What would you call a mother who:
1) lets her kids eat macaroni & cheese (not the organic Annie’s kind, either) for breakfast sometimes?
2) is over an hour late to pick up her kindergartener, twice?
3) gives her kids spoiled milk to drink, for 4 meals in a row?
4) throws a hairbrush at the wall in frustration?
5) turns up rock music to drown out the screams from the toddler in the back seat of her minivan?
I call her… me.
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Yesterday was such an awful day with the kids that I put a show on for Will and put Isaac in front of his toys and told them, “Do not come in my room. Leave me alone.” Too bad I didn’t think to lock my door because I only got five minutes of peace. You’re not a bad mom.
I say, “Tom needs to come home soon so you can have a break!”
Adrianne, thanks for the vote of confidence
. i hide in the bathroom with a book all the time (well, i did before i started blogging anyway); i should have added that as #6.
Marcy, i so agree, except, i should note that these things happened over a period of weeks, not just today. i wrote it today bec. i forgot about early release (again) and was late picking Avery up. i do feel bad about that; she wasn’t too traumatized (i hope; maybe there’ll be a delayed reaction?).
but, did you think my post was funny, or just like i was complaining? i need some literary criticism here.
Yes, funny. But a little too close to home. I am “bad mom” so often. In fact, I could tell you numerous examples, but instead I think I’ll go to bed so I can try to be “good mom” tomorrow.
Actually, those aren’t bad things that you wrote, just weird (ha ha). If it read like this instead I’d be worried.
a mom who:
1) doesn’t give her kids any breakfast
2) makes her kid wait an hour at kindergarten while she gets a manicure
3) gives milk that she knows is spoiled to her kids in order to save money
4) throws a hairbrush at her children
5) stops the car and screams back at screaming toddler
BTW, is that a long enough response?
my mom left me at school on an early release day when I was in 1st grade – and I think I turned out ok. And, as a bonus, I now have more patience for myself and the mother of my children when things like that happen . . .
Eric–oh, no, that’s terrible–the fact that you remember! i was hoping there was some sort of no-memory zone until they hit 8, at least.
Marcy, thanks, that was a nice long response. i’m pretty sure that i have done your number 5 at some point (and if i threw a hairbrush at them, but purposefully missed, does that count?). also, i was encouraging them to drink the milk because i didn’t want to waste it and i did want to save money, but i didn’t know it was spoiled. so that’s kinda 50-50 there.
Hey, this morning I fed my girls toast with their eggs. To be more precise, I already had their pieces of toast buttered and cut before I saw the blue mold growing on another part of the loaf. Well, since it was the only bread we had in the house and their pieces looked fine, we ate the toast I’d already prepared!
Marcy,
that is so not even close to being a bad mom moment. a) you noticed the mold, and b) their pieces were clear. i would say, even if you had to cut some off their pieces, it would still be ok.
hey, cheese is mold, right? and yogurt is bacteria? and mushrooms are fungus (not that my kids will eat mushrooms. they won’t eat brussel sprouts either; but they eat broccoli and tomatoes like there’s no tomorrow. mom better have some tomato plants growing by the time i get there!)
Dang, I so wanted to qualify for your blog!!!