I figure I'm a halfway decent mom, but I have two small kids - they're 3 and 2 and get into a bit of trouble.
A FB friend posted a picture of a toddler passed out on their floor - he had taken off his diaper and smeared poop all over. It's pretty funny.
Someone else posted something along the lines of "Who would leave a toddler alone long enough to do this? Awesome parenting..." Not verbatim but something like that.
I've had two under two. Sometimes I have to shut them in their rooms to run off some steam before they crawl into bed and fall asleep. I've sat downstairs and worked at my kitchen table, not knowing one of them was going nuts with a thing of baby powder upstairs. I posted that it only takes seconds for a toddler to decide they're the picasso of poop, she said she must come from different roots... whatever that's supposed to mean, ha.
I asked if she had kids - she got offended and never answered the question, lol.
Is it just my kids that are crazy? Am I a bad mom for actually taking a few minutes to go to the bathroom by myself or take a shower or leaving them in their (childproofed) rooms to nap? Is it possible to always have your eyes on your kids 100% so that they never get into trouble?
Re: Scratching my head... (NSPR)
J2 11.17.08
See, that's what I thought!
There's nothing wrong with different parenting philosophies... And attachment parenting is just fine - there just comes to be a point where the kids don't want to be so attached anymore.
I assumed if she was a parent she would have taken the opportunity to brag about her little angel or something, but she got all snippy.
What's the saying... something about how everyone is a parenting expert until they have kids?
My DD did this at nap time once. It is not uncommon behavior. DD would go in her room for "nap" and just look at books and play for an hour or so at that age. She hasn't napped since she turned 2. DS doesn't nap either, but he still stays in his crib for a half hour or so, to rest. DD was out of her crib by 2.
It's gross, but kids are.
J2 11.17.08
My kids have never done that either... yet. I've had to clean up just about everything else, it seems. And during potty training for ODD there have been some messy misses.
YDD just turned 2... it may or may not happen.
ODD got lip stain all over her face a few weeks ago... YDD found my Urban Decay eyeliner, that doesn't come off either.
The person who posted it doesn't have kids either - he found the picture on one of those sites with the funny pictures and reposted it...
I'm just wondering what planet someone lives on that they think you can keep toddlers out of trouble, 100% of the time.
This is all hypothetical
If you have no kids you just don't understand the concept. If you don't have ten sets of eyes and the ability to be in two places at once then you'll probably miss your child taking their diaper off and smearing poop, eating something gross, destroying something, etc (the possibilities are endless, really).
That parent probably laid their kid down for a nap and came in later to find that scene. Or maybe they went to the bathroom. Or were cooking dinner.
Sh!t happens and no one's perfect!
About a year ago, I had a friend living with us (me and the husband-thing). He has a 3 yr old boy, 2 yrs at the time, and we had laid him down for a nap in his PnP and shut the door to my friend's room. About 2 hrs later, we checked on him and he got bored waiting for us so he dug into his diaper and covered himself and the PnP in poop. Though none on the carpet luckily.
You can't watch them 24/7!