Welcome to the bad mother club!

[Feijoa Mum]

I have been constantly telling DS19mths,over the last few days, to stop throwing his toys and confiscating them when he continues to do it. This morning he had his wooden Thomas train and he threw it in the air. Sure enough it came down and smacked him on the forehead. (he was watching it so it landed right in the middle)
He absolutely howled!! I just stood there and said to him "I warned you that would happen" and left him screaming in the kitchen. He followed me around but realised he wasnt going to get sympathy from me so after five minutes he went back to the TV to wimper on his own.
Now about and hour and half later having just changed his bum and realised he has a big angry looking welt and his head! It is already starting to bruise so has been iced and arnica'd albeit a bit too late now!

So hello my name is Stacey and I get the terrible mother of the day badge today!!

Anyone else wanting to admit they are terrible mothers with me??? Please???

[Oorki Galoorki]

i get the whole warning thing but he still hurts!
we all know that labour will hurt but we want comfort and support through it. so although your son "heard" your warnings doesnt mean he understood it until it happened then you told him off and walked away!

[Arimeh]

Geez dou - way to make a person feel even better

Mate - we all do things that we aren't proud of - just some of us are brave enough to admit it ... lol.... I can't remember anything today that classes me as a bad mummy, but there is still more than half the day left, so I have plenty of opportunities!!! LOL

I probably did some sucky things yesterday, but with the sleep deprivation, and preggo brain - I can't remember.. LOL

[briggsy's girl]

yup - sometimes it's hard - you feel like you're saying the same thing over and over - and some kids only learn when it happens, so you feel a bit vindicated. doesn't make you a bad mum - makes you normal. and the same as your kidlet will learn from this (we hope), you will learn a bit more about your own parenting

hugs hun - we all do things we regret in hindsight.

[Jewel]

[Oorki Galoorki]

im not here to make others feel better.
allboys wants to join the bad mothers club then i think ignoring her hurting child when he is most upset and in pain is a good way to do it.
yup it suck when kids dont listen and you know what will happen.

[Arimeh]

Well I think the point of her post was for a bit of support and to know that others have done some things that qualify them for bad mother of the day. Not some person pointing out exactly what she did to make her a sucky mother.

[helle]

im not here to make others feel better.

and here I was thinking that's what BB was all about oO;;

I'm not a mummy yet, but I do have a furbaby.... who I forgot to pick up from Mums house yesterday on my way to work, and didn't realise til I was half way through making dinner... oops

[Bathsheba]

All Boys: I think it's positive that you are able to admit when you could have parented better There is such huge pressures to be percieved as the Perfect Mother these days. Forums like this can often make mums feel even less than perfect.

Today hasn't been too bad so far. I've put in a bit of a huge effort though. For a start I got up at 5.40am and did lots of housework before everyone woke up. I'm calmer for it. Then after the school run I managed to do what I thought was impossible: write up a draft for another childrens book while SIMULTANEOUSLY keeping my 3yo entertained at the same table. 9/10 I resent him for constantly interrupting my creative flow. Today somehow it actually worked. Miracles will never cease.

I am a member of this club on more days than not because my "artistic temperament" is just another way of saying I can throw tanties as big as my 3yo! LOL

[Feijoa Mum]

Thank you Arimeh that is exactly what I am hoping for. I do feel awful with a terrible case of the guilts now but want to know that I am not the only one who has done things, which in hindsight were not such a great idea.

Not that it makes me feel better but he has stopped throwing his toys around.

[Fleur]

Allboys the fact that you can see it, feel bad, and can admit to it...
IMHO it would be worse to go around thinking you never get it wrong. And you're not alone, I think most of us have had parenting moments we aren't particularly proud of - I certainly have although I can't remember any off the top of my head I'll come back later if I think of any...

I am a member of this club on more days than not because my "artistic temperament" is just another way of saying I can throw tanties as big as my 3yo! LOL

Bathsheba I had to laugh when I read this, I have had some EPIC tanties while I was PG made the kids