^^ I've totally gone grocery shopping without LOs diaper bag. I had a long ass grocery list, too. I had also forgotten his paci. Totally unprepared. Luckily, he was in a good mood and then fell asleep
One of the twins was fussy at Target so I took her out of her car seat. When I was checking out I set her back down in her car seat. Without buckling her in her car seat we drove all the way home....oops!
I have my recheck today after the placement of my Mirena 6 weeks ago, and I didn't want to go into the OBs office with swamp ass, so I fed LO and got him into a good mood, then put him in his crib to take a shower. This is the first time I've done this during the day. Usually DH is home and he watches him while I shower, or I wait until LO is asleep for the night and I shower with the monitor on the bathroom counter where I can see if it turns on. Well, for some reason the monitor decided not to turn on when he started to make noise, so I thought that I was hearing phantom crying because I looked and the parent unit was powered on, but the screen hadn't turned on and there was no sound coming out. Then I for sure was hearing him cry, even thru the shower noise. So I finished up as fast as I could and went in there, and poor guy had worked himself into a lather (no pun intended, ha). He was freaking out. I had to pick him up and snuggle him and ended up having to put on my eye cream and moisturizer one handed because he was still trying to calm down and wanted to be held. I felt SO bad. Even tho I was hurrying, I am not a fast shower-er. I have no idea how long he had been crying. I'm making it up to him by letting him have a snuggle nap right now.
^^awe I am so nervous about this that if I MUST shower while alone with my boy, I have a bassinet mattress that I keep in the bathroom closet and I set it up in the bathroom so that he can nap or play or watch mommy and not be alone - it is very likely more than a tad overboard but he cries violently if left alone and I am not ready to let that happen. Hopefully your monitor stops malfunctioning. I am sure baby is no worse for the wear...and enjoyed the nap with his mommy.
^^I put the playmat on the floor of the bathroom, it keeps her entertained for long enough to let me shower, plus I can still talk to her if she starts to fuss.
Melly I wouldn't feel too bad. A girl needs her shower! I usually don't let LO cry unless we're in the car. When I shower (with her), I put her in the bouncy seat in the bathroom. She just stares at all the towels and shower curtain or plays with her retractable vibrating frog that hangs on her chair. This way I can play peek a boo with her if she starts getting fussy. Added bonus is a steamy bathroom has been good for her cough since she's been sick.
My parenting fail? DS fell off the kitchen counter last night when he was helping me clean the fish tank. My cat like reflexes kicked in and I caught him awkwardly before he hit the floor, but he was still freaked out and cried.
I feel guilty. I leave mine to shower on a play mat in his room. The shower is right next to it though. I can hear him playing and if he cried, I'd hop out.
I feel guilty. I leave mine to shower on a play mat in his room. The shower is right next to it though. I can hear him playing and if he cried, I'd hop out.
Same exact here! Her room is next to the bathroom, I leave the doors open and leave her on a mat. She just started rolling though, I'm screwed!
Yeah his room is right across from the bathroom so I just went right in dripping.
I don't know what was going on with the monitor, but I powered it off and back on again and toggled the vox off and back on, then tested it and it worked. Now I guess I'll just be sure to check it before I wander off
I let DH's 10 year old niece take the baby into another room to play, while I helped clean the kitchen. Within 30 seconds, LO was violently screaming. She said she has no idea what happened. I'm not sure I believe her, but she's a good kid, so I don't think she did anything bad on purpose. I'm just the idiot who trusted a 10 year old with my baby.
LO calmed down after a minute or two, and still wanted to play with her. So I don't feel too terrible. But yeah. No more unsupervised babies watching babies. X_X
When DS was a week old we were in the living room so daddy could sleep for work and I dropped my phone on his face. Didn't even wake up. Dad has also pinched his skin in the car seat buckle and I kneeled on his poor little hand (it didn't break). I felt awful for all.
I put mine in a bouncy seat in the bathroom while I shower.
