List your - Parental Flaws here

mckayleesmom wrote: 1. I sometimes let Mckaylee have pop......(shoot me now)

2. My children have gotten ahold of sissors more then once.

3. Sometimes I pretend I don't here them in the morning or turn my fan up to get 5 more minutes of sleep ..

4. They probably eat more fast food then they should

5. They probably watch more tv then they should at times..

6. They get to stop the ice cream man 1 time a week

7. Whenever I tell Mckaylee she can't have something out of the fridge..she usually sneaks in and gets it anyways and I just let her get away with it...More drama to take it away then to let her have it...

8. Mckaylee sneaks out of the house at least 2 times a day....I do lock the doors...she is magic

9. I caught Russell running with a really sharp knife yesterday.....He knows how to open the dishwasher now

10. If its a little bit chilly out....and the kids want to play in water...I usually let them..

11. Mckaylee usually gets something every time we go to the store.

12. I usually scream Mckaylee's name about 20 times on average when we go to a store, Threaten to stick her in the cart 15 times and usually end up putting her in the cart 9 times out of 10.

13. Russell is still on formula and Im having a heck of a time getting him to switch to milk.

14. Mckaylee still won't go to bed without a sippy cup.

15. I sometimes skip bath night if Im super tired.

16. I jump rope Mckaylee's room shut at night so she can't get up and sneak out of the house.

17. Sometimes the kids are so involved in playing outside that they snack on stuff rather then eat lunch

C&K*s Mommie replied: Are you really wanting to know this, because if you can be shot for giving the kids soda... then I wonder what will happen to me

Let me go compile my mile long list now....

ashtonsmama replied: 1. I have let A sit and cry for more than 30 seconds when I'm busy typing on PC...


2. I have sat my son in front of the TV (at 3 months), because sometimes watching ER is the only thing that will keep him quiet.


3. I have walked around the house (with shades open) without my top on because I was in the middle of breastfeeding/getting dressed, etc.

4. I have eaten massive amounts of ice cream in the presence of my son.


5. I have called Ashton by my husband Ryan's name...

ashtonsmama replied:
I'm sure I'll be adding more later, the ones I could think of (or LET myself think of) for now sound a little lame...THEY GET BETTER!

TANNER'S MOM replied: Well I have a ton..

*My kids too have to much caffiene.. I am trying
*I yell really loud
*I let them push me to far
*I still call Tanner the baby and treat him like he is one
*I want to get the last word in with Brittany even it just prolongs the whole arguement..I refuse to let her have the last word
*I too sometimes skip making Tanner take a bath until in the morning if I am tired
*I let my kids watch stuff on TV they shouldn't so they will leave me alone.
*I sneak off to by myself things while shopping..and when the girls notice I lie about it
*I tell my kids I am always broke..when I am not..lol
*I say things about Monica and Terri.. My ex's girlfriend and Tiffany's Mom under my breath and hope they don't hear me ..when I shouldnt say things at all
*I have lied to my children just to make life easier on me
*I have locked myself in the bathroom..just to be left alone
*I have fallen asleep when they were little and I should've been watching them better

Lord I am not a good Momma.. If I know I do these things..why do I do them!

MyLuvBugs replied:

Well, this is embarassing, but ok, here's my top 10:

1. She tells us she has to go pee now.....and if I'm tired I just say "you have a diaper on".

2. I would rather be on the computer doing work or chatting that play with her and her toys.

3. She gets cookies (animal crackers) if she's been a "good girl" (although I don't toss them to her like a dog treat)

4. She....ok we ALLL watch way too much TV than we should.

5. I let her sit on the arm rests for the couch, and if she slips off I just tell her she's ok and let her get up on her own. (She's never hurt, just does it for attention).

6. I let her drink milk all day long instead of having water a couple times like I should.

7. I've told her to "shut up" a few too many times I'm sure.

8. I let her eat with her fingers most of the time instead of with a fork, even though she knows how to eat with a fork and spoon.

9. We play bowling for baby with the exercise ball, and run it into her. But she thinks its fun, so I don't know if that's really a bad one.

