[StarrMom]

I know we did this with pregnancy, but I don't think we have done mommy confessions yet.

Share yours!

- I have never taken Shayla's temperature. I rarely have taken DS's. I honestly don't know the 'right' way to take a temp and have it be accurate. I refuse to do it rectally, and I don't think our ear thermometer is accurate. Luckily we haven't needed to yet.

- I've also never used the saline spray in their noses, even though there were times I knew I should. I've used the bulb a few times, but I'm no good at it. Once again, I'm just afraid I don't know the right technique for the saline spray without freaking baby out.

- When Shayla poops in her sleep (I can usually hear it) I don't change her because I know it will wake her up, even though I worry about her getting diaper rash.

- I have taken co-sleeping naps with her, even though I'm totally against co-sleeping.

- I have let her sleep in her Boppy at night even though I know you're not supposed to (I stopped doing that though)

- Sometimes I forget to give her one of her doses of reflux medicine- she's supposed to have 3 a day

um lets see -

i forget to give natalie her previcid all the time (which I dont worry about too much because the gastro dr said it doesnt help reflux anyways)

i always worry that she is going to really get hurt (like tonight after she went over her boppy i will keep her right next to me for the next 24 hours to make sure she is ok - lol - my dh hates that i worry that much)

thats all i can think of

[malinaj]

Well let's see

~like starrmom I have never used saline spray on either of my kids. Mostly because I'm scared I may do it wrong, but then again neither of them have ever really needed it.

~also like starrmom I can usually hear Levi poop in his sleep, but I don't always wake him to change it.

~there was one time that we were on a long car ride and Levi woke up hungry. It takes about 2 hrs to get to my parents house. The SO was driving (he is an outstanding driver) I felt so bad after Levi cried for 30 min and we still had 30-40 min left that I got him out of his carseat to feed him. Usually I pull out a boob and lean over his seat to feed him. But it nearly breaks my back and we had all three kids in the back seat so there was no room for me to sit back there and it was easier that way. I also have a BIL who is a cop and said that it is not illegal to breastfed while driving as long as you are not the one driving. So I gave in an did it.

That's all I can think of.

[SweetSimpleThings]

I have used cough syrup for my toddler even though the new recommendations are no cold medicines under the age of five or six? I figured I had the basic intelligence not to overdose him (which is why the recommendations were changed) and that getting no sleep was not going to help him get better.

Today, his lunch was popcorn at the park, ice cream at the store later, then a cheeseburger. Yeah, that's healthy...

For the baby... hmm... I can't think of any right now... but I know I have some! Oh I sometimes turn away from the change table for a second, when I know it's unsafe and she coudl spontaneously roll over (she hasn't started rolling over yet, but she could at any time right?)

[RuPaul-O-Saurus]

-I'm the same with waiting to change a poopy diaper if Daphne is asleep. She is getting better with diaper changes but she hates it and cries her eyes out when she's being changed.

-I knowingly let the nurse at Daphne's ped office weigh her with a wet diaper on to add a few ounces to her weight when they were threatening to re-admit her to the hospital.

-I have accidentally forgotten to strap her into her carseat before getting in the car after we've been shopping or something and I've had to take her out for a change or feed. (Though SO has been in the backseat with her every time and she has been pretty snugly packed in with blankets.) Oops.

-If we are going out to run errands etc. I try my very hardest to get out of the house before my MIL gets home so that she doesn't bug me about holding Daphne and if she gets home before we get out of the house, I quietly sneak us out and leave as fast as possible. Also if we aren't going out...I keep our door closed and pretend to be napping. Ok so maybe this one is a little mean, but my MIL can be downright insane sometimes!

-If Daphne wakes up and is hungry when I'm in the middle of doing something like studying, I put her next to me in her bouncer and prop the bottle up with blankets so she can eat and I don't have to completely stop what I'm doing to hold her and the bottle. Of course I keep my eye on her to make sure nothing happens. Is that completely horrible?! I feel like a terrible mom sometimes when I do it, but if I'm doing a test online to study, I can't stop in the middle of it because they're timed.

I can't really think of anything else at the moment, but I'm sure there are more. lol Is it blatantly obvious that I'm a first time mom?!?!

[kimmiejo]

hmmm let me think LOL most of my confessions have to do with my older child....

