OK - just for a bit of a laugh....
reasons I am the worst mother...

• I go to work while my kids are at school/grandparents house because I enjoy it, not because I have to
• I occasionally feed my kids fast food - HJ's etc
• My kids have the occasional small drink of coke
• I use disposable nappies because I can't be stuffed washing cloth ones
• My kids don't have a set routine and basically "go with the flow"
• I formula fed my kids after about 3 months because I hated breastfeeding

I am just getting so sick of the high and mighty mothers who believe that kids shouldn't have the occasional bit of junkfood etc. FGS - lighten up - I'm by no means the perfect mother (or partner for that matter), but my kids are happy, bright, healthy, well adjusted kids.

Bed time is it Nicole?

I just don't get why people advertise the fact that they feed their chn junk food.

In my book you're not a bad mum for using cloth or disposables, you are a bad mum if you don't change either and they get a nappy rash because of it.

You're not a bad mum if you breast or bottle feed you are a bad mum if you don't feed.

You're not a bad mum if you're strict in routine, or have no routine. You're a bad mum if you don't allow your routine to include spending time with your chn.

As long as you love your child and put their best interests up the top of your agenda and do the best you can then you're not a bad mum.

My turn now the reason why I'm the worlds worse mother is

I feed my 5yo son Maccas every saturday but he's not allowed to drink coke so that evens it out lol!

I let my son play the playstation and watch far to much tv.

He eats Nutella out of the jar

I let him eat a block of chocolate with his father in one sitting.

I'm a bad mum because I let my DD have a taste of fresh cream off my finger.. Shoot me now and call DOCS!

Well I am a great mum My kids told me so

That actually makes you a reasonable mum. Lollies would be worse. Apparently chocolate melts off your teeth so is less likely to cause tooth decay while lollies allow the sugar to stick to your teeth.

My son eats nutella from the jar too.

He knows what beer looks like.

He knows the drink holders on the outdoor chairs are for beer.

Ok I never said I was perfect and that my kids never eat junk food, BUT to give a baby a potato cake is like giving him a spoon full of oil, a spoon of salt and two spoons of potato.

To set the record straight:

~We had pizza tonight (baby had mashed vegies - yoghurt for dessert)
~My kids eat biscuits/crackers for afternoon tea
~They watch too much TV
~They stayed up until 9.30 (baby included)

Just because we disagree doesn't make us holier than thou.

Thanks for that Toppy I knew there was a reason for letting him eat chocolate and not lollies, something to throw back at the family now as they say theirs no difference between the two. Funny thing their kids are the ones with black rotten teeth and my sons are perfect lol!

That's just too cute

Well, I'm like Mary Poppins; practically perfect in every way!

What toppy said in her first post - couldn't have put it better myself.

Why even bother !!!!

So can you give me the run down on quantities of salt, oil and god knows what else is in a pizza ???

I'm of the belief that is you take such a hard line against giving a baby something then why isn't it for all... We all know that Salt and Oil are bad for us, yet it seems to be because kids are older then it is ok to eat them...

Hi is just me but I seem to recall they actually ask you if you want salt and is then added after cooking. Well they do everywhere I get fish and chips. So I think you can take the salt off your list of gripes about the potatoe cake.

well i am a bad mum today because DD is in her PJ's still.

DP is working today and when he gets home we are heading to Brisbane to pick up an eBay purchase. I let DD stay in her PJ's because she gets mighty dirty when playing (crayons, food, etc..)

today i thought, Bugger it!! she can stay in them and get them as dirty as she likes and i will bath and dress her before we go for our drive. Whats the point in putting her in clean clothes for a few messy hours at home, when i will only need to change her for when we go out. I will put her PJ's in the wash and she will have a fresh pair tonight!

hehe, she is having a blast

so go on, shoot me

hmm Cali you are piecing together bits of my post to make one quote....