10. I've actually fallen asleep while sitting on the couch watching her.

MyLuvBugs replied: Oh here's another.....

I smell a poopy diaper, but yet I'm still sitting here on the computer.....But is it really going anywhere?

jcc64 replied: I curse in front of them sometimes.
I can be very impatient at times.
I have a cow everytime things get lost. (which is practically all the time)
I don't always balance their meals.
I let Corey snack during baseball games, knowing it's gonna ruin her appetite, but at least she leaves me alone for a few minutes.
My house is often messy.
I let Corey and Noah watch things that are not always age appropriate.

AlexsPajamaMama replied: 1. Alex watches too much TV
2. I give in if it turns into a huge fight
3. I let him do things like jump on the couch...only when Daddy isn't around
4. I let him snack too much in the afternoon and he doesnt eat a good dinner
5. I'm on the computer tooo much
6. I lay in bed in the morning and wait for DH to get home from work instead of getting up when Alex yells to me!
7. Alex always gets something when we go shopping....a book, shirt, small toy, m&ms
8. I lose my temper instead of remembering he is only being 2
9. Nap time is over and I want just a few more mins to myself so I tell him go find toys to play with instead of taking the gate down and letting him come out of his room!!

mckayleesmom replied: OMG...Im laughing so hard you guys.....

ashtonsmama replied:

Me too! It's nice to know I'm not alone...

luvmykids replied: Ok well if you guys can come out with it, I guess I can.

1. I don't spend enough quality time with them, more often than not, I just try to get them occupied doing something with out me so I can be left alone for a bit. I need to be more involved with their day to day play.

2. We all watch too many movies just so it's quiet.

3. I am getting better but the house is still usually a mess.

4. Sometimes we don't ever get dressed.

5. We skip bath time when I'm tired.

6. Sometimes I let them go to sleep on the couch just because I know it will bring bedtime earlier.

7. I tell them to "hurry up" way to often, when really it's my own fault that we're running late because I'm disorganized.

8. I am not near as consistent as I should be, I threaten a lot before I actually do anything and then get mad when they don't do something "the first time".

9. I never have enough patience.

10. I tell them "Just a minute" way, way, way too often just because I don't feel like getting a drink/going outside/getting out play dough/getting off the couch right that second. And I hope if I say "Just a minute" enough they'll forget altogether.

Our Lil' Family replied: ~I put Barney or a Children's Song DVD in too often! That gives me 30 minutes to play on the computer or watch TV in my room.

~Although he LOVES to play outside I hate taking him out because I'm not an outside person, so he normally only goes out when his Daddy takes him.

~I lose my patience sometimes and yell at him even though I know he doesn't understand. This is usually at the end of a long day! I am working on it though!!

~I sometimes skip bathtime because I'm too lazy, but only if he hasn't gotten dirty or sweaty.

~I look forward to 10am and 3pm (naptime) so that I can just have quiet time.

Our Lil' Family replied:
I just got disappointed because I heard the end of the Children's Song DVD! I guess it's time to play with him cause now I'm feeling REALLY guilty!

TANNER'S MOM replied: I thought of another one..

I let the kids eat in the living room when I shouldn't..and when they say something to DH about it.. I want to beat and have said No uh uh..and made my kids look like liars..lol

I am so awful

My2Beauties replied: Oh man here goes, shame me now

1. I let Hanna watch entirely too much TV, I'm sorry but when she wants to watch her Dora tape in her room while I'm watching Idol and House, I get peace and quet for an hour or so, I'm all for it

2. She actually has a TV and VCR in her room - she's 2!!

3. I yell a little too much sometimes - I am so trying to work on this and have gotten better

4. I don't discipline very consistently, some days I'll fight that battle with her to the death and other days I just let her get away with stuff so the "drama" doesn't start

5. She eats way too much junk probably

6. I cuss in front of her, and play music with cusswords in it sometimes

7. If I call into work sick or something, I almost always still take her to the sitters so I can rest Oh that is sooooo bad

