The Bad Mummies Thread

pigpen

onlyroz wrote: »

We haven't been able to use our washing machine for a month (dodgy electrics) so my son's school jumper hasn't been cleaned in 3 weeks. It's starting to get a bit crispy...

Also, I follow the "5 second rule" for food that's fallen on the floor (cos that's how long it takes germs to crawl on the food, see...)

I also let my daughter wander about with a bowl of food (raisins, apple etc) - but she hasn't yet learned about gravity and so keeps tipping it onto the floor. No matter - as long as you catch her within 5 seconds, the food goes back in the bowl. The more pressing problem is what to do when I catch her eating food that fell on the floor the day before (or the day before that, or the day before that...)

It is 10 seconds in here... it takes more than 5 to register it is on the floor and bend over to pick it up.. Besides.. germs build the immune system.. and it isn't like they wash their hands every 5 seconds is it.. and we all know where little fingers get poked!!

One of mine was said to be 'going to be ill later' when we picked her up from school yesterday after she had been drinking the 'pink water' from the class room.. I think it had powder paint or something in it to make it interesting.. I said I doubt it.. she ate her sisters poo and never batted an eye!!

I caught DD4 and DD5 'bathing' snails in a beaker at the weekend.. I must buy them some toys!! lol

I have sent mine to school coated in louse shampoo... several times! (can't do it with hedrin as it looks nasty but the toxic stuff dries invisible almost.)

3 of my children currently have holes in the soles of their shoes.. they can have some more in September ready for the new school year!!

Kandipandi

pigpen wrote: »

One of mine was said to be 'going to be ill later' when we picked her up from school yesterday after she had been drinking the 'pink water' from the class room.. I think it had powder paint or something in it to make it interesting.. I said I doubt it.. she ate her sisters poo and never batted an eye!!

I caught DD4 and DD5 'bathing' snails in a beaker at the weekend.. I must buy them some toys!! lol

:rotfl: This is one of my favourite threads of all time :rotfl:
I have posted before about when mine were little but I had another one this weekend.
I made a pasta bolognaise and didn't drain the pasta long enough and plated it up. Whilst putting it on the table the whole of my sons (15 years old now) meal slipped off the plate and onto the table, then onto the chair then onto the floor. I picked it up and mixed it all in and grated a bit of cheese on top! I had to go and mix everyone else's in too so it didn't stand out. Happy days.

funkyxmooover

OH! This is the place for me!

I'm 24 and have 2 sons. (4yo and 2yo).

DS1 was FF from day 3. On the Hungry Baby Milk a week later. Weaned at 13 weeks. *shocker*
He spent many days in his first 6months in a sleepsuit.
He had Mini Cheddars for breakfast once aged 11 months because he wouldn't eat his Weetabix.
I never fussed over him when he fell down.
He went in his own cotbed at 2 months old. (He's a chunk, 9lb5oz@birth)
He has been to school in an ink-stained sweatshirt and a pasta sauce stained white shirt *oh noes minging child!*
This morning he actually went to school with the PE kit from last week that I didn't wash yet.:eek:

DS2 was formula fed from day dot. Weaned when HE decided he wanted my lime cheesecake. 3 and a half months I believe.
Took all his naps in a bouncer in the living room while DS1 and I would dance around singing loudly.
Doesn't get told off for jumping around on the sofa, if he falls off and gets hurt, he'll soon learn! Off the back of this one he's only been to a&e once for an exceptionally frightening looking mouth injury where he bit in to his lip and his teeth came out the other side. All other injuries I have managed at home! *first aid queeeeen*:rotfl:
Oh my goodness I've given the lad PEANUT BUTTER!!!
Shares a bedroom with his big brother and has done since 3 months old.
I let him paddy all around Sainsbury's if that's what he wants to do, it doesn't get him anything except funny looks from old biddies!

Both were given jarred food if that's what was convenient at the time. Both had disposable nappies and wipes (tesco values ones too!).

