Mummy Guilt - The good, the bad and the funny

[Tegam]

i have been using some to start the fire with

you win rofl

[nickle730]

I'm taking Zoloft for PND. This morning, DD 8 asked 'Mum, why do you take that medicine every morning?' I answered, 'It's my happy pill, sweets, it stops me from being Grumpy Mummy'. DS 6 pipes in with, 'Well, mummy, I think you'd better go back to the doctor - it's not working!!'

Oooo, am I that bad? I think he was joking! He has a great sense of humor and often cracks jokes. He was joking... right?

[*Ash*]

I'm taking Zoloft for PND. This morning, DD 8 asked 'Mum, why do you take that medicine every morning?' I answered, 'It's my happy pill, sweets, it stops me from being Grumpy Mummy'. DS 6 pipes in with, 'Well, mummy, I think you'd better go back to the doctor - it's not working!!'

Oooo, am I that bad? I think he was joking! He has a great sense of humor and often cracks jokes. He was joking... right?

I am feeling guilty because I am just not a 'stage mum'. I am dreading DD's school play - not the actual performance, but all the preparation required of me. I am not a seamstress, yet I have to produce a decent duckling costume, I am required to bake 2 cakes for the night and sell raffle tickets. It just feels like a big hassle to me....yep, I feel guilty even saying that!

[Honeybee]

Happens to my daughter as well She considers EVERY kid she meets her *new best friend* ... Breaks my heart everytime a kid rejects her friendliness ... but instead of bursting into tears, er, I explain rather LOUDLY that the reason the child didn't say hello back is due to the parenting :O ... wait, is that being a mean mum or just being a b!tch?

Have you considered that perhaps some of those other children are shy? My DS doesn't often interact with strangers because he is shy. This is not due to 'parenting', it's just how he is. I am working all the time to encourage him, to little avail. It would really hurt if I overheard a *****y comment about my parenting because my child didn't respond to someone when we were out and about. Not all kids are the same, and if they aren't always polite and sociable it's often not due to bad parenting, as I believe was your implication.