And i don't think it is a big deal, but the way some women on here carry on i figured it would put me in the running for worst mother of the century award



There was a wink at the end of that by the way because it was a JOKE

Hmm, well I have a statue of a teddybear holding a sign that says 'Worlds greatest mum'

So I guess I am a perfect mother.

Lurker no more - Cherry broken - go ahead girls congratulate me!!

Love, love, love this subject matter because my neighbours and I have an almost daily comp for mother of the year award. Every time we do somthing completely cr*p we console ourselves with a new certificate!!

Just now - after having my sons 4th birthday party this morning at HJ's - yeehar - Junk food at 9am - I passed by my sons room to hear him having a detailed discussion about the f**ckin trawler.

Horrifed - mentally reviewing my language. Can he hear us when we think he has gone to bed?? What did I do wrong - where did he pick this language up?? Is there some foul mouthed fisherman amongst our circle??

I was warming up the printer to get my latest certificate going.
Alas I miss out this time - he was playing with his hideously expensive Thomas set, and after intense but casual questioning, told me that the guy who looks after the trains and all their movements is the f**ckin trawler (trans - fat controller)

Got to go - I need to turn the printer off!!

Cheers
Toni

me - 37
DH - 37
dss - 14
dss2 - 13
ds - 4
dd - cherry on top - 18ms

Ok - my kids are 5, 2.5 and 18 months - does it really make that much difference.

My 5yo and 2.5yo are pretty fussy with their food, however I generally feed them pretty well - they still get their occasional treat - junkfood etc.

My 18month old will eat absolutely everything except mushrooms. She will even eat olives, raw onion, sand and basically whatever she will find in the garden - where they all happily play in the dirt. Yes I also let my kids get filthy

I must be a worst mum cos shock horror Im human
We all make mistakes and do things we shouldnt but who is anyone else to judge for that. (excluding breaking law, child abuse ect )
As a mum I learnt I do what I think Is best for my son and If others dont like it I dont care cos Im his mum, not them.
Dont get me wrong I listen to advice but I chose what to do with that advice

Here is my list....

#DS watches tv alot and dvds.

#Lives on a diet of sgettie bog for dinner and weetbix for brekkeie cause he is fussy. Does eat alot of fruit though.

#I loathed breastfeeding so DS came off early.

#Was to lazy to use clothe cause I didn't want to wash alot.

#Leave DS clean laundry on his floor for a few hours to a day before folding it.

Yep, you losers are nasty. And to think my children's taxes will go to pay the public health bills for children's obesity/diabetes/intestinal/psychological problems. You suck, you really do.

Must ask though: Bec and the boys, why did you wait so long to introduce solids to your daughter? Does it have anything to do with the fact that she is ignored in your user name? And at what age did you get her circumcised?

You mean there are biscuits and lolly's left?
Ours were eaten long ago - must go buy some more!!

My new sister in law said i was a bad mother because i have never breast feed every...i tryed i failed....got over it....i have 4 children all up the two eldest to a weed and two beautiful little baby boys one 16mth and one 4mths to my partner with the opinonated mouth of a sister...who says i think its about time you got a hobby because your a disgrace for having so many babies so close to age.....i am a bad mum because i stay home and dont work....i am a bad mum because i dont have a endless pit of money for the older two to waste....i am a bad mum because i tell my kids to go to bed somewere between now and christmas this christams not the next....i am a bad mum because i use disposable tooo the opinonate sis in law says im lazy and it must be a strain to push a washing machine button and add some powder...i told her i dont do effort....im a bad mum because once a week one of the boys has a sleep over at grandmas and if i keep one the boys home more often than the other i get told im favouring one against the other...more like the oldest thinks grandma is a nutcase and prefers to stay home....im a bad mum because i dont take my babys walking round the freezen lake with all the other mums i prefer be home in the warm lounge room sitting by my fire with my boys eating numerous amount of toast getting fatter laughing at the snobs and thier kids with the flu....im a bad mum because i dont give a hoot and dont try and keep up with the smiths n jones...

I think your NSIL has a point sweetgirll. And a bit of punctuation and grammar wouldn't go astray either.