8. We all eat in the livingroom right in front of the TV

9. When she falls I make it a point not to baby her so she doesn't cry - she's pretty tough now though I will admit that

10. I skip bath time at night a lot if I'm tired or one of my shows is on

11. When we go to family functions, people just adore her and they play with her and walk around with her and entertain her, I have no problem with that, I let them do it so I can sit down and socialize with the other adults

12. Hanna watches my shows with me sometimes and they are probably definitely not appropriate for children to watch

13. She still has to have some sort of cup to go to bed with

14. She watches TV until she falls asleep (sometimes after midnight)

15. In the morning when she wakes up I will do anything to let her give me some more sleep (on the weekends), so I'll bring her in there and turn on cartoons and tell her to be quiet, I will turn on her Dora movie, or I will let her eat Honeycombs in my room in front of the TV - I'm so bad!

16. With Desiree I tend to let her watch too much TV

17. With Desiree again I constantly talk her into playing with my hair, everytime she is over there. She likes doing it but sometimes I think I get on her nerves asking her so much. I love my hair played with.

18. Both of them are spoiled rotten and almost always get what they want, almost always.

19. Oh that the Pop thing, Hanna has her fair share of soft drinks, believe me. I try to not let her have too much at home, because I know she gets it during the day at Grandma's.

20. I am completely responsible for turning my child into a shopaholic, I am constantly buying her new clothes, shoes, toys, something...I can't help it, so now when we go to the store she picks out clothes and says "Oh that is sooooo pretty, mommy" Desiree is the same way, me and her compete with cute clothes, since she can wear my size. If she gets something cute, I have to go get something cute. We have a ball shopping.

OK I'm probably not done, but I think that is enough! I sound terrible

kit_kats_mom replied: Wow. Thanks Bri. This is making me feel better. The whole "you aren't alone" thing.

1 I lose my patience more than I'd like too and they know it

2 I let them watch movies in the car so I can listen to grown up radio

3 The constant chatter kills me. I often escape to the office just to get some silence

4 Some nights I tell DH that I need to work so he will do bathtime and bedtime duties

5 I let them get a cookie every time we go to the grocery store....which is at least every day

6 I DESPISE playing stuffed animals with K. Chase? yes. Board games? yes. Blocks or books or playground or dancing or most anything else but stuffed animals I hate and I try to avoid it at all costs. The thing is, it's her favorite game so when I want to spend time with her we usually end up playing it and I suspect she can tell that I'm not really into it. I hate that I don't like it and I hate that I'm a bad faker even more.

7. We eat pizza about once a week

8. I yell sometimes and I know that it freaks K out. Her little sad face stops me in my tracks and I promise myself I won't do it again but I do.

moped replied: Aren't all of these just normal parenting tactics???????

1lilpeanut2love replied:


LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edward's Mommy replied: I let him have 2 baby spoonfuls of a Wendy's Frosty!

I have let him eat a McDonald's french fry!

I'm sure there's more, I just can't think of them!!!

MyLuvBugs replied:
Gosh I hope so.
At least we're all feeling better as parents b/c we all have flaws. lol (and most seem to be the same ones )

kit_kats_mom replied:
Think that's bad? We just bought Katherine her own cell phone. DH wanted it for GPS when she's at school. How lame that a 3 year old has a cell phone? Guess that's the benefit of being the daughter of a geek.

moped replied:
I don't even have a cell phone -

That is hilarious.

And the TV and VCR....Love it!

C&K*s Mommie replied: ** Sometimes, if it is hot outside first thing in the AM, I avoid going out all day. And the first daylight they get to see is the few moments that we have before we pile in the car so I can head to class, and them to their Nana's. Today was beautiful so we played outside, though.

** They have always been taught that candy is junk; but they have also had a taste of it, and have seen me with some in my purse too. As well as every now and again I will share some with them.

** Quiet time before naps= tv time just one tv show

** Spoiled with toys (though I do not mind because they are grateful )

** They have been told so many times that a toy is "broken" or it "needs" batteries (lies), that they will repeat it as soon as something does not work.

** We have allowed Christian to watch/fall asleep to a movie in the playroom instead of coming straight to bed. They have a tv/dvd combo in their room too, Lea Ann.

