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Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
I suck as a parent - he has a fever and is sunburnt
DS was cranky all day because of his fever - he wanted to be held and when held him he would scream to get down. He wouldn't nap this morning and I was at my wits end so I put him in the car and drove around for two hours with the windows down never once thinking that he had no sunscreen on 
So now he has a fever and a sunburn on his arm and part of his cheek and I feel like crying because I should of thought about sun on him since the windows were down and I didn't and I feel horrible.
So now he has a fever and a sunburn on his arm and part of his cheek and I feel like crying because I should of thought about sun on him since the windows were down and I didn't and I feel horrible. This discussion has been closed.
Re: I suck as a parent - he has a fever and is sunburnt
1.) You are an amazing mom for driving around for 2 hours just so your DS could sleep
2.) Give yourself a break! Who the heck would think of that? I sure wouldn't.
3.) Hugs to you and your sweet boy.
This. And if you weren't such a good mom you wouldn't be so upset with yourself. We all have moments that make us think we're bad moms, but it's just human moments.
Short story: when my oldest son was an infant (he's now nearly 12 y.o.) we were on a long road trip. It was just the two of us in the car and it was winter. It was mainly a long stretch of highway and so when there was a rest stop, I pulled over to feed him and change him. After we started driving again, he started crying. I thought it was because he wanted to be out of the car again and there was nothing I could do. There was no place to pull off and I was losing my mind with his crying. An hour later we got to our destination and when I took him out of his seat, I realized that when I had put his bunting back on him I had accidentally folded one of his hands bent back in the sleeve cap. He was crying because it hurt. I wanted to die. And while I know it was an accident, as a mom I felt terrible. Clearly it still bothers me a bit since I'm recalling it all these years later.