I let Sydney watch too much TV, she is obsessed with The Wizard of Oz and sometimes watches it 2 times a day....or more

If she doesn't want to eat at the table I don't make her, I let her eat at her little table while watching Wizard of Oz LOL

She only gets a bath like every 3 days unless she is super dirty because she is anti-bath lately and I don't feel like fighting with her

When she wakes up in the middle of the night I go in and sleep in her bed with her because that is what she wants, I know this isn't good sleeping habits but at 3am I really don't care

Sometimes I forget to brush her teeth even though I try really hard to do it 2x a day it just doesn't always happen

Sometimes if she wants pudding for dinner I let her have it

I let Sam fall asleep in his swing even though I should likely be trying to get him to fall asleep in his crib

If Sam is fussy and I need to do something like get dinner ready I put him in his bouncer in front of the TV because he likes to watch the colors so he will sit and be content

I have let him sleep on his belly for naps if he rolls himself there

I don't always change his diaper in the middle of the night if he gets up to eat because I don't want to wake him up more than he already is

and probably my biggest confession of all is that I don't really feel bad about any of these things

I am sure there are more I just can't think of them right now LOL

[Mama Chemist 73]

Here we go....

I too let the kids watch too much tv. It's usually the brain-rotting stuff like Spongebob

I've been letting Harvey (my 2yr old) eat his favorite yogurt a LOT. Sometimes that's all he will eat for dinner and so I give in....it's loaded with calcium and vitamin D right?

Sometimes I prop Sarah's bottle up with blankets too. This is usually when I'm in the middle of preparing a meal and she decides to get hungry. I only have 2 hands.

The kids get a bath 2-3 times a week. It's a production to do this with a 7yr old, 2yr old and baby.

My kids only brush their teeth once a day. I forget to remind them in the morning.

I've put Sarah to nap on her belly a few times but was right there watching her.

I've let her sleep in her swing for 2-3 hrs.

I don't clip my son's nails as often as they need to be trimmed. Trimming a 2yr olds nails is like giving a cat a bath.

I know there's more, but can't think of them right now.

[SpydrMnky27]

LOL Kim! I could have written all of those confessions about Sydney but for my son!! I'm glad I'm not alone!!


As far as Jaxson goes, I have propped his bottle a few times and I do feel bad about it.

I'm sure there's other things but I can't think of them. It's too early in the morning.

[josie_24]

I feel like I leave Caleb in his bouncer too much -but honestly sometimes he'll cry UNTIL I put him there because he wants to flail his arms and legs and can't do that when he's being held. My Mom swears I shouldn't feel guilty.

I very rarely change Caleb's diaper overnight. Most of the time it's dry until morning and I don't want to wake him up. He never gets diaper rash and does not get fussy.

I also don't really burp him overnight either and I let him sit and grunt in his crib after his 3 am feeding--he always falls back to sleep eventually.

[momtothe3rdpower]

No real baby confessions, all toddler confessions, ditto alot of KimmieJo, too much TV (which I hate but when baby is consuming so much time nursing, ect. Kayleigh has to entertain herself, TV is an easy way to take care of baby while keeping toddler safe), brushing teeth (she won't let me do it, she does it herself which is basically eating toothpaste and asking for more), and trying to balance my picky eaters diet is so hard, many days she hardly eats anything because I won't feed her the junk and she won't eat the healthy stuff I give her.

ok you guys remineded me of a few -

I did forget to buckle nattie in her carseat one day (noticed when we got home), and one time when we were on a very long car ride (4hours) she was being very fussy and wasnt feeling good so I did take her out and hold her until she calmed down and fell asleep (i hated doing it but her screaming and holding her breath were making her puke and making her heart rate drop very low, i couldnt let her do that for 4 hours and becasue she was sick we just wanted to get her home and to the drs).

[kimmiejo]

K I am adding one more because I was just outside and reminded and this really doesn't have to do directly with my kids but.....I really cannot stand the clicky moms in my neighborhood, I have no desire to make friends with them or have playdates or wine tastings at their house, I can't stand the "holier than thou" attitudes.....I would much rather hang out with my non mommy friends or the select few mommy friends I already have than succomb to that whole circle of people even though I know my daughter would probably enjoy playing with their kids even if I don't enjoy hanging with those ladies......gosh that probably sounds really mean but these ladies tend to fire me up I hate that I feel that way but I had to get it out and since we are confessing......LOL....I wish all of the June PR mamas and my Feb 08 PR mamas lived near me so we could form our own click

Originally Posted by Amy B

-If Daphne wakes up and is hungry when I'm in the middle of doing something like studying, I put her next to me in her bouncer and prop the bottle up with blankets so she can eat and I don't have to completely stop what I'm doing to hold her and the bottle. Of course I keep my eye on her to make sure nothing happens. Is that completely horrible?! I feel like a terrible mom sometimes when I do it, but if I'm doing a test online to study, I can't stop in the middle of it because they're timed.

I did that with both my bottle feeders.