I accidentally hit his head on my parents dining room table when I was picking him up off the rug. He cried so hard and it left a mark. Ugh I felt awful!
Last night on the way to my cousins soccer game we had to turn around halfway there because I forgot to pack a bottle for baby girl. And then today I left my mom 4 bottles and no nipple when she babysat for me. Idiot of the year over here. Luckily she had a few bottles at her house she was able to use.
LO was smelling unusually funky so I gave her a bath tonight. Apparently I didn't have the water warm enough and her lower lip quivered the whole time. It was the most pitiful thing I've seen. Poor girl. She got extra cuddles to warm up after. Even with 2 kids, I can't seem to get the temp right.
LO was smelling unusually funky so I gave her a bath tonight. Apparently I didn't have the water warm enough and her lower lip quivered the whole time. It was the most pitiful thing I've seen. Poor girl. She got extra cuddles to warm up after. Even with 2 kids, I can't seem to get the temp right.
DH is annoyingly critical of how I run the bath. Never full enough and always too warm. Last night I ran the bath while he undressed her, then went to clean the kitchen. Definitely heard him dump the bath water and redo it! Wth dude!
^^^ I keep a thermometer on the edge of the tub and take the water temp until it is perfect for LO because I don't trust my judgement since I like my water scalding hot.
^^we have 2 temperature testers. One looks like a credit card with mood ring like sensors that change color based on the correct temperature. It was from the hospital when the babies were born. The other is a "Ducktometer" that looks like a rubber duck. MIL got it for us on Amazon. No worries about water temp here.
^^We use this thermometer we got from babies r us. I love it, it's so cute and easy to use. I have to make sure the water is really stirred up and give it a couple minutes to sit before I trust it's reading, which I guess makes sense for any thermometer. But I recommend it if anybody needs a good one or wants a cute one haha. It has a digital read so you get an actual number so I can always get the water the same temperature each time (97 degrees)..And this makes my perfectionist heart very happy.
^^We use this thermometer we got from babies r us. I love it, it's so cute and easy to use. I have to make sure the water is really stirred up and give it a couple minutes to sit before I trust it's reading, which I guess makes sense for any thermometer. But I recommend it if anybody needs a good one or wants a cute one haha. It has a digital read so you get an actual number so I can always get the water the same temperature each time (97 degrees)..And this makes my perfectionist heart very happy.
This one quit working on me after a week and kept telling me it was too hot when the water was luke warm. I just go by feel now. LO likes it on the hot side so that's what we go by.
^^^it won't let me like anyone's posts...I click "love it" and it just blinks and resets itself??? I saw your picture too, but it wouldn't let me view it beyond the thumbnail...did the same thing as when I clicked to like...blinks and nothing
We had our first injury today.. She was sitting up in the middle of the boppy today and my boss texted me so I started to text him back while I kept one hand on LO. I thought I had her, but then at some point started paying more attention to my text than her and she leaned forward and reached for a toy, and did a face plant on top of the plastic toy and of course just laid there on the rug screaming while my brain tried to process what just happened.... She only screamed for a few seconds though, and only had a tiny red spot on her eyebrow, but it scared me so bad! I felt terrible! But she was fine.. So moral of the story is don't text and parent at the same time
I forgot to bring pumping bottles to work and I didn't want to lose an hour going home and back. I kept one 5 oz bottle in with my pump, but that isn't enough. So I bought a bottle of water at the shop downstairs and pumped into the 5 oz bottle then dumped it in the water bottle. DH thought it was hilarious. I didn't know what else to do. What can I say, I'm a classy broad.
