What is your worst parenting moment ever?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When all got the flu in 2017.

Myself, DH and DD6, DS3 and DS20mo.

It was terrible and DH and my 3-year-Old were so sick they couldn’t get out of bed.

We called in an emergency sitter service and kept getting denied because we were sick none of the on-call sitters wanted the job.

We have no family nearby and were desperate. We found a young college sitter via FB and just lied through our teeth to get her to come in and help.

We never told her we were sick. I made myself look as presentable as possible. Gave the kids new doses of meds and when she arrived asked her to entertain my 6 & 1-year-Old while we did work from home.

I went into my bedroom and totally crashed next to DH.

I missed calls and texts from her saying she was worried the kids were sick and they were running fever. I slept for 9 hours and the poor thing just stayed and played and figured it out.

We tipped her well but she was clearly unhappy and worried she’d get sick too.

Always felt bad. She blocked my number, which was a shame because she did a great job considering the circumstances.

You're a horrible person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When all got the flu in 2017.

Myself, DH and DD6, DS3 and DS20mo.

It was terrible and DH and my 3-year-Old were so sick they couldn’t get out of bed.

We called in an emergency sitter service and kept getting denied because we were sick none of the on-call sitters wanted the job.

We have no family nearby and were desperate. We found a young college sitter via FB and just lied through our teeth to get her to come in and help.

We never told her we were sick. I made myself look as presentable as possible. Gave the kids new doses of meds and when she arrived asked her to entertain my 6 & 1-year-Old while we did work from home.

I went into my bedroom and totally crashed next to DH.

I missed calls and texts from her saying she was worried the kids were sick and they were running fever. I slept for 9 hours and the poor thing just stayed and played and figured it out.

We tipped her well but she was clearly unhappy and worried she’d get sick too.

Always felt bad. She blocked my number, which was a shame because she did a great job considering the circumstances.

You're a horrible person.

I hope you are a troll. That is horrible!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was a new mom on maternity leave sitting inside a coffee shop that had large windows open to the outside.

Baby was about 2-3 months old and started to get a little fussy so I took her out of the stroller to rock her a little.

She looked at me, took a giant poop that shot all the way up her back, and then started screaming hysterically

While I was trying to calm her and contain the mess, a giant BIRD flew in the window and took the half of my coffee cake that was remaining.

I started crying right there in the coffee shop. I can't remember if I said, "what have I done? why did I do this?" or if I was just thinking it. Either way, it was a real low point to start motherhood. I walked back to my house with a tear stained face and a poo soaked shirt.

Oh no you poor thing that is a nightmare! I’m also laughing but damn that sucks hard

[Anonymous]

My daughter did this thing when she was 4 where she just said “cool” under her breath to herself ALL THE TIME. I got so tired of hearing it and one day snapped STOP SAYING COOL. Later she came to me and said “I’m sorry I said cool so much” and I definitely felt like a horrible human. Like damn, she just thought stuff was cool you b*tch.

There’s probably worse but this one always come to mind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter did this thing when she was 4 where she just said “cool” under her breath to herself ALL THE TIME. I got so tired of hearing it and one day snapped STOP SAYING COOL. Later she came to me and said “I’m sorry I said cool so much” and I definitely felt like a horrible human. Like damn, she just thought stuff was cool you b*tch.

There’s probably worse but this one always come to mind.

Eh. Did she go through the "like" phase yet? I once quietly said "like" after every SINGLE time my daughter said "like" while telling me a story. She cried and got super frustrated but it only took about an hour until she changed her speech pattern. I don't feel bad at all about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My daughter did this thing when she was 4 where she just said “cool” under her breath to herself ALL THE TIME. I got so tired of hearing it and one day snapped STOP SAYING COOL. Later she came to me and said “I’m sorry I said cool so much” and I definitely felt like a horrible human. Like damn, she just thought stuff was cool you b*tch.

There’s probably worse but this one always come to mind.

Eh. Did she go through the "like" phase yet? I once quietly said "like" after every SINGLE time my daughter said "like" while telling me a story. She cried and got super frustrated but it only took about an hour until she changed her speech pattern. I don't feel bad at all about it.

Cool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When all got the flu in 2017.

Myself, DH and DD6, DS3 and DS20mo.

It was terrible and DH and my 3-year-Old were so sick they couldn’t get out of bed.

We called in an emergency sitter service and kept getting denied because we were sick none of the on-call sitters wanted the job.

We have no family nearby and were desperate. We found a young college sitter via FB and just lied through our teeth to get her to come in and help.

We never told her we were sick. I made myself look as presentable as possible. Gave the kids new doses of meds and when she arrived asked her to entertain my 6 & 1-year-Old while we did work from home.

I went into my bedroom and totally crashed next to DH.

I missed calls and texts from her saying she was worried the kids were sick and they were running fever. I slept for 9 hours and the poor thing just stayed and played and figured it out.

We tipped her well but she was clearly unhappy and worried she’d get sick too.

Always felt bad. She blocked my number, which was a shame because she did a great job considering the circumstances.

