You're still a great mom if...

[mightybee]

Copied from another bmb. Share your not-so-fine moments here. Someone else has probably done it, too.

[mightybee]

...you leave a trail of mini marshmallows leading to your toddler's bedroom to entice him to take a nap.

...you drop your phone on your baby's head (I hope that one was a one-time thing).

...your child wears pjs 85% of the time.

...think twice about waking your kid up from his nap when it goes past 5 even though your partner is on bedtime duty.

[paddyb]

Apr 9, 2015 15:56:50 GMT -5 mightybee said:

...you leave a trail of mini marshmallows leading to your toddler's bedroom to entice him to take a nap.

...you drop your phone on your baby's head (I hope that one was a one-time thing).

...your child wears pjs 85% of the time.

...think twice about waking your kid up from his nap when it goes past 5 even though your partner is on bedtime duty.

I have dropped my phone on Greta's head.

[aylafsu1881]

....you hide in the closet/bathroom to eat a snack without sharing.
.....you put your kid to bed early some nights because you are exhausted and have had enough.
.....you lie that toys are "broken" and need more batteries.
.....you let them have whip cream and fruit for breakfast.

[somethingcleverer]

I dropped my phone on the kids more than once.

...Put your kid in her crib for a nap because you needed her to nap.
...only get their teeth brushed once a day some days.

...let them watch more TV than they should so you can finish reading a book.

[bliz1712]

you let her play with the empty beer bottles because it gives you 10 minutes of quiet time to yourself

you spend 10 minutes going to the bathroom just for a break (and yet they still come in and find you)

you use bribery for the simplest of things sometimes

[mightybee]

bliz1712 done the beer bottle thing. Putting the empty bottle back in the six pack holder turned out to be a good motor skill activity. Maybe I should add it to my Toddler Activity Pinterest board.

[xanthepants]

... you buy the disposable mini toothbrushes to keep in the car dash because you realize you forget to brush her teeth way too often before daycare. This way you can chuck one at her on the way.
... you realize you have fed her hot dogs for 4 consecutive meals over a weekend.

[trixi282]

...if you claim you have to go 'potty' right before bedtime so your H/SO has to do jammies and brush teeth.

...if you let your kid have cereal and fruit for dinner because you just don't feel like cooking, and they have been asking for cereal anyway.

[junkytrunk]

....if you let your kid watch tv because you just want a chance to chill.

....if you pretend you will take a bite of his food in for him to want to eat it.

[cbear]

Apr 9, 2015 16:02:45 GMT -5 paddyb said:

Apr 9, 2015 15:56:50 GMT -5 mightybee said:

...you leave a trail of mini marshmallows leading to your toddler's bedroom to entice him to take a nap.

...you drop your phone on your baby's head (I hope that one was a one-time thing).

...your child wears pjs 85% of the time.

...think twice about waking your kid up from his nap when it goes past 5 even though your partner is on bedtime duty.

I have dropped my phone on Greta's head.

Yup on Veras too and it was not a one time thing :/ woooooops

[vanessalc]

...let the kid eat a plate of whipped cream for more than 1 meal
...let the kid play with the phones at the Verizon store and he broke one (and set off an alarm on another)
...Promise the kid a day at the park only to get there and find out it's cold and windy as hell and you are only wearing a sweatshirt and go back home after 15 minutes.
...Play "Shake it Off" on You Tube (loudly) while grocery shopping because you just can't stand the whining anymore!

[MissMusic]

...be bored out of my mind while playing with my kid.
...dropping the F-bomb when I was mad at my kid.

[jennmm]

I have dropped my phone on both their heads. No permanent damage.
Language. Hard one for me.
I have let my kid pick something up off the floor and eat it. Path of least resistance.

[jodielyn10]

Apr 9, 2015 16:32:59 GMT -5 xanthepants said:

... you buy the disposable mini toothbrushes to keep in the car dash because you realize you forget to brush her teeth way too often before daycare. This way you can chuck one at her on the way.
... you realize you have fed her hot dogs for 4 consecutive meals over a weekend.

Totally doing this.  This is brilliant.

[jodielyn10]

...you tell your kid MMCH isn't on (with about 20 episodes in the DVR) because you just.can't.with.MMCH.any.more.

