I just want you all to know that it's ok to feel like you're not the best mom out there. In case you needed proof, here are just few reasons why I'm probably worse than you:
1. My baby has a toy whale. She's very attatched to it and I lose it on a weekly basis. Yesterday, I accidentally buckled her into the carseat on top of it and she cried all the way home. I assumed she was missing the whale, and I was upset that I couldn't locate it. When we finally got home, I moved the carseat to the living room and emptied the car. I gave up on finding it and unbuckled her, thinking that I'd have to call the restaraunt where we'd had lunch to see if it had been found. She stopped crying as soon as she was out of the seat. Probably wasn't too comfy, sitting on a whale!
2. I also lost her beloved Nuk the same weekend. She spent over five hours without it. Wasn't that bad until she got sleepy, and I handed her over to my husband at that point. Basically, I passed the buck.
3. Sometimes her "bath" is a wet washrag rub-down on the changing table.
4. I don't always wash the paci when she drops it. In fact, I sometimes have to remind myself to wash them at the end of the day.
5. I don't make her wear socks or shoes most of the time.
6. In fact, she runs around in a diaper frequently (at home only) and she loves it.
7. I have substituted gerber puffs for a meal when I couldn't slow down my activities long enough to spoon feed her cereal.
8. Sometimes I forget to check her diaper last thing before bed time and then wonder why she won't be quiet and go to sleep already. I always change it, but sometimes it takes a while to figure out what she wants me to do.
9. Teething made me absolutely insane. I hope it's a long time before the next one comes.
10. Sometimes I wonder why in the world God thought I could handle all this, and then I see somebody in WalMart yelling at their sweet, precious offspring to "Shut up!" and I know why we've got each other. She's teaching me so much about patience and goodness and joy.
I've done everything you mentioned except lost the whale. The only reason I haven't done that is because none of my kiddos have a whale. We do however have a 'stinky' which is actually a bear. We have forgetten him at therapy in Tupelo, and not remembered him until we were almost in Booneville. He has also been left at school on more than one occasion causing his wonderful teachers to either make a trek out of their way to meet me somewhere with him or to stay late at school so I can go pick him up.
ReplyDeleteI love your honesty and the fact that you're actually helping other moms by sharing. Honestly, I think this would be awesome book material, so I'm hoping you're also thinking in that direction.
Haha...I don't even wash B's pacifiers at the end of a day. I'm all about the 5 second rule...er..um...30 second rule. And shhh...yes, I've popped it in my mouth real quick to get the "guck" off and then given it back to my kiddos.
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