HTH

See some of the things here I can't see why anyone would get 'judged' for-but with a lot of other things I am wondering why you would be proud enough to brag about them...........

Maybe you get attacked for some things because they go against every available, well-researched recommendation?

Ok here's my bad mom list:

* I have a naked boy sitting in my lap right now and it's cold.
* I let my kids stay in the pj's all day if they want to.
* They watch way too much tele.. DD who is 6 mths old is sitting in front of Little Einsteins right now.
* We have take away at least once a fortnight.
* My kids get up in the morning (DD not included) before me and make their own breakfast and get ready for school on their own. They wake me at 8!
* DS #1 is a video game addict and should go to games annonymous.
* I never breastfed ANY of my kids.. but this was due to medical reasons.
* I give my kids a 'treat' on a daily basis.
* My kids don't have a bedtime on the weekends.

That's all I can think of now... how am I doing??

I don't get it. Is this meant to be like confession or something?
Guilt-induced? Repenting your sins?

Obviously there are people out there that must enjoy being 'attacked'. Why else would you start a thread such as this if you know that the EB Police are out there?

I have a feeling it was started to let the holier than thou mothers who are perfect in everything know that some of us do non conventional things and really don't care what they think.

Correct me if I'm wrong OP.

Something like that

I am a "bad mother" because:-

1. I CHOSE to breastfeed my DS for the first month only and then CHOSE to put him on formula because I hated it.

2. I work full time and put my DS in daycare full time.

3. I let DS stay in PJ's all day for usually one day of the w/end.

4. I let DS have take away.

5. I put DS in his pram at 7.15am every morning when it is freezing and walk to daycare and do it again at 5.30pm to walk home.

6. My DSs face was filthy when we walked to the shop next door today !!!!!!!!

7. Last Sat night I let my 21 month old DS stay up til 9.30pm to play with his cousins.

8. We use disposable nappies cos I am far too lazy to bother washing loads of cloth ones !

ooohhh look at all of that... such a bad lil mummy I am ! hehe

I'm a bad mum because:

*DD knows the theme song to the Simpsons, calls them all by their names and now The Simpsons is better than the Wiggles.
*She loves chips
*She has her ears pierced and is only now (at 20 months) understanding what earrings are and she asks me to change her "glitter" according to what she feels like and looks at herself in the mirror and pretends to apply make up and says "pretty".
*Listens to my iPod while I do the shopping (very low volume) and headbangs to all my "naughty" music.

And that's only the habits she's picked up in the last week!

Hmmm - let me see...

Hannah has eaten today... Baby Oat porridge for breakfast, cheese sandwich for lunch, and steamed vegies and some home made soup (with no salt - I can not stand the stuff) for dinner... and snacks, she has had a cheese stick, and some sultanas. The only drinks she had (or has ever had, aside from breast milk) were formula and water.

Actually, I can not remember the last time she had anything unhealthy... ummm... actually, I gave her one chip when we were out at the shops about a week ago (along with some rice and a little bit of seaweed from my california roll).

She did get a fat lip the other morning, but that was while she was being babysat at my mums...

I have actually been barely near the computer the last week or so, because she has been clingy, and I decided that I would rather be with her than leave her screaming in the other room. (which was why she was babysat the other morning - we had people coming over, and I needed some time without her in the house to clean).

I am afraid the bad mother of the century award is going to have to go to someone else... My bad mummy ability seems to have disappeared!!!

Ah PP seems to be the 'perfect' mum! BUT.. 68 posts on here in the last week.. been on everyday tisk tisk. And I found this most amusing from a post of yours.
Didn't look like you were doing much housework .



Well, kinda

Well more bad mother points to you then Bec. She has to go through life with all that extra, unhygienic skin and her brothers don't - how unfair!

