Anonymous
10/15/2019 22:39
Subject: What is your worst parenting moment ever?
I broke my then-7 month old’s femur. He started to fall off my lap (accidentally jarred by my toddler daughter and her friend) and I caught him about 10 inches of fall later and apparently the force of the fall plus catch broke his leg. We didn’t actually realize for 4 days. The particular type of fracture he had is intentional 50% of the time; we are incredibly lucky CPS wasn’t called on us. Luckily, he was 100% fine 1 month later.
My then-9 month old (different kid) fell all the way down the basement steps. My toddler apparently opened the door; didn’t even know that he could. Luckily they were padded and he must have rolled in stages (and he luckily didn’t go off the side which he absolutely could have). He actually only cried the same amount as he does when he falls after taking a few steps as he’s learning to walk. Freaking miracle that he wasn’t injured at all; but when I saw him at the bottom of the stairs just looking shell shocked... OMG.
My then-9 month old (different kid) fell all the way down the basement steps. My toddler apparently opened the door; didn’t even know that he could. Luckily they were padded and he must have rolled in stages (and he luckily didn’t go off the side which he absolutely could have). He actually only cried the same amount as he does when he falls after taking a few steps as he’s learning to walk. Freaking miracle that he wasn’t injured at all; but when I saw him at the bottom of the stairs just looking shell shocked... OMG.
Anonymous
10/15/2019 21:17
Subject: What is your worst parenting moment ever?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
Pretty sure 90% of people forget to buckle their child at some point. If that's really your worst, good lawd.
We had been changing around car seats once and I guess mine was just in my car and not buckled because I got home from the grocery store and my kid was buckled in to the car seat. The carseat was laying on its side in the backseat.
13 years later I can’t stop laughing at remembering the image of my kid buckled in to a carseat on its side in the backseat.
To answer the title question: yelling at said kid regarding homework. She acts SO LAZY and I know the homework is easy for her so it infuriates me when she procrastinates so much
Anonymous
10/15/2019 21:10
Subject: What is your worst parenting moment ever?
Page 7 is when every good thread gets real.
Universal, the autistic kid screaming about being kdinapped, the dad who left the kid in the shopping cart! The 2 year old in the street, the “orphan” costume—so many winning parenting moments here.
Universal, the autistic kid screaming about being kdinapped, the dad who left the kid in the shopping cart! The 2 year old in the street, the “orphan” costume—so many winning parenting moments here.
Anonymous
10/15/2019 21:06
Subject: What is your worst parenting moment ever?
Anonymous wrote:I have so many. There was the time my husband left the baby in the cart in the grocery store parking lot and drove home, with one kid and a load of groceries. We raced back to the store - only a few blocks away - in sheer panic. No one got arrested but we had a lot of tears and a lot of explaining.
Oh shit!
Anonymous
10/15/2019 21:01
Subject: What is your worst parenting moment ever?
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.
I can't decide whether to totally judge you or to applaud your (questionable) ingenuity. Sounds like such a nightmare situation and I can't figure out an alternative that would actually work. Maybe pay out the wazoo for home health support? I'm sure under the circumstances, you weren't in a position to come up with great options. I also can't believe that she didn't come bust your door down since you were supposedly "working from home." But good for her for blocking your number - she clearly wasn't going to sign up for that again. Hope you recovered soon after!
Anonymous
10/15/2019 20:57
Subject: What is your worst parenting moment ever?
Anonymous wrote:I have so many. There was the time my husband left the baby in the cart in the grocery store parking lot and drove home, with one kid and a load of groceries. We raced back to the store - only a few blocks away - in sheer panic. No one got arrested but we had a lot of tears and a lot of explaining.
Ok, you started this with "I have so many." If this is only one of them, we just have to hear more. I am literally crying and nearly hyperventilating thinking through your husband walking in the door with the groceries and the toddler and you're all, "want me to get the baby out of the car?" and he just freezes all wide-eyed.
Anonymous
10/15/2019 20:02
Subject: What is your worst parenting moment ever?
Anonymous wrote:I have so many. There was the time my husband left the baby in the cart in the grocery store parking lot and drove home, with one kid and a load of groceries. We raced back to the store - only a few blocks away - in sheer panic. No one got arrested but we had a lot of tears and a lot of explaining.
Oh. My. God.
Thank you for this confession. The bar has significantly moved.
Anonymous
10/15/2019 20:00
Subject: What is your worst parenting moment ever?