Oh dear what terrible mother I am!;)

pigpen

funkyxmooover wrote: »

He has been to school in an ink-stained sweatshirt and a pasta sauce stained white shirt *oh noes minging child!*

By the end of the school eayr we don't own a shirt that isn't stained with something.. paint, mud, OMG what is that?!

This morning he actually went to school with the PE kit from last week that I didn't wash yet.:eek:

Mine bring their kits home to wash at half term and school holidays! That is assuming I have remembered to remind them to take one in the first place!

funkyxmooover

Aaaan I just been reading through page 15 of this topic and saw all the HV griping and wanna join in by saying that mine wanted to send my boy to hospital for a hearing test because he was mispronoucing words at 2 and a half!!!

Seriously?!!!

I said he was fine, he can hear but she made the appointment anyway so I called to cancel and when I was asked why I told her that he may not always hear me when i tell him to put his Lego away but BOY can he hear a crisp packet rustle a mile away!!:rotfl::rotfl:

And FYI he is 5 next month and is much better. It's not a hearing problem, he is just lazy with his speech!

dreambirdie

i love this thread, im not a mummy yet but DS1 is currently cooking away in the oven due for arrival in spetember. i have to say reading some of the stories on here has made me feel a bit more relaxed RE parenting, i was so worried about being the "perfect" mummy. but its an impossbile task lol.

already a bad mummy because:
ive ate runny eggs, and millions of nuts since being pregnant
ive drank more than one bottle of budweiser since being pregnant(ok ok i had 3 on my birthday and they made me throw up- but still very bad)
i poke my belly trying to wake up bubs so people can feel him kicking(im sure he hates me for it already)


and im sure come september i will have a list as long as my arm!

jimbms

funkyxmooover wrote: »

Aaaan I just been reading through page 15 of this topic and saw all the HV griping and wanna join in by saying that mine wanted to send my boy to hospital for a hearing test because he was mispronoucing words at 2 and a half!!!

Seriously?!!!

I said he was fine, he can hear but she made the appointment anyway so I called to cancel and when I was asked why I told her that he may not always hear me when i tell him to put his Lego away but BOY can he hear a crisp packet rustle a mile away!!:rotfl::rotfl:

And FYI he is 5 next month and is much better. It's not a hearing problem, he is just lazy with his speech!

To add to that they told my eldest son he was lazy and never get anywhere and my youngest he had learning difficulties and behavioral problems and may need a lot of care



Eldest son, 26, 1 masters in science one BaEd happy teaching special needs kids. Private diagnosis was slight aspergers so education changed to suit him.
Youngest son, 24, 1 masters in engineering design 1 hnc in 3d cad design, one of only a handful fully solidworks qualified. private diagnosis dyslexia and dyspraxia so education changed to suit him.
What a fantastic education system we [STRIKE]have[/STRIKE] need.

edited to add: As you may see dyslexia seems to be heriditory and common to us engineers

tiamai_d

I'm a bad mum because my house smells of smoke, cereal is a dinner if I'm too damn tired to cook, if they are being little brats I will tell them, loudly, that they are being little brats, my house is a dump and I don't give a flying !!!! if I can't identify the crumb that the 10month old is putting in her mouth. If it's non edible it'll turn up in her nappy the next day. I don't feel the need to weigh my baby every week or even month. And I really can't be doing with know it alls, I don't give a damn if you think your so awesome because so and so is doing such and such after you did this and that and squeeee..... Oh and also, I don't reply to invitations the very day they are sent out (OMG!).

jess1974

I'm also a bad mum because i used to plonk my 3 horrors in front of the tv for hours so i could get on with something or just escape the whining for a bit, i also can't bear making cupcakes or doing arts and crafts, it all bores me to tears....

tiamai_d

jess1974 wrote: »

I'm also a bad mum because i used to plonk my 3 horrors in front of the tv for hours so i could get on with something or just escape the whining for a bit, i also can't bear making cupcakes or doing arts and crafts, it all bores me to tears....

Crivvens! How very dare you! :rotfl:

(I only posted that to try out my new avy hehe!)