I will never be nominated for Mother of the year Award thread

[I have WHAT in my yard?]

I had a toddler and an infant and the toddler was the reincarnation of speedy gonzoles! I leashed her and boy did I get grief over that. But like chickenalgebra said - what was I supposed to do when she would deliberately turn in the opposite direction the stroller and I were going and just take off! I had a choice abandon infant or let toddler get hurt. I elected to leash toddler. She used to love it! She would pull at the end of the leash and bark and snarl at people!

She was having a good time pretending she was a dog!

Busy bodies thought it was proof positive I was treating her like one!!

She still has it!! She uses it on her stuffed animals!

 

[Carols Clucks]

I had a leash for my middle son. He would up and decide he was going to do something and off he went!

I only used it when I knew I would be in a situation when he could take off and hurt himself or get lost fast. I had a few kids I was taking to a local parade, he took off after all the pretty things he saw, the leash kept him close so he did not get hurt or run out in front of a parade participant and cause them to fall. It was kind of a wild parade with people on roller blades, bikes and running around half dressed, totally baked and not paying attention to much of anything.......but it was colorful and the kids liked the colors

At the end of the parade a lady came from the other side of the street and said something to the effect of how she was going to come bawl me out for putting my kid on a leash, but by the end of the parade she realized how many times he would have hurt himself or others. And that she was now thinking of a friend that needed one too.

This was the same loving child that told his dad "we need to throw mommy in the dumpsta and get a new one"...he was 2

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

Oh, I just used the dog's leash on DS's belt loops. He was old enough to know to not walk off. He was just in his own world so he'd see something and off he'd go.

Did tell someone who told me I shouldn't leash my kid like a dog that at least I'd not put the dog's pinch collar on kid, only the leash.

I keep waiting for the toddler who is a roamer. So far, they all haven't really wanted to go too far away from DH or me in public, it's too scary I think. I'm probably going to pay big time with twins now.

I could whine/beg/scream/throw a snit fit over DS walking away. It wouldn't fix the problem at all, and I'm way too embarrassed to do that in public.

I could leash DS. Oh well, not embarrassing to me. But DS was horrified that he couldn't get further than 6 feet from me and was wearing a PINK dog leash (yup, pink intentionally instead of the black leash). He very quickly remembered the basic rule in NOT wandering away from DH or me.

 

[feather and mountain man]

I lost my nephew in my house. I got up in the morning and went to get him up and ready to go to daycare and he was not in his bed. Ok so I look in the bathroom, then head down stairs look in LR no not there. I looked out the back door no so I go back down the hall to the DR no, kitchen no. Starting to worry. Check back upstairs, NO NOT HERE. I heard something downstairs. HHHMMM. Go down stairs look in the closets no go back to LR look behind funiture. NO, so back to the dining room no, kithchen no turn around now what??? Panic??? Check out side for my 2 yr old nephew??? I head for the front door and I hear a giggle. Coming from the kitchen. I run back I didn't see him. Looking in all cabnets and still no.....Giggle from above...

HE WAS ON TOP OF THE FRIDGE!

He climbed up on top of the fridge. This should not have suprised me he was always climbing.

He climbed any thing.

 

[feather and mountain man]

I admit in the mornings I can be a bear. However my kids know it too. So I guess it is pretty bad that not only do they know not to mess with me in the mornings before I have my first cup of coffee but they also call me an OGRE

Those little farts! Don't worry I will get them back for this somehow

I know I will never be nominated for mother of the year.

 

[AllTheseCreatures]

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MYBIRTHDAYISINAPRILWHYDOYOUHAVEREDBUMPSONYOURFACE

That made me laugh! My husband had a friend come to the house one day and as soon as he sat down, my daughter ran over, hoped in his lap and let him know his hair was all gone.

I'm amazed at all the things I find myself saying that I NEVER thought I would have to say. "We do not drink toilet water from the plunger!"

I would have thought that was a given. Then I have to ask myself, where did I go wrong that my kids had that idea in the first place?

My WORST ever moment as a parent was when we lost my youngest when he was 2. We sat the kids down with a movie so DH and I could finish some yard work that required two sets of hands and no kids under foot. We were working outside for about 30 minutes when I decided to make sure the kids weren't climbing on the cabinets or rubbing butter into the carpet. When I walked in, I saw the front door was open and the two eldest were still watching the movie. I looked out the door and called for him, no answer. I asked where is you're brother? "Outside." Did you let him out? "yeah." WHY?! We had locked the door, but it wasn't a dead-bolt so it was a simple matter of turning the knob to unlock it. So he's outside SOMEWHERE and he's probably been out there alone for a half an hour!! We live across the street from a deep, fast river so I immediately panicked. The kind of panic where you can't breathe and you can't think. I hollered for DH and he ran out and started searching while I called 911. In minutes we had several officers at our house. Then the neighbors came out wondering what was going on. We searched the house, we searched the street, we searched the river banks. They where talking about bringing in a dog when an officer radioed that he had found him!! He was two doors down behind a shed playing with a stack of pots.