Well here are my contributions:

My seven-year-old DS smokes
My three-year-old DS drink dregs from UDLs
and my illegitimate 10-year-old daughter is sexually active

Is this some type of competition so you can all laugh and give each other high fives at how you treat your children,

Perhaps we should put the mother in a p*ssy nappy and make her keep it on till it is leaking out the sides, that would be funny yes?

Gosh at the risk of sounding like a broken record... I am going to have to agree with Kelby again.

Karen Walker - wow, you go girl! Parent the way YOU FEEL , after all - you know best.

Does the fact I'm not the least bit amused by this thread make me ‘holier than thou’ or ‘high and mighty’? <_<

For me, that is nothing!! lol - but none of it is time spent browsing... lately, I have had time to look at about 3 set threads, post anything I have to say, and that is it.

Of them, a massive chunk of them are in the Photography thread (which is what I currently studying, and looking into taking up professionally) so that was all basically work/study related... lol... and they were all either after Hannah was in bed for the night, or else breifly while she was down for a nap. (and right now, I desperately need a few minutes down time when she is sleeping - that is called taking care of mum so she can take care of her child )

Plus the bulk are on the weekend, where I share duties with DH, so we both get some break time

Re: the dumping Hannah at my mothers... I really was being a good mum then!! Hannah loves it there and if she had stayed here, then I most likely would have suffocated her not been able to get much housework done, and we had people coming over. Posting that (and I think one other quick note) was the entire of my EBing for that session... which for me is great! And the house looks so much better at the moment!

I did let her be handed around at church this morning when she had just had a bottle, and was likely to throw up on others... but I think that was being a bad friend rather than a bad mum...

FYI he happens to be potty training and had just done his business.. he gets completely naked to get on the pot. And yes we had a heater on in the room if that's any consolation. Just saying that I let my kids run around in the nude sometimes.

It's the word 'dumping' i was referring to. Doesn't sound like something a 'perfect' mum would write about their child if you ask me. Something more along the lines of 'dropped her off' would have been more appropriate.

Pretty much sums it up.
Just got sick of the "perfect" mums saying how long they breastfed for, how they never give their kids junk food - yadda yadda yadda.
Just thought I wanted to list some of the things I did that weren't perfect, and hey - my kids are still happy, well adjusted kids.

Also thought it might brighten the day of some of the other "imperfect" mums out there who are a bit naughty at times. Lighten up!!

i think someone started this just for abit of a laugh and to many people have taken it to heart...

lol - I would never claim to be a perfect mother... if you want to know why, just look at my current username...

And trust me, it was dumping. I woke up in the morning when Hannah did, put her in the playpen while I made her a sandwich to take with her for breakfast and put some clothes and shoes on... then got her in the car and took her over to my mothers place with the instructions to bring her back in an hour and a half or so - then went home to take care of the house.

"Dumping" pretty much summed it up really.

My post was only that I do not have anything to put me in the running for the worst mother award lately...

But if you want to go back... I gave my 7 month old a tiny taste of McFlurry...

LOL

I think people need to lighten up if they are taking this thread too seriously!!! I bet even the most perfect mum has done something less than perfect!!!!

I am not going to list why I am a bad mum...I actually don't think I am...I just do slightly naughty things sometimes like letting my kids stay up a little late or giving them dessert every night after dinner or a little bit of chocolate every now and again. However, I give them loads of cuddles and kisses, love them, care for them and protect them. i think that all makes up for all the "naughty" things I do and I am sure all of us mums, whether you be a so called "bad" mum or so called "perfect mum" all give your kids the love and affection that they deserve! isn't that what matters?

Hayley

lol - Ruth, I can change it back in 2 DAYS!!!

I will scream if someone else has taken Hannahs Mum... <_<

Jelousie's a curse you know Julia.

Does Karen Walker ever say anything positive

Some people need a few spelling lessons.

Well said Georgia

I didnt realise the spelling police come in here

Maybe Karen gets bored easy and feels better in herself by putting other people down

Or by just poking the crapper out of people makes her feel better

glad to be one of your many targets Karen

Love you to

I think you will find that 'Karen' was being facetious.