** I holler often

** Instead of straight away naps. I allow (well sort of) them to play and talk. I have to go back there often to make them take naps, but I am not adament by standing in the doorway from the very first time. Usually I stand in the doorway by about the 5th or 6th time.

jacobsmama replied: Ok here goes

~I loose my patience entirely too much and yell at him over stupid things

~I often act like he is 10 and that he should know better (he is 2 )

~I also skip bath time if I'm very tired

~He has eaten out so much when I fix dinner he will say no mom I want chicken nuggets...

~I clean the house so much his fun is doing dishes and putting clothes in the dryer

~I don't enjoy going in his room and playing with toys.

~AT BEDTIME WE READ 3 BOOKS AND LATELY I PICK THE SHORTEST ONES (I know terrible )

~I put him in the bed with me on my days off and turn cartoons on and doze off..woops Bad mommy!

~ When he says I have to pee I say you can do it yourself even though I know it is alot of work for him to get his pants down ( he will get it right?)

It is awesome that I"m putting my flaws up here because I know that we all have them and will just embrace each other with them and say that it is ok!

My2Beauties replied: I thought of another one

Oh I'm so bad, when Hanna asks me to read her a book and brings me a long one, like her Dora book or her Princess book, I make stuff up or will only read one sentence off the page Oh I'm sooooooooooooooooooooo horrible

C&K*s Mommie replied: LeaAnn. I do that too read a sentence, even if I wanted to finish Kellie turns the page before I finish anyhow

I just gave Kellie some Kaballah energy drink--mainly because she did not take a full nap, but also I am leaving for class soon! Any extra energy she has will be spent out with my mother.

jacobsmama replied:
BTDT....embarassed to say...also I have said when he brings a long one ummm you don't really like that one get another ok..Just because it is too long I know terrible!

mckayleesmom replied: LOL...I skip pages when they aren't looking

coasterqueen replied: What haven't I done that is mentioned? Ok, there are probably a GAZILLION things, but here are some right off the top of my noggin....

Get upset way too easily and over stupid things. Yell at the kids and raise my voice to where they think that's NORMAL tone of voice.

Kylie gets candy WAY too often, but that's DH's doing..not me.

I lose my patience easily.

Kylie gets soda once on the weekends.

gets baths every other day, with "wash downs" daily....but their PED says that's the best for their skin....daily baths are not so I don't feel bad about that.

Listen to music she probably shouldn't listen to.

Can't stand Kylie's yappy-ness in the car and say yes and uh-huh to everything she says knowing I have NO idea what she just said because she's already talked non-stop for 30 minutes in the car.

Some times I'm guilty of letting her watch too much tv.

Megan gets way more crap food than Kylie got at her age, because Kylie gets it now.

Kylie has a tv/dvd player in her bedroom and they have one in their playroom. The only rooms there isn't one is the bathrooms (which I've tried for this, lol) and the laundry room.

I make them wait for breakfast until after I've had my shower (which is immediately after I get up in morning).

I act like my girls should know things that they shouldn't at their age and expect them to behave better than they do.

I cuss sometimes.

Don't always have well-balanced meals.

Eat out a lot on the weekends.

Let Megan wimper a bit more than I did with Kylie before picking her up. It's usually because I can't get to her in time, not because I just sit there and stare at her crying.

I expect too much out of Kylie when it comes to doing things with her sister. She's not in charge of her, I am. Wrong.

Don't always follow through with punishment which isn't good for Kylie because she needs consistency in her life with her "high needs" and spoil her with cheap toys too much.

Let Kylie go out in public mix-matched just so I don't have to fight with her about it.

Rush the girls sometimes in the morning before we leave for daycare/work.

When it's my 1/2 day Fridays off work I do the grocery shopping/cleaning supply shopping and mow the grass instead of picking up the girls from daycare...BUT that allows more time on the weekends with them.