My confessions:

-- My kids watch too much TV
-- They also eat too much junk food (carbs instead of veggies kind of junk... they aren't living on Doritos or anything)
-- Lauren still uses a bottle.. and takes it to bed with her
-- They don't get bathed unless they are stinky, obviously dirty, or need their hair washed
-- I leave the kids and dogs unsupervised. Or rather, I don't bother to pay careful attention to where the dogs are when I leave the room.

[MommaLee]

I waste wipes and diapers. I use like a half a box of wipes for a poopie diaper and I change her often...even if there is just a small bit of urine. 1. Because I'm afraid of rashes and 2. I was a fat kid growing up and we use to Astroworld all the time and ride the water rides and I'd get soaked and end up with a horrible rash between my legs. I just remember how miserable I was.

[enchantingdragon]

- I dont burp Drake if he falls asleep even though I know he has terrible gas issues

-I rarely hold him up the 15 minutes your suppose to after they eat unless he is awake even though he has terrible gas issues

- I dont change him everytime I feed him at night only if he poops and I know it or if he is awake after eating

-I leave him unattended on the bed or couch (in the middle area) sometimes when I run to get something The animals are around as well. I know I have to break this habit soon though as he will begin to roll so Im trying to get better about this now

-I use to only bathe him like once a week because I was too scared to do it alone and a lot of nights my husband was too tired to want to do it so I let it go another night. However this one has changed as I got fed up one night and bahed him alone and he smiled and enjoyed it instead of screaming the whole time like he use to so now I like to bathe him and do it now like every other day which might be too much now

Heidi hasn't had a bath yet at all. Only her butt has been introduced to soap. :shh:

[SweetSimpleThings]

The tv confessions reminded me: yep, way too much tv here lately too. DS was allowed NO tv at all for like his first two years...then I got pregnant (very very sick and very very tired) and all of a sudden, we were letting him watch TV. Then baby came... well, it's hard to put a baby down to nap with a toddler running around screaming... so more tv.

Sigh...

I'm glad I'm not alone on this one.

[who_it_is]

Well my kids run the gamut of ages from 12 to 8 to 8 weeks, so there is plenty of Mommy guilt to be had at my house.

With the little one, I too don't change her in the middle of the night unless she is obviously poopy or really wet. If she wakes up too much in the night she won't go back to sleep and that's just a risk that I don't want to take in the middle of the night when I have to be to work in the morning. I also don't really pay much attention to where she is in relation to the dogs. She will outweigh our dogs soon enough (as they are 12 and 14 pounds), and the worst thing they might do to her at this point is accidentally step on her while running through the living room (man, that sounds horrible... ). I have used her age and the fact that she was 3 weeks early to get out of several family functions so far.
The older two probably watch too much TV and play too many video games. DS (8) watches CSI and Grey's Anatomy, which probably aren't the best program choices, but he does learn things from them, and wants to be a doctor now so that's gotta count for something. Neither of them really eat all that healthy, so I make them have hot lunch at school - at least then I know one meal a day is a healthy one. I have also been known to take one of them to run errands with me and make a meal out of ice cream on the way home.
I am sure there are more, sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do.

Originally Posted by malinaj

~there was one time that we were on a long car ride and Levi woke up hungry. It takes about 2 hrs to get to my parents house. The SO was driving (he is an outstanding driver) I felt so bad after Levi cried for 30 min and we still had 30-40 min left that I got him out of his carseat to feed him. Usually I pull out a boob and lean over his seat to feed him. But it nearly breaks my back and we had all three kids in the back seat so there was no room for me to sit back there and it was easier that way. I also have a BIL who is a cop and said that it is not illegal to breastfed while driving as long as you are not the one driving. So I gave in an did it.

That's all I can think of.

Not trying to be judgmental here, but why didn't you just pull over to feed him?

[StarrMom]

OK more...

I don't trim either kids' nails enough...or brush DS's teeth enough.

I'll often rinse out the same bottle and use it several times without actually cleaning it

DS watches WAY too much TV. He always has. We're a TV family, what can I say. But he's still very active and very smart, so it hasn't hurt him any.

DS is potty training, so sometimes in the evening I'll make sure I'm 'busy with the baby' so DH has to take him to the potty over and over, because it's a pain in the butt. LOL

Even though I'm on mat. leave DS still goes to daycare...but he has to otherwise he'd lose his spot. The confession is that, even though I totally love spending time with him, I'm really glad because I can sleep whenever I want.

I have been way lazy on my mat leave, and it's over this week. I had all these projects I was supposed to do, but most days I spent just sleeping, playing on the computer, and playing with Shayla.