By Aimee Carson
It’s the first Tuesday of the month and that means it’s time for you to think back over the past month (or more) and complete this sentence: “You might feel like a bad mommy if…”
*gulp* I’ll go first 
You might feel like a bad mommy if… you’re standing in the post office, proud you’re organized enough to get there in time and still collect your son from school, only to realize it was an early release day and you’re now two hours late picking him up.
You might feel like a bad mommy if… you witness your daughter take a very benign looking fall, cry for a minute, complain for an hour, and then recover. The next morning she whines before school (like she always does) but you send her anyway. When your mother, the nurse, picks her up she tells you, the doctor, to take your daughter for an X-ray. When you do… you learn she has a hairline fracture.
Please share your bad mommy moments. Click on the number beside the title to leave a comment.
You might feel like a bad mommy if….your 14-year-old daughter (who complains about most everything) walks off of the soccer field with that look…you know the one. The look the precedes the whine that says, “I don’t want to play anymore.” So before she could get out the words I say something like, “Okay. What is it this time?” Then my daughter starts to cry and walks away….and I notice she’s limping. Of course I was standing with a group of other moms at the time and one felt it necessary to point out, “That one was all your fault. You’d better go after her.” And a quick FYI – 14-year-old girls are not quick to accept an apology. They expect massive amounts of groveling.
When you send your son to school in slippers anddiscover it is not slipper day!
You might feel like a bad mommy if…
you tell your child to go hide in the bathroom while you bring in and wrap their birthday presents, but once the present is in the house and safely wrapped you sit down and start watching tv and forget to tell your child they can come out. You only discover your child is still waiting patiently in the loo when you get up from your show to go to the bathroom.
Oooh, Wendy. Do I know about teens and groveling!! Not the most forgiving of ages.
Oops. The previous comment was mine. Was logged in and now it looks like I’m speaking for Jennifer! Sorry, Jen!!
And the slipper thing is a hoot. Now, if your son was a teenager he would NEVER forgive you for that . . . LOL.
Regina, the only reason a child would wait patiently in the bathroom is because he/she knows presents are on the way. LOL.
You know, I always feel like posting “No children were harmed, injured, or permanently emotionally scarred in the making of this post.” Of course, there might have been a little embarrassment suffered along the way, but I say (hope) that builds character!!
Jen,
Tell me they weren’t bunny slippers, lol! Tell me they were something cool like spiderman!
Wendy,
You are such a good mom! I know a mother would have followed the child, but not to grovel. She would have made the child feel guilty for embarrassing her in front of the other adults. I choose groveling – even the endless type required to satisfy a teen. It takes a good mommy to know when to grovel. You’re a very good mommy!
Hi guys! They were black robot slippers so kind of cool. Thank God I packed his sneakers for gym later. I was so embarassed!
Regina, you have a very good child – mine would be screaming impatiently the whole time! Hysterical.
Wendy, I can only imagine the grovelling needed to soothe a 14 year old girl!
Aimee, I laughed so hard at yours – you are so like me it’s scary!!!
You might be a bad mommy if…
You pump up your child to go to school for Field Day…and he comes home disappointed because you were a week off.
Does anyone see a pattern here for my bad mommy moments!
OMG. Jen, we’re twins that were separated at birth! And the slippers sound cool.
All these mommy moments are making me laugh.
Here’s mine: You might be a bad mommy if your 5 year old son informs you the “Ladies Love Me” shirt he wore to school (that his DAD picked out, btw) made the girls laugh at him and you find this a little amusing.
LOL. Too funny, Tara. My daughter was a bit of a victim of her father’s clothing choices when she first started school. Until she finally decided that she didn’t want to wear surfer shorts and t-shirts anymore!
Well, I took my son to swim lesson with his swim gear on, but forgot to pack underwear for afterwards. It was okay until he announced that he wasn’t wearing any underwear in the changing room. He, of course, thought it was funny.
Hi Optimistic Mom!
I remember swim lessons. What a hassle. Especially in the winter. My thoughts on your situation: At least you remembered his pants!!!
Optimistic Mom, LOL. It’s hard to remember EVERYTHING! And I’m with Wendy, pants without undies are fine. Undies without pants . . .?
Hi Optimistic Mom,
At least your guy is little. I learned my teenage son often goes wihout underwear only because I started to notice when I folded laundry that he never had a stack of undies. When i asked about it he told me he only wears it if he really needs it. What does that mean?
OMG, Regina! What DOES that mean? LOL!