This kind of made me laugh. I love the way you wrote it. How do you find a sitter on Facebook? Yikes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter did this thing when she was 4 where she just said “cool” under her breath to herself ALL THE TIME. I got so tired of hearing it and one day snapped STOP SAYING COOL. Later she came to me and said “I’m sorry I said cool so much” and I definitely felt like a horrible human. Like damn, she just thought stuff was cool you b*tch.

There’s probably worse but this one always come to mind.

I’m sorry but this made me laugh so hard!!! Only bc ive been there and then after the fact thought, wow. Chill out, B!

[Anonymous]

I went whale watching with my husband and three kids. Kid #1 got sea sick right away, so I went onto the deck with her and the baby. The more Kid #1 barfer, the sicker I felt. Within half an hour, I was barfing too. We literally threw up for hours, laying dry heaving on the floor of the boat as everyone was off enjoying the sea life. After awhile even the baby started barfing too. At one point, I was totally depleted. I lay on the floor barfing, with the baby laying on my chest and my daughter laying next to me, all covered in vomit and crying. I have never felt so pathetic. Other people look at us with complete pitch and slight amusement - I mean, we were a sad, sad slight, and we knew it, and there was literally nothing I could do about it except wait til we were back on land.

My freaking husband and our middle daughter were up on the top deck, enjoying the day. I lost it at my husband when he finally found us at the end of the whale watch, wondering where we had been all day and if we had enjoyed ourselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was just at the playground with my 2 year old and my 7 year old. I was busy watching my 7 year old because a homeless man was sitting on a bench close to where she was playing and he was drinking beer while watching her. I obviously looked away from my 2 year old and she fell from the top of the playground. It had to of been at least 6 feet. The ground was bouncy/absorbent thankfully, so I don't think she got hurt. She did cry from the scare of it all. There were 2 other moms there, judging me I'm sure. I'm so embarrassed and feel like the worst mother right now.

What's your worst parenting moment?

My six year old did that. He just took a couple steps backward and walked right off. I didn’t have any other kids and ran over as fast as I could. Didn’t get there fast enough and he fell right off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went whale watching with my husband and three kids. Kid #1 got sea sick right away, so I went onto the deck with her and the baby. The more Kid #1 barfer, the sicker I felt. Within half an hour, I was barfing too. We literally threw up for hours, laying dry heaving on the floor of the boat as everyone was off enjoying the sea life. After awhile even the baby started barfing too. At one point, I was totally depleted. I lay on the floor barfing, with the baby laying on my chest and my daughter laying next to me, all covered in vomit and crying. I have never felt so pathetic. Other people look at us with complete pitch and slight amusement - I mean, we were a sad, sad slight, and we knew it, and there was literally nothing I could do about it except wait til we were back on land.

My freaking husband and our middle daughter were up on the top deck, enjoying the day. I lost it at my husband when he finally found us at the end of the whale watch, wondering where we had been all day and if we had enjoyed ourselves.

Are you still married to your husband? Ha ha

[Anonymous]

I am sad to see this thread slip away. Favorite stories in quite some time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went whale watching with my husband and three kids. Kid #1 got sea sick right away, so I went onto the deck with her and the baby. The more Kid #1 barfer, the sicker I felt. Within half an hour, I was barfing too. We literally threw up for hours, laying dry heaving on the floor of the boat as everyone was off enjoying the sea life. After awhile even the baby started barfing too. At one point, I was totally depleted. I lay on the floor barfing, with the baby laying on my chest and my daughter laying next to me, all covered in vomit and crying. I have never felt so pathetic. Other people look at us with complete pitch and slight amusement - I mean, we were a sad, sad slight, and we knew it, and there was literally nothing I could do about it except wait til we were back on land.

My freaking husband and our middle daughter were up on the top deck, enjoying the day. I lost it at my husband when he finally found us at the end of the whale watch, wondering where we had been all day and if we had enjoyed ourselves.

OMG. That sounds nightmarish. Mistake #1 was taking the baby with you while caring for a sea sick kid. I would have passed the baby onto DH before going to the top deck!

[Anonymous]

When DS was a baby (maybe 3 or 4 mo old?) I threw a blanket over him while he was in his car seat to keep him warm, but in my sleep deprived new mom haze did not realize I hadn’t buckled him in until we got to our destination. Thankfully we were going a mile down the road and all was fine, but I’m now super paranoid about buckling my kids’ car seats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went whale watching with my husband and three kids. Kid #1 got sea sick right away, so I went onto the deck with her and the baby. The more Kid #1 barfer, the sicker I felt. Within half an hour, I was barfing too. We literally threw up for hours, laying dry heaving on the floor of the boat as everyone was off enjoying the sea life. After awhile even the baby started barfing too. At one point, I was totally depleted. I lay on the floor barfing, with the baby laying on my chest and my daughter laying next to me, all covered in vomit and crying. I have never felt so pathetic. Other people look at us with complete pitch and slight amusement - I mean, we were a sad, sad slight, and we knew it, and there was literally nothing I could do about it except wait til we were back on land.

My freaking husband and our middle daughter were up on the top deck, enjoying the day. I lost it at my husband when he finally found us at the end of the whale watch, wondering where we had been all day and if we had enjoyed ourselves.

I am shocked no one offered to help you. I always carry wipes and would have cleaned your baby and tried to find your husband for you.