I Must Be A Bad Mom
September 20th, 2012 | Author: Earlier this week I shared a picture on my Facebook for everyone. I thought the meaning was beautiful, as did everyone that shared it.
I was lucky, no one had anything nasty to say about it – on my wall. Other pages were getting horrible comments about why the parents in the picture are bad parents. Mostly directed to the mom who circumcised her son. Well, let me get on my soapbox real quick and tell you all why I’m a bad mom;
Landon IS circumcised. It’s not your business why Cody and I chose to have that “operation.”
Landon DOES get his shots on time every time. We just got his first flu shot on Friday, also.
I DO let my son watch TV as often as he wants.
Landon DOES tell kids that are crying to shut up, when he’s trying to talk.
When Landon gets mad, he says shit and recently learned f*ck.
Landon was breast & formula fed from birth till 6 months – then just formula fed.
We cloth diaper…when they’re clean. So once every month.
I get fed up with Landon at times and can’t wait till he’s supposed to go see his dad for the weekend.
Then I get too emotional when he’s gone for too long.
I’ve given Landon coffee, mixed in his milk.
I still take showers with Landon.
I let the dog lick his face.
Don’t worry, there’s no blade on the end of the razor. I’m a bad mom, not stupid.
Despite all the bad, Landon is happy. He laughs everyday. He hugs strangers. He wants to kiss everyone’s owies. He never goes to bed hungry. He has a dry diaper, always. Most importantly, he’s loved beyond words.
No mother is perfect. We’re all tired at the end of the day. But our child isn’t any worse off than he would be, with one of the “good moms.”
So tell me, in what ways are you a [not so] bad mom? Link up your posts!
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I LOVE this! I am writing my Bad Momma post right now! BTW…YOU’RE AN AMAZING MOM!!
Thank you Courtney, you’re a great mom also – make sure you link up your post!
I’m a bad mom because I don’t let me children run and scream around the church fellowship hall while others are eating dinner. I make them sit at the table with me and eat dinner as a family even though we are at church. I’m a bad mom because I gave them donuts yesterday before dinner. I also am a bad mom because I make my two 9 years and 5 year old girls have chores like laundry and dishes and goodness no I make them clean their own room on a daily basis. I believe if you get the toys out you should put them up when the day is done. I’m to strict on my kids because I don’t let watch TV during the school week. The list can go on and on. But my kids excel in school and are all on the honor roll. I can take my girls out to a nice restaurant and they will be still and enjoy their meal. We have dance parties at our house where the whole family goes in the living room and dances to old music. We laugh, we cry, and get dirty, and clean up all together. And I think that is more important than everyone elses opinion of my parenting.
Gail, you’re doing great as a mom! I love that you make your kids sit with you at dinner, no matter where you are. That’s a great habit to have <3 keep doing what you’re doing (:
I’m a bad mom because I haven’t killed my teenager…. yet.
You win in the bad mom department
I love it!!! I don’t have kids, but get so sick of the “my way is the only way” attitude. You rock!
Kendra, thank you for stopping by!
Parenting is hard & it’s frustrating when other parents think that their way is the only way. Hopefully one day, that will stop (:
Loved this post! There are so many reasons I’m a bad mom. I do allow my son (7 years old) a mountain dew, every few days or so (if it’s not close to bedtime). He can watch whatever he wants on TV and play whatever video games he can figure out (he knows what things he is to NEVER repeat from them)! I don’t shelter him from the meanness and ugliness in the world, because I don’t want his perceptions to be skewed when he gets older. We can get muddy, play with any creature we can find outside, we get IN the mucky ponds. We take bubble baths for an hour if we want. He can use my computer freely and we’ll look at ANYTHING under the microscope. We take our son to movies that aren’t kids movies. Go ahead, have that donut before school little man! I don’t make him use toothpaste if he’s got a migraine or upset stomach. There are a million more things that make me a bad mom, but I guess I don’t need to list them ALL here.. hehe.. my son is well behaved, well mannered, sweet and kind to all living things – plant or animal, he’s also a straight A student who has never missed a spelling word in all his years in school and can read and spell better than most adults I know. So if all this bad stuff I do has ruined my kid, I’d like to know whose eyes are looking because they must be blind!! Rock on Bad Moms!!
Jennifer, it sounds like you’re winning in the bad mom department also
Thank you for stopping by & tomorrow, I’m going to need you to encourage me to eat a donut for breakfast
You are a great mom, you love your kid and he knows it. I get fed up with my three kids on a daily basis and wish for some time off but wouldn’t know what to do if any of them were ever not in my life for even a day.
I say I can’t imagine giving Levi coffee since he has more than enough energy to begin with, but the truth is I’ve let him taste a few sips of my iced coffee before. I’m sure that makes me more of a crappy mom