Share your worst "Bad Mommy" experiences...

michdance

I'm not saying any of you are bad mommy's, but share any experiences that made you FEEL like a "bad mommy." I will go first...

Today I was sitting in the backseat with DD while she was in her carseat, and I was tickling her face. My dad went over a big bump and I totally poked her HARD in the eye!  She cried the hardest I've EVER heard her cry, and has a pink left eyeball because of it!  I felt horrible!!!!

Aknight1986

The other night I was getting him out of the cosleeper for his 4am feeding and bumped his head on the side. He screamed and I cried because I felt so bad. He was fine and didn't even have a bump but I still feel horrible. I blame it on being a very tired mommy.

michdance

MrsJulieT:

I accidentally locked my kids in the car today when we got to the mall. The rescue included the fire department and all. Sigh...it was not my best mommy moment.

 

Oh my goodness!  That's one of my biggest fears, because it's SOOOO easy to do!  Every time I put her in the car I think how easy it would be to accidentally lock her in the car.  Glad they are ok:-)

sjc2005

A few weeks ago I was making a craft with a friend and left DD with DH (knowing he was very tired) and he fell asleep holding her in bed and dropped her on the hardwood floor I heard it from the other room and somehow (mommies intuition?) knew exactly what it was. I can't tell you the last time I ran that fast. Of course I took her to the ER and she had a CT scan and thank God everything is ok.

A few weeks before that I shut DS's fingers in the door....yeah I suck lol

caltman

I felt so bad when I was trying to cut her little finger nails and accidentally nipped the end of her finger.  She cried with tears and it made me cry too!

sjc2005

michdance:

MrsJulieT:

I accidentally locked my kids in the car today when we got to the mall. The rescue included the fire department and all. Sigh...it was not my best mommy moment.

 

Oh my goodness!  That's one of my biggest fears, because it's SOOOO easy to do!  Every time I put her in the car I think how easy it would be to accidentally lock her in the car.  Glad they are ok:-)

 

Big fear of mine as well! I always let DS play with my keys and I'm afraid he will accidently hit the lock button or that I will set them on my front seat and accidently lock the doors...it could seriously happen to anyone!

Hip2Bsquare

Today I got Sam's vaccines. I feel like a bad mommy because she got ALL the vaccines today and I really wanted to go with a delayed schedule. Anyways it sucked watching her get the shots and the rest of today she has cried if you even touch her little thighs a tiny bit. She hasn't felt good all day and I feel horrible. I should have put my foot down more. I also have a different pedi every time we go to the base hospital but the doctors are all being rotated around. I much prefer to see the same pedi every time and that feels the same way about vaccine schedules as us. I guess I just feel like a push over and not a very good advocate for my daughter today.

michdance

Italiannvegas:

Today I got Sam's vaccines. I feel like a bad mommy because she got ALL the vaccines today and I really wanted to go with a delayed schedule. Anyways it sucked watching her get the shots and the rest of today she has cried if you even touch her little thighs a tiny bit. She hasn't felt good all day and I feel horrible. I should have put my foot down more. I also have a different pedi every time we go to the base hospital but the doctors are all being rotated around. I much prefer to see the same pedi every time and that feels the same way about vaccine schedules as us. I guess I just feel like a push over and not a very good advocate for my daughter today.

 

Ugh...I'm NOT looking forward to the 2 month shots I have coming up!!!!!  I'm gonna cry harder than DD does!!

amberfernandez

MrsJulieT:

I accidentally locked my kids in the car today when we got to the mall. The rescue included the fire department and all. Sigh...it was not my best mommy moment.

This scares the crap out of me!  Thankfully my Prius won't let you lock the keys inside.  In the past I always got mad at my husband when he had my car keys in the pocket of his jacket in the car, and I couldn't lock my car until I found the keys, but now, I'm grateful!

carole&clark

Last night DD wouldn't sleep. She just wanted to be held and held. Every time I would put her down she would cry. At 4:00am, after being up with her for hours, she finally seemed truly asleep. I put her down and curled up and had just fallen asleep when she woke up. Frustrated, I got up, stood over her and in a loud tone said, "WHY won't you SLEEP, for the love of GOD???" She stopped crying, looked at me, then burst out crying louder. I have never felt more terrible in my entire life.

numeria11

carole&clark:

Last night DD wouldn't sleep. She just wanted to be held and held. Every time I would put her down she would cry. At 4:00am, after being up with her for hours, she finally seemed truly asleep. I put her down and curled up and had just fallen asleep when she woke up. Frustrated, I got up, stood over her and in a loud tone said, "WHY won't you SLEEP, for the love of GOD???" She stopped crying, looked at me, then burst out crying louder. I have never felt more terrible in my entire life.

Been there to a T.  It's one of those things where you are like "I know I shouldnt be angry and I know this wont help but seriously God why wont you stop crying?" 

ChristinaD09

I ran him into a doorway in the first week...twice.  I cried both times I did it--its just so wierd to have this little guy attached to you and I forgot to save enough room to get through the doorway with his little head sticking out from my arms.

pandagirl15

MrsJulieT:

I accidentally locked my kids in the car today when we got to the mall. The rescue included the fire department and all. Sigh...it was not my best mommy moment.

I did this too.  It was terrible.  She was out within 15 minutes, but I couldn't believe it.  The guy who came to unlock my doors said it happens all the time.  That didn't really make me feel any better.

ETA:  And the that night I poked her in the eye.  Thank goodness it was closed!  We had quite a few crying episodes that night for both of us!

avada_kedavra

caltman:

I felt so bad when I was trying to cut her little finger nails and accidentally nipped the end of her finger.  She cried with tears and it made me cry too!

yup, i did this yesterday. 

tlmommy2b:)

numeria11:

carole&clark:

Last night DD wouldn't sleep. She just wanted to be held and held. Every time I would put her down she would cry. At 4:00am, after being up with her for hours, she finally seemed truly asleep. I put her down and curled up and had just fallen asleep when she woke up. Frustrated, I got up, stood over her and in a loud tone said, "WHY won't you SLEEP, for the love of GOD???" She stopped crying, looked at me, then burst out crying louder. I have never felt more terrible in my entire life.

Been there to a T.  It's one of those things where you are like "I know I shouldnt be angry and I know this wont help but seriously God why wont you stop crying?" 

I did something similar but it was more like a cussing rampage on the way from my bed to LO's crib the other night. I didn't yell or cuss at HER just at myself and the situation. When I got to her crib I realized how ridiculous I was being and stopped but I still feel bad about it.  

spring_time

DS was crying, crying, crying and DH was not home to help me. My nerves were absolutely frayed so I followed my pediatricians advice, set him down (safely?) in his bassinet in the sleep positioner, and stepped outside to regain my cool.  When I came back in, he was screaming even harder.  I went to pick him up and he had scooted out of his swaddle, out of his diaper, and over the back of the sleep positioner.  He was hanging off the back of it with his little face smooshed up against the side of the bassinet. I have never felt so terrible in my entire life.