...you get a baby sitter just so you can go shopping in peace

...you say "maybe" or "we'll see" knowing full well the answer is no (when did I become my mother???)

[britbratjf]

Apr 9, 2015 22:30:16 GMT -5 MissMusic said:

...be bored out of my mind while playing with my kid.
...dropping the F-bomb when I was mad at my kid.

OMG I'm bored playing with my kid so often. Taking clothes off Barbie & pretending to drink tea can only be interesting for so long.

[roo1582]

...let your kid eat popcorn for lunch because you wanted a peaceful lunch out.
...lie that a certain show isn't on/toy doesn't work.
...turn on the tv to lure your kid to lay on the couch in hopes they will fall asleep for a nap.
...pretend to be sleeping when they come in the room early so they will bother DH instead.

[tribute17]

Apr 10, 2015 7:39:58 GMT -5 roo1582 said:

...let your kid eat popcorn for lunch because you wanted a peaceful lunch out.
...lie that a certain show isn't on/toy doesn't work.
...turn on the tv to lure your kid to lay on the couch in hopes they will fall asleep for a nap.
...pretend to be sleeping when they come in the room early so they will bother DH instead.

Ugh, I wished this worked with my kid.

...Hide certain toys because I just don't want to play with them anymore.
...lie that the french fries are gone so he will eat his chicken and then eat them hiding in the kitchen.
...let my kid watch the iPad while eating dinner just so H and I can talk quietly without him telling us to stop.
...I only brush his teeth once a day.
...I tell him the park/zoo/aquarium/gramma's house is closed when we can't go.

[irish1213]

This thread cracked my $%&* up!

[trixi282]

Apr 10, 2015 15:22:02 GMT -5 irish1213 said:

This thread cracked my $%&* up!

Irish! How are you? How is D doing since her surgery?

[irish1213]

Apr 10, 2015 15:34:13 GMT -5 trixi282 said:

Apr 10, 2015 15:22:02 GMT -5 irish1213 said:

This thread cracked my $%&* up!

Irish! How are you? How is D doing since her surgery?

She is doing great, thanks for asking. We had a follow up on Wednesday and the doctor was super impressed with her healing.

[cookiesandwine]

....you decide that PT will be the trendy new "child's choice" issue. They can make the decision when they're ready if they want to use a toilet or a diaper. At age 10.

[trixi282]

Apr 10, 2015 17:24:31 GMT -5 irish1213 said:

Apr 10, 2015 15:34:13 GMT -5 trixi282 said:

Irish! How are you? How is D doing since her surgery?

She is doing great, thanks for asking. We had a follow up on Wednesday and the doctor was super impressed with her healing.

That's great news!  Im so happy she's doing well and healing so quickly.

[huskiefanuw]

...bribe your kid all the time just to do simple things

....put her to bed and then practically run to the freezer to get ice cream because there wasn't enough to share.

[aimeefarrahfowler]

hey! at least none of us have dangled our kid over a cheetah exhibit at the zoo, amirite? I think we're doing okay

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/toddler-falls-cheetah-exhibit-cleveland-metroparks-zoo?cid=sm_fb_msnbc

[tribute17]

Apr 13, 2015 11:34:01 GMT -5 aimeefarrahfowler said:

hey! at least none of us have dangled our kid over a cheetah exhibit at the zoo, amirite? I think we're doing okay

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/toddler-falls-cheetah-exhibit-cleveland-metroparks-zoo?cid=sm_fb_msnbc

Wow, I didn't see that yet.  They are just lucky the cheetahs weren't hungry.  Yep, I guess hiding snacks from my kid isn't too bad.

[ThePinkSuperhero]

Apr 11, 2015 15:57:51 GMT -5 huskiefanuw said:

...bribe your kid all the time just to do simple things

....put her to bed and then practically run to the freezer to get ice cream because there wasn't enough to share.

You share sometimes?!?  I never share.  My kid probably doesn't know ice cream exists.

[trixi282]

Holy shit aimeefarrahfowler! Are you kidding me?? I have no words if they actually dangled or even remotely held the kid over the exibit... that's cray!

[cookiesandwine]

.... you tell your kid that the cadbury's cream egg is just a rock and that she wouldn't want to eat a rock.