the door! Didn't think that cry could get any worse! This thread makes me feel better about my fails and that we can laugh about them later.
I've had a ton with my kid too, but night before last we accidentally shut our poor cat in the baby's closet. I have no idea how long he was in there. He wasn't meowing but pulled up a ton of carpet trying to escape. Fur baby mom fail!
LO was wriggling around while DH was giving him a bath last night and managed to stick his face under water. It was only for a second but he gave himself a fright and started screaming like mad. Poor DH felt absolutely horrible about it. I think half the problem was that LO was hungry too so once I'd mostly calmed him down with a cuddle I fed him and he went straight to sleep- by that time DH had popped out to pick us up some food so I had to text him pictures of LO asleep to reassure him.
I am the worst mom!! I was putting a toy together this morning with LO on my lap and tried to snap 2 pieces together and it came back and hit her on the forehead SO hard!!! She screamed and screamed and I feel so awful! I was bawling!
She'll probably get a huge knot on her head. I just hope nothing is really wrong.
I let LO cry in his car seat in the car for almost an hour, because we'd just stopped to feed and change him. He was inconsolable and had both sweat through his outfit and puked all over it several times. Ugh, I felt so horrible.
I did this too once and when we arrived shed puked and scratched her face 3 times with blood smears.. Wat to lay on the guilt girly haha.
I genuinely forgot LO's age and got stumped on her DOB, I've been saying she's 12.5 weeks but she's only 11 weeks..
I let LO watch avatar while I washed my face for bed. Too bad it was the end...and it was playing on HBO... and not so kid friendly movies come on late at night. Its bad enough that I turned ANY tv on. Now he's had his first sex ed lesson at 11 weeks. At least my 5yo was in bed. Gah.
I got the tip of his finger with the nail clippers today...I felt like it bled forever and he screamed the saddest cries I have ever heard...it broke my heart and I felt like a monster. Doctors visit in the AM...hope they don't think I'm abusing my baby
This thread is making me feel so better!! Ah..I'm not the only one that's driven with LO not strapped in car seat, clipped his skin and made him bleed while cutting fingernails, bonked his head on door frame while running after DS1, unintentionally let DS1 close enough to LO to bite him and leave a mark...hmmm what else? I'm sure there's more! Ugh.
I was just putting LO down and I had zipped him into his sleep sack and when I pulled my hand out from under him I caught the back of his head with my engagement ring and scratched him so bad. I feel awful.
It was raining today when I was getting out of the car to go have lunch with a friend. I thought I was being all prepared by making sure I brought the all-weather cover for the car seat. I finagled it onto the car seat to cover her up after we parked. Then got out of the car with her in the car seat to hear her let out a little cry. I look down and realized I forgot to pull out the portion of the cover to block rain. Only the netting was on so she was getting her first experience of rain. I was able to pull the rain guard over her all while my friend was trying to keep an umbrella over all of us.
Re: Parenting fails
That's probably a fail in itself
With DS, I accidentally spilled hot coffee on him once, so now I drink my coffee in a travel mug with lid, even if I'm not going anywhere.
NEVER making that mistake again!!
Fail of the day: I noticed her 3mo sleepers were getting to short but I didn't realize they were keeping her from straightening her legs. Her poor ankles. I put her In a 6mo and it's almost too short as well. Yikes.
I also almost dropped my love bug when I was putting him in the body wrap. I had one hand on him but he managed to get his foot on my plushy waist and used it as a launching pad. I dropped the wrap and snatched him just in time but he was so startled he cried for almost 5 minutes (which is a very long time for him).
The most hilarious was my nephew though. We had watched nephew at SIL1 house and we were having fun bouncing my 2 yr old nephew on their love sack. I would plop down on it and he would bounce up. It was deflated enough that he just did a little bounce. The next week we were at SIL2 house and he asked me to do it again. Not realizing how full their love sack was, I jumped up and landed on it...launching my nephew in the air and on the floor. I felt awful and I'm pretty sure my BIL still thinks I'm the biggest idiot.
She'll probably get a huge knot on her head. I just hope nothing is really wrong.
I genuinely forgot LO's age and got stumped on her DOB, I've been saying she's 12.5 weeks but she's only 11 weeks..
So today I spilled coffee on baby's head (it was iced thank goodness), and dropped my keys on him all within an hour.