So now the front door has a dead bolt.​

 

[debilorrah]

My kid leash was a vest with a telephone cord looking line. I used it at Disneyland, and it allowed the kid to really enjoy the experience every time we went and he never got lost or trampled on. Though I thought the kid was gonna expire when he first saw the electric parade.

 

[pearlzenith]

I don't have children yet, but took care of my younger brothers growing up, and remember all the fun things they got into. However, the stories of losing children remind me of a time when my mom really freaked out. I was always the quietest person in the house, and later on, when I'd stay out with friends, my mom would have to leave the porch light on so she'd know I'd come home if it was turned off. Otherwise, I'd be so quiet she'd never know. This particular time, I was in 6th grade, and had come home and headed upstairs to my room like usual, to read or work on homework. Well, its getting close to dinnertime and I start to wonder why nobody has called me to come help, so I walked downstairs to see what was going on. My mom sees me, and is complete shock. She'd called the school and my friends, and the police to look for me, because she thought I hadn't come home yet. I asked her why she didn't check upstairs, but she didn't know. It must have been a long day, though and in her defense, the daycare kids (she used to run one) were probably pretty noisey that day. I'm sure it must have been terrifying, but I still am amused every time I remember that story.

 

[mame1616]

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I had the same thing! People used to give me strange looks, but they didn't know I had the Incredible Disappearing Kid on that leash. It was the only thing that kept her under control.

I've only just found this thread, and haven't read through all of the pages, but I have to say, I've enjoyed every one, and have felt great relief knowing other people have done the same things as me! All along I've been made to feel like Hitler reincarnated! AND, if YOU guys are all meanies, maybe there is still hope for the future, unlike some of these "educated" moms who try to be friends with their kids, or never tell them no, etc., and then the kids turn out to be whiny, selfish, entitled adults. (My sister is one, and she has five kids, and no control over any of them. You know the type - [sing-song voice] "Now tell your brother you're sorry for pushing him down the stairs, and then everyone hug and say I Love You." We sincerely dread her visits, and my own children and those of my other sister don't want to play with them.)

So, THANK YOU!!

 

[S.L.Swope]

Ok my turn. And this happened only a year and half ago. My DS was 11months old at the time. We finally bought ours first house and we're still unpacking I think we had been living in it for a total of 3 days at the time. The move had been so crazy and I'm not a fan of clutter; although haveing a boy has made my reasses what I consider tidy and what I can live with because I just don't have the energy to clean anymore' we stored all but the essential items in the garage till we had time to unpack it in an oragnised manner. My husband was only able to get off the moving day and had to go back to work right away. I was at home with the baby trying to unpack what I could with a needy baby on my hip or crawling on the floor.

It was lunch time and I had put him in the high chair with his food to feed himself while I went back and forth around the kitchen unloading boxes. I decided the make a few runs to garage while he was straped in to get a couple more boxes. We had already put all baby proofing stuff around the house and he was strapped in his chair so I thouhgt no big deal I'll walk out to garage grab a box NO PROBLEM......

Yeah right. Got back to door with box only to dicover it was locked!!!! What to do...

I called lock smith they said they would be at my doorstep in less 30min. OK new mom and all I thought I can not panic for 30 min. No no things just couldn't go my way. They called me back 5 min later to say no one could be at my home quickly enough so they called the fire department!!!!! Seriously they told me they would come and OMG I just bought the house and already have to replace door. I tried to tell them woman I would just call another lock smith that my son was secure in his high chair with snacks and sippy cup. That he thought it was funny watching mommy run to all the windows like a crazy woman.

But she insisted that it was an emergency and by law she had to call fire department. Now it had only been abouth 10 or 15 min at this point and I could already hear the fire engine. I was in a panic now. What would I tell the fire department and not look like a horrible mother. What to tell my husband when he sees a broken door or window. I quickly ran to garage and grabed a flat head screw driver and hammer thinking I could just take door off hinges. That didn't work stupid door hinge was made to keep burglers and frantic mothers out.

Ok what now Engine getting closer. O GOd my door... what will my new neighbors think of me... LIGHT BULB!!!!!

Only the lock on the handle was locked not the deadbolt... shoved flat head in slot kinda like you see in movies, jimmy a little and.....OPEN!!!!!

Grabed up the DS and ran out the front door right as First Responders pull up to my house. Thank goodness!! They called off the big Engine and I apoligized. Still had to replace the door because if I can break in so can anyone else