We all make mistakes! Sometimes it’s things we just didn’t foresee, other times we just didn’t think, and other times we made a slip in judgement. But we have all been there in that moment where we felt like a terrible parent. But that is what makes us human. So, here are some blunders to let you know…. we all make them. Don’t feel bad about it. Learn from them and move on. What is your worst parenting blunder?
“Feeding one twin twice and then refused to feed the other because I thought she had already been fed and was just being grumpy. The joys of identical twins!” – Carol
“When my oldest was around 4 months old I put him in the stroller and forgot to buckle him in. He fell face first on the hard linoleum floor at the laundry mat of all places!” – Jessica
“I went on an out of town doctors appointment with my 5 month old twins. I packed bottles with pre-measured formula in them for the roadtrip but once I got to my destination and settled into the hotel room I realized I had forgotten the cans of formula for one of my twins, she was on a special formula, I searched the city for two hours coming up empty handed. I ended up going back to the NICU where the girls lived just a few month before to finally get some food for my poor hungry baby.” – Anna
“I forgot to buckle carseat carrier in and baby went upside down at about a year old” Jenn
“I was going to turn the toddler play slide into a water slide with the hose one summer day. But when I added the water the first time twin A went down he went to fast and landed on his back on the concrete patio. Poor baby! I turn the slide to be on the grass and slightly upward to adjust the angle and they had a ton of fun after that! But I felt bad that he had some marks on his back” Marie
“Left one baby in his car seat in my living room while I drove up the block with just one.” Kelly
“I was roughhousing with 3 year old twin A, he was running by me and I was tackling him to the floor and tickling him. He love it so much that he would get up and run past me for more. But then the last time he ran past me, I was too slow and didn’t catch him. He triped and fell face first into the coffee table. He had to go get 7 stitches to his eyebrow. I felt terrible!” -Jill
“We were not home and our sleeping newborn fell asleep so I laid him in his car seat. Later we left and drove home and when we got home I realized that I had never buckled him in that car seat and we had driven all the way home with him completely unbuckled- just laying in the car seat.” Amanda
“I was cranky and my son kept trying to get my attention. I hollered at him ‘What!?’ He started to cry and just said ‘I just wanted to tell you I love you.’ I felt like a terrible dad!” – Ryan
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