No more... All mothers please read!

[Bathsheba]

I agree! And yes, it's good that it's in this section (was it in the General one?) as it will probably be seen for longer... that General thread has such a fast turnover things get lost.

Well said Cai and credit to your inspiration too!

[Oorki Galoorki]

Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou(if i had started a similar thread i would have been barrel rolled for it not coming out right ). I to get the heebie jeebies seeing mums asking for sympathy about their own choices.
Please be confident in what you choose. if your not sure, hold off(generally its ok to wait a few hours or days to make a decision)
Only you and your family have to live with your choices and when you publish them you may get opposition to it but YOU have to have control.

[widdly]

great idea Rouge.

Ellissa, well said

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

Cheers Rouge. Good call.

kelebek: weetabix for tea is considered bad in some circles? OK, let's forget I do that one now... not likely, DS prefers that to anything else.

[Muppity]

Well said ladies.

[Mak]

Great thread - it is amazing how much a change of approach can impact the family dynamics.
Generally people all do the best job they can at the time, with the tools and resources available. I really believe the key is trying to reflect on how you can improve/refine your approach rather than beat yourself up about past events. This can take quite some effort to achieve and is harder without sleep, support, time etc....

Thanks for the reminder and food for thought! x

[Jennifer13]

No one is a 'bad' Mum, just a Mum trying to do their best! It's fine to seek reassurance when you feel you haven't done something perfectly (or as well as you would have liked), but I also agree the use of language is important.

"Whoops, I made a mistake" is very different to labelling yourself as 'bad'.