Can I enter the worst-mom-ever contest?

I hate to admit this being so new to this board, but I need someone to tell me I'm not the only mom who has ever done this...or if I am, I can stop angsting about it and go away and never hold my head up again.

So yesterday we had a little cake for the boys with the next door neighbors. They came over in the afternoon and we had a beer while the boys all played together. Jack grabbed my bottle and stuck it in his mouth the way he does with everything. Of course I watched him carefully, but he didn't try to tip it up at all, just made funny noises in the top of the bottle and then ran off to play. Then Tom comes over for his turn, and yanks the bottle out of my hands - no surprise.

Tom has this cute habit, when he's in the wading pool, of upending cups of water into his mouth so that they splash all over, go down his front, into his mouth, over his face, etc. He jumps out of the pool in shock, comes to hold on to momma for a minute, and then jumps back in and does it again.

So he yanks the bottle out of my hand and plays with it like Jack does and I stop paying attention...because I'm an idiot. Next thing I know, Tom is gasping for air, looking at me like I punched him in the nose, with beer streaming down his front. He grabs my neck and holds on tight, still gasping. Poor little guy! I have no idea whether he's swallowed anything, but he clearly got enough carbonation somewhere to startle him!

Of course, we spent the next half hour watching for him to act drunk, but it's kind of hard to tell drunk from normal goofy toddler behavior. He doesn't seem scarred today. Maybe he'll be fine. (Or maybe I'll blame every problem he ever has on that swig of beer!)

 

You are not a horrible mom!!! My kids got a hold of my DH's Tabasco sauce once and that was WAY worse! Don't be too hard on yourself

 

OMG! Okay, sorry, but I laughed really hard at your post... :lol:

Of *course* he's fine, and I bet he swallowed barely anything. Definitely not enough to be drunk. Heehee. You are NOT the worst mom ever!

Remember that generations of moms have been giving their kids a little brandy for teething....and I've seen plenty of moms drink quite a lot of alcohol while breastfeeding....it's all good.

ETA -- happy, happy birthday to your little men!

 

I honestly was about to post a VERY VERY similar post!!! Tonight, as I was walking through the hall way, I find a ziplock baggie of tylenol laying there. Apparently MONTHS and MONTHS ago before the boys were mobile, I had tossed some in a baggie and then put it in a tote bag for a day trip. Well, they were getting into our luggage and somehow the baggie came out. I have NO EARTHLY clue if they got any tylenol out and ate any. In my panic, I grabbed it and felt along the zipper but I was so freaked out I can't remember if I zipped it any. I THINK it was mostly closed, and there wasn't much in there to begin with, but I've no way of knowing if there were any missing. My boys generally don't like eating things, and I'd think a tylenol caplet would taste pretty bad, so they'd LIKELY spit it out.... but I have no clue. I called Poison Control, and the lady reamed me about how much they could have ingested.... I DON'T KNOW!!! She said at 3 pills, there's nothing to worry about, and I HIGHLY doubt they could have eaten more than that. But still.... I'm sitting here praying they're fine and I truly feel like the worst, most irresponsible parent alive. So.... a little beer actually sounds not so bad! :fool:

 

You are definitely not the worst mom ever!! :hug99: It was an accident, and I'm sure he's fine!! :hug99:

 

:rotflmbo: Sorry, but that is just too funny!

Seriously, though, I'm sure everything's fine. If you want to hear a really scary story, when one of my brothers was a toddler, he got into the medicine cabinet and ate a whole bottle of thyroid medication!

Oh, and happy birthday, Tom and Jack!

 

For sure you are NOT the worst mom ever. A little beer on the face (I highly doubt he could have swallowed any significant amount) will not scar him Don't beat yourself up over it. We all have situations/things we feel badly about- it's part of motherhood.... :hug99:

 

If you're a bad Mom for that, I'm worse. When DS was old enough to walk, he used to take beer cans out of the garbage can & drink the last little bit in the can. It had to taste terrible, but he always wants to be just like his Daddy. He still asks to drink beer every time we have one, but we tell him he's not big enough. Now that we have babies, he thinks he's a big boy & that should mean he gets beer. It's getting more difficult to divert his attention, but we manage to find something else more interesting. At least he gave up fishing cans out of the garbage!!