Oh I could go on, and on and on.

msoulz replied: I don't have enough time . . . to list them all that is!

kimberley replied: gosh, i could be here all day lol

jade has had ice cream at midnight just to keep her from waking the rest of the house

i forgot lunch once . we were busy and i don't always eat lunch and it completely slipped my mind.

i forgot to pack the boys their sandwiches.. all other stuff.. drinks, snacks, treats.. no main course lol

i call them all by the wrong name

yell at the wrong kid

made them wait for stuff so i could finish a post lol

send them to school with mismatched socks

gotten frustrated when it takes them an hour to say something that could have been said in one short sentence

there are surely many more, so i will stop for now lol

redchief replied: I am the male version of Mary Poppins... Nearly perfect in every way!


Mwahahahahaha!!!!!

holley79 replied: man this is bad. I had to though. It's sad Annika is only 4 months old and here we go:

~ I will put Annika in her crib with her toys while I go take a shower and then stay in there a little longer just because I know she isn't going anywhere.

~ I will be nursing her and reading a book and kind of ignoring her.

~ I will put her in her bouncy in front of the TV (She loves LMN) just so I can talk on the phone.

~ I will let her have a small taste of what I am eating or drinking. (sauces (nothing hot), drinks are normally water, juice or lemonade) I know shot me now.

~ When she wakes up in the morning I bring her to bed with me to nurse and pray she goes back to sleep.

~ When she wakes up after her early morning nap I will hand her a toy that doesn't make noise just to buy 5 extra minutes.

That's all I can think of right now. Don't get me started on the dogs though. LOL

kit_kats_mom replied:
I believe you are not so perfect Ed. The quote is "practically perfect in every way"

gotcha!

holley79 replied:


We'll ask Lisa later. lol

My3LilMonkeys replied: It's nice to see I'm not the only one on some of these....

*Brooke gets soda and they both get junk food more than they should, to the point where Brooke can now recognize McDonald's and tells me she needs to go there every time we pass one.

*They both get into things that they shouldn't too often

* I watch TV shows that I probably shouldn't in front of them

* I pretend I don't hear them in the mornings so that I can relax for an extra 5 minutes

* I tell Brooke that Mommy can't talk while she's driving just to get a break from the constant babbling

* I tell them it's dark out (even when it's not) if they want to go outside when I'm watching one of my shows - even though I could just TiVo it.

* I let Brooke eat with her fingers sometimes just to avoid the argument over using her fork

And as I type this we are eating dinner - DH in front of the TV, me in front of the computer. Brooke said she didn't want to eat so I put hers in the fridge and she'll probably eat at 7 or 8 (Madison ate already because she can't have what we're eating). What a bad mommy night this is!

luvmykids replied: I do at least one thing that is on everyones list that wasn't on mine I don't feel like such an ogre now.

luvbug00 replied: OH MAN!!!


I do the same thing with the book, I'm not reading tarzan all the way through period!

she has had a tv in her room and dvd player.

she doesn't go outside often ( even before allergies) becaue i hate the outdoors

I let her listen to what i listen too and we sware arround her ( not a big deal IMO)

She is given a "treat " every shopping trip which is usualy a slim jim.

if she cries enough..she gets it.

if she doesn't cry at all ... she gets it. ( either way )

I buy her EVERY childrens movies THE DAY it comes out.

I let her dye her hair, wear almost anything she wants and wear lipgloss.

I brownnose her teacher so bad... she does too sub-conciously

I let her have a juice box by her bed every night..

I rush her too much

that's it for now...

AlexsPajamaMama replied:
I do this sometimes

Hillbilly Housewife replied: I have a short fuse more often than I'd like.

My kids sometimes use cuss words, appropriately. I don't swear much, huh? Good thing I can leave that language out of my vocabulary with other kids here.

When they spill water on themselves... I tell them it will dry, instead of changing their clothes. I can't be bothered with it, not for water.

To watch tv - we have to go through an intricate button-pushing-code to get to it. (not really - but my dh "thinks" he made the system easier by haveing one mega remote instead of the 3 or 4 we had... so the receiver has to be on, the satelite box has to be on, the tv has to be on and on the right "mode"....) so the kids can't just... turn on the tv. I always tell them it must be broken to avoid it.