Anonymous wrote:I have so many. There was the time my husband left the baby in the cart in the grocery store parking lot and drove home, with one kid and a load of groceries. We raced back to the store - only a few blocks away - in sheer panic. No one got arrested but we had a lot of tears and a lot of explaining.
There was the time we had to call poison control because the baby tried to eat a box of matches. The time that I got stung by a bee (allergic) and went into shock, and the ambulance came for me before my husband could get home. They left the baby with the neighbors, who had just moved in and we didn't know too well. The time that we were in a foreign country and my daughter broke her arm in a hotel room fall, and it took hours to find a hospital that would accept a foreign patient and then the police insisted on opening a child abuse claim against us. (As soon as we tried to hire an attorney, they dropped the charges, it turns out they were looking for a bribe but we didn't understand as it was all in another language.) The time that my kid was the only one not to come to school dressed like her favorite book character, because I was out of town and totally spaced it, and someone told her that it was okay, she was dressed like an orphan and she asked me who that was. So so so so many worst moments. Fortunately, we have far more amazing moments to balance it all out.
Anonymous
10/15/2019 19:47
Subject: What is your worst parenting moment ever?
I have so many. There was the time my husband left the baby in the cart in the grocery store parking lot and drove home, with one kid and a load of groceries. We raced back to the store - only a few blocks away - in sheer panic. No one got arrested but we had a lot of tears and a lot of explaining.
Anonymous
10/15/2019 18:04
Subject: What is your worst parenting moment ever?
We were moving, and the moving crew left the front door open while they were working. My then 2.5 year old escaped without anyone noticing; I thought he was with my husband, my husband thought he was with me and our 6 month old. We found him running around in the middle of the street.
Anonymous
10/15/2019 17:53
Subject: What is your worst parenting moment ever?
Anonymous wrote:Some of your confessions seem really tame to me. Our youngest has ASD so we have had some difficult outings.
Lost our middle child at Universal studios and they had to do an Amber Alert. Did not find him for almost an hour. Worst hour of my life.
Had to carry youngest out of target once over my shoulder while he screamed I hate You! You aren't my mommy! (was obsessed with clocks and wanted to buy a clock). Also people were staring at me wondering "Should I call 911? Is this a kidnap situation?"
Apartment neighbors called CPS on us when our oldest had colic. For suspected child abuse.
OMG losing your kid at Universal. I’m so glad he was okay. Somebody called CPS on us too when our child had a bruise. We are all still traumatized.
Anonymous
10/15/2019 14:39
Subject: What is your worst parenting moment ever?
Some of your confessions seem really tame to me. Our youngest has ASD so we have had some difficult outings.
Lost our middle child at Universal studios and they had to do an Amber Alert. Did not find him for almost an hour. Worst hour of my life.
Had to carry youngest out of target once over my shoulder while he screamed I hate You! You aren't my mommy! (was obsessed with clocks and wanted to buy a clock). Also people were staring at me wondering "Should I call 911? Is this a kidnap situation?"
Apartment neighbors called CPS on us when our oldest had colic. For suspected child abuse.
Lost our middle child at Universal studios and they had to do an Amber Alert. Did not find him for almost an hour. Worst hour of my life.
Had to carry youngest out of target once over my shoulder while he screamed I hate You! You aren't my mommy! (was obsessed with clocks and wanted to buy a clock). Also people were staring at me wondering "Should I call 911? Is this a kidnap situation?"
Apartment neighbors called CPS on us when our oldest had colic. For suspected child abuse.
Anonymous
10/14/2019 23:08
Subject: What is your worst parenting moment ever?
Anonymous wrote:I took my kid and in laws to the zoo, and we ate lunch at the cafe there. DS missed his nap window. He had a major tantrum and made himself projectile vomit on me. This is in 90 degree summer heat. I wrestled him into his car seat and shut the door. I start crying and hiss I hate you under my breath. This causes MIL to burst into tears and hug me. She gets covered in vomit too.
You should post this story in the thread about the 1:30 Thanksgiving meal start time!!
Anonymous
10/14/2019 22:52
Subject: What is your worst parenting moment ever?
I took my kid and in laws to the zoo, and we ate lunch at the cafe there. DS missed his nap window. He had a major tantrum and made himself projectile vomit on me. This is in 90 degree summer heat. I wrestled him into his car seat and shut the door. I start crying and hiss I hate you under my breath. This causes MIL to burst into tears and hug me. She gets covered in vomit too.
Anonymous
10/14/2019 22:33
Subject: What is your worst parenting moment ever?
Anonymous wrote: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.
Pretty sure 90% of people forget to buckle their child at some point. If that's really your worst, good lawd.