I'm suffering some genuine mom guilt over this one. I let DS have a pudding cup in the living room for breakfast (we don't usually have pudding for breakfast, save the judgment.) He managed to drop a big ol glob on the table/rug and proceeded to get it everywhere. Change of cloths, wipe down face, chest, and hands I didn't see it because our rug is brown. Then it got on the white(ish) carpet we just had cleaned. I totally lost my shit and threw a toddler style fit over the mess. Slamming doors, attitude, tears...yes a toddler style melt down. Wtf is wrong with me? It's freaking pudding. I CAN clean up the mess. He even said, "I'll try to do better next time momma. I'm sorry momma. You mad momma?" Oh lord, cue the guilt. He was even quiet on the way to school, normally talks the whole time. I feel like a shit mom today. I seriously need to pull it together, get some sleep, and put on my new perspective goggles.
@lovethatcolosun - sorry your day started that way - you're not the only mother to throw a fit, and you won't be the last...happens to the best of us. There are rough days where I reflect in bed at night and swear to be more patient or nice the next day - I too feel guilt if I loose my cool. DS will have forgiven you and love you by the time you pick him up today.
@lovethatcolosun I've been there. It's hard. The only thing you can do is apologize and give DS a hug and let it go. This is a tough job. But I think it is good for our kids to hear us apologize and know that adults make mistakes, too. You're a good mom. And maybe it's because my DS is about the same age as yours, but pudding for breakfast doesn't even make me flinch.
Thanks ladies. I sat him down and apologized when he got home. He said, "I forgive you mom." And then gave me a big hug. We all make mistakes. All is well.
I've been dealing with a stomach bug all weekend, and got very little sleep. I was watching lo this morning while DH was getting ready for work. I set her up on the floor of the living room with toys and laid down next to her. I must have dozed off, and I woke up to the sound of her playing in the dog food. Whoops!
I guess I should be proud that she was able to scoot herself all the way across the room to get to the dog food. But now I feel like we need to get a jump on baby proofing.
Me: Where's LO? DH: She's out on the blanket. **walks toward blanket where she was playing** DH: ...Oh, she's just behind the couch chewing on the laptop cord...
Well we have had some days with popping not happening I think being more consistent about solids why. Not the fail it came when I went to change his diaper and he was pushing a decent amount of poop out so I was letting him before I put a new one on and well he peed in his own eye oops he wasn't very happy about it. Is it terrible I was just glad it wasn't all over me.
Re: Parenting fails
Well, for some reason the monitor decided not to turn on when he started to make noise, so I thought that I was hearing phantom crying because I looked and the parent unit was powered on, but the screen hadn't turned on and there was no sound coming out. Then I for sure was hearing him cry, even thru the shower noise. So I finished up as fast as I could and went in there, and poor guy had worked himself into a lather (no pun intended, ha). He was freaking out. I had to pick him up and snuggle him and ended up having to put on my eye cream and moisturizer one handed because he was still trying to calm down and wanted to be held.
I felt SO bad. Even tho I was hurrying, I am not a fast shower-er. I have no idea how long he had been crying. I'm making it up to him by letting him have a snuggle nap right now.
My parenting fail? DS fell off the kitchen counter last night when he was helping me clean the fish tank. My cat like reflexes kicked in and I caught him awkwardly before he hit the floor, but he was still freaked out and cried.
I've only left her a handful of times to shower, but I try to be super quick.
I don't know what was going on with the monitor, but I powered it off and back on again and toggled the vox off and back on, then tested it and it worked. Now I guess I'll just be sure to check it before I wander off
LO calmed down after a minute or two, and still wanted to play with her. So I don't feel too terrible. But yeah. No more unsupervised babies watching babies. X_X
I accidentally hit his head on my parents dining room table when I was picking him up off the rug. He cried so hard and it left a mark. Ugh I felt awful!
Don't worry he's fine. He rode his bike down stairs this am no problem and managed to do this out walking home from the bookstore. Wth?
...and I'm crying again.
I guess I should be proud that she was able to scoot herself all the way across the room to get to the dog food. But now I feel like we need to get a jump on baby proofing.
Hope you feel better!
DH: She's out on the blanket. **walks toward blanket where she was playing**
DH: ...Oh, she's just behind the couch chewing on the laptop cord...