My daughter sneaks drinks of my coffee... and I don't care "that" much - cuz it's just a sip, and it makes her really really excited - then she crashes to the point where I don't have to fight with her for nap time.

i know i have more... can't think just now though!

amymom replied: Oh Gosh I have too many to write but I appreciate that you all are making feel good as a parent.

ONLY ONCE!!!! I have done that more times than I can count, but only for my son DD eats properly.

C&K*s Mommie replied: Just thought of this since I am about to be guilty of it. When the girls ask for certain things for breakfast, I tell them "no that is not breakfast food" and proceed to give them what I deem to be bkfast foods. But in turn I cook and eat sneakily food that was leftover from dinner or such... like porkchops, & mac n'cheese today, definately NOT breakfast food. If they come around the corner, I pretend as though I am not eating anything.

TANNER'S MOM replied: Well for those that won't take their kids outside.. I won't let mine come in. I have LOCKED them outside...lol While mopping the floor..and forgot to unlock it for a really really long time..Just cause the house was quite..

I have made them stay outside while I was cleaning and handed them lunch and drinks thru the window..

We all know u can't clean w/ boys in the house!

BAC'sMom replied: Ok here's my list.....Ready?

I am very impatient at times.

I keep Callum occupied with chips/candy at baseball games, so I can at least watch the games.

I sometimes skip Callum’s bath if I am tired.

I holler really loud sometimes.

I dread waking Ansley up in the morning for school, she's not a morning person so she usually ruins my morning.

I argue with the kids and always want the last word.

I call them all by the wrong name or combine their names.

I let my kids watch shows on TV they shouldn't so they will leave me alone. Even though I have a V-chip they know the code.

I sometimes leave the clean clothes folded up on the dryer instead of putting them away. My kids are used to looking for clean clothes on top of the dryer.

I have a paddle (paint stirrer) and I sometimes use it. But 75% of the time I just use it as a threaten device.

I get flustered when we are running late because they take to long to get ready.

redchief replied:
Heheh... Still not telling how bad I was.

Bee_Kay replied: Well, being a mom of of teenagers, I have some shortcomings......

I sometimes have a short fuse with Ashley when she backtalks, procrastinates, or rolls her eyes at me.

After saying "no" about something, I give in way too easily (and way too often). DH calls me a pushover

Rarely to I enforce my threats of grounding or taking things away.

Sometimes, on a lazy day..... it's cereal and toast for dinner

~~*Missi*~~ replied: 1. I am EXTREMELY ANAL and OVERPROTECTIVE

2. I let Sabrina get away with alot but then yell at people if they allow her to do it, LOL (hypocrite i know)

I can't think I know that Sabrina gets a lot of bumps and bruises but more from how active she is and me letting her do this or that while I am in the room. She rarely cries unless its a bad one, and those I discourage.
ex. sabrina loves to roll off the couch into pillows and one time the pillows weren't there and she rolled and caught the end table giving herself the biggest baddest shiner I have ever seen. She never did it since thou so she learned a consequence.

I guess my biggest flaw is KNOWING when to let her LEARN the lesson and when to TALK to her (stop her or reason with her).

Most would think I spoil her rotten. She has all the toys in the world and clothes galore (like 150outfits & 75+separates for summer alone) but I look at it a few ways.
The more toys the more choices. The longer she is content playing alone so that I can get cleaning done. The more clothes the longer between laundry day for her clothes. I do ours and by time I am done with DH's million dress shirts and pants I am done. So I do his One day Mine another and hers I do when I run out of onesies (which we have about 50 right now). So its more to spoil me then her LOL

TANNERS MOM - OMG yours made me laugh and think about the house I ALWAYS wanted to build....
I always wanted to build a House that was in the shape of a sqaure with a court yard in the center. So that I could locked the kids out on a good day and let them play play play LOL..... I thought of having a sliding (remote) glass roof on it so that I can close the glass if raining or snowing and heat it LOL...

I am sure there is millions more but the biggest flaw is my ocd and trying to control it near her.....

USMCwife replied: OK here goes LOL......

* I let Eden watch way too much tv when she should actually be outside playing more often.

* Eden usually gets a toy or some kind of candy at the store everytime we go. And then I fuss at her for whining for a toy everytime... my fault!