Cassey

 

please don't feel bad!! i have a picture from when i was a baby where my mom & dad would give me a sip of red wine and i would be screaming afterwards b/c it was so yucky to me and they thought it was funny!!!! and i turned out alright (at least i think i did!!)

 

ROFL! Well yesetday Savannah got her hands on a beer can and dumped the ENTIRE thing on her and the floor. GRR!!!!! I know they did not get enough to sweat it. Hang in there momma this is only the beginning. You are by far the worse momma ever. NOWAY! Also Beau LOVES LOVES beer and we have to always make sure NO cans get in his hands, he wants to drink it. NOt just dump it he wants the beer. It will all be fine.

 

if your in the bad mommy club then i guess we all are in there for something.

whats a little beer in the face? yeah he was probably a little scared but he's fine. i can think of alot worse then a little beer.

 

Thanks, all. It is true, I do seem to go looking for things to feel bad about, and then the guilt kind of zaps my sense of humor and it's much harder to let little things roll...one big loop of anxiety.

But the image of a baby fishing beers out of the garbage is so funny it has completely erased the guilt! ROFLMAO

Onward!

 

When I was a toddler apparently I had the habit of circling the room and taking sips of everyone's drinks, whether they be water, soda, beer, whatever. My family thought it was cute and commented on how thirsty I was. They didn't let me chug or drink a lot, but figured that the occasional sip wouldn't hurt. And guess what? They were right.

I'm fine and I don't even like the taste of beer now. (Really, I find it gross. No idea why I liked it as a child.) I was an honors student throughout school and now have a good professional job. That bit of beer didn't hurt me a bit and it won't hurt your son either.

I'm not saying that anyone should let kids drink beer as my (admittedly disfunctional) family did. But a sip of beer is nothing to freak out over. I'm afraid that I'll need to decline your nomination for the Worst Mom Ever Award. You are not worthy.

 

Oh we used to get swigs when we were little from my grandpa and dad, and I am definetly not a beer drinker!! Actually when I was 18 months old, I was still not walking. Well I was given a little gin and tonic, and guess what?? I was off and running!!! (not that I am promoting it)

My kids have never had any, but my niece has! She would always try and still my sister's bottle of beer to get a bit...she is a booger!!

April

 

When my oldest was a toddler we had friends that had a vacation home on a canal that was wide open - just a block house where everyone was together all the time - one big room - no way to shut anything off but the bathroom. Well in that wide open expanse they had an old frig that they had turned into a kegorater unbeknownst to my husband and myself. Well our daughter found the spicket on the side and was able to guzzle quite a bit of beer before we ever realized that it wasn't a plain old fridge and that she was sitting there at the spout guzzling beer. She did get tipsy. We called the pedi mortified but scared she was going to have brain damage or worse. We were terrified we would get stopped along our way home and that a policeman would smell alcohol on our child and she would be taken from us. It's not that we weren't in the room with her - we had no idea there was anything on the side of that fridge much less she was able to guzzle down beer. She slept like a log that night. You are far from the worst mom category.

 

Dear Zabeta,

We regret to inform you that your application for "Worst Mom" has been denied. We failed to find adequate proof that you are, in fact, the worst mom. Therefore you are not going to be considered at this time.

Should your child be harmed, maimed, or lose any of his or her limbs due to your negligence we will reconsider your request.

Sincerely,

Worstest Mom Committee

 

Honestly, I don't find that story too bad at all - more funny than anything else. Don't worry! You sound like a great mom. Maybe we should all drink a beer to take the edge off once in a while. And I'm sure your little guy won't suffer any bad effects, except he probably won't bother trying a sip next time around.

 

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Dear Zabeta,

We regret to inform you that your application for "Worst Mom" has been denied. We failed to find adequate proof that you are, in fact, the worst mom. Therefore you are not going to be considered at this time.

Should your child be harmed, maimed, or lose any of his or her limbs due to your negligence we will reconsider your request.

Sincerely,

Worstest Mom Committee

Di, you are funny! :laughing:

Zabeta-- no-- you are not a terrible mom at all! Don't beat yourself up over it!

 

LOL, I can just imagine how freaked out you were :hug99: He will be fine, and now you have a funny story to tell ardon:

 

In honor of your thread, I'm having a beer - right now!! :drinks:

 

QUOTE(~* dfaut *~ @ Jun 24 2008, 09:29 PM) [snapback]843613[/snapback]
Dear Zabeta,

We regret to inform you that your application for "Worst Mom" has been denied