* I should help Eden practice her handwriting and other skills more often than I do.(she is in kindergarten, she doesnt have "home work")

* When I am running around in the morning getting the kids and me ready and in the evening while I am trying to cook dinner, I sometimes prop Garretts bottle up w/ a blanket or pillow so I can finish.

* I have been known to slip up and curse infront of the kids. Eden calls me out on it!

* I let Eden have too much pop.

* Alot of times she doesnt want to eat what I have cooked for dinner so instead of fighting w/ her I let her eat ravioli and sometimes cereal.

* And when I am really tired I will skip bath time, unless they are dirty or sweaty!

ions_momma replied: *We let him watch way to much tv
*He watches things on tv that he probably shouldnt
*He drinks pop quite a bit
*We eat out more often than not
*I dont hardly ever make him eat at the table. he usually eats in the living room or in his room
*I tell him to shut up if he is getting on my nerves
*DH and I cuss in front of him quite often
*I give into him if I dont want to hear him whine
*He gets something almost everytime we go to the store
*I dont have enough patience at times
*I yell alot
*He doesnt really have a bed time, he just has to be in his room by 9:30 on school nights (if we are home by then)
*He has a tv and vcr/dvd in his room
*listens to music he probably shouldnt
*I will skip bathtime, unless he is dirty or sweaty
*He knows to much for his age

Ok, thas enough for now! Wow, now I feel like a bad mommy...

~~*Missi*~~ replied: ** Man I wish Sabrina would watch 10minutes of Tv**** this kid HATES it I have bought all Einstiens, all the generic ones that Walmart has, disney sing a longs, tried cartoons, etc...... SHE WON'T watch it, i consider you all lucky LOL! Even five minutes would be great.... enough to pee without a audience!

mummy2girls replied: ok.. my turn

~ I do sometimes lose my cool and yell where i feel like crap when im done. Promise myself i wont again but i always do:(

~ If i lose my keys i have a meltdown:(

~ Jenna gets way too much junk..BUT i blame that on my dad because he is the one thats tarted that. He knows now to give me the candy and i decided if she gets it. BUT there are times he slips and gives it to her first.. LOL.. you ask her what papa buys hera nd she will say candy..LOL

~ Jenna watches too much Barney. more because all week ive been running around so much .. up at 530 and then dont get home from work till 6pm. I just want that hour where i can sit and relax...

~ She has had too much mcdonalds and its too a point where she will pass one and say..momma i need fries.

~ We pass by 7-11 and she will say. momma slush please...LOL

i could go on but ill be here forever!

Nina J replied: If she complains that she doesn't want to eat her vegetables at dinner, I act like a spoilt brat and tell her fine, dont eat anything. Then I sit there and sulk.

Other times I make her sit at the table for ages, once over an hour and a half, until she eats her veggies.

I forgot to put her pull up on her one night before bed and she woke me up at 5am because she wet the bed. I was to tired and lazy to change her bed then I told her to just get in my bed, but sleep near DH

I fill the bath up to her neck and let her stay in it for over an hour while I read magazines on the bathroom floor.

If she doesn't want to change out of her pyjama's, I don't make her. She often goes to the supermarket in her pyjama's, and everyone can tell because she wear's the pj's with feet and a butt flap. But, she's two so as if she cares.

I bribe her

If she wants to get in the shower with me but I don't really want her too, I tell her I'm getting out and she leaves. But I just lock the door and stay in the shower.

I often let her stay up as long as she likes, sometimes until past midnight, just so she'll sleep in and so can I.

If I can't sleep and I'm bored I sometimes accidently-on-purpose wake her up so I have someone to talk too. We sometimes end up playing trains until 3am

I let her watch TV shows and DVD's she shouldn't. And I mean DVD's like the sixth sense, the skeleton key and she's seen parts of texas chainsaw masacre, the newer one. They don't scare her at all, and she actually enjoys them. She watchs the village alot. I still feel bad about it though.

These are all about Emily, by the way. I've been reletivly flawless when it come's to Odessa, except I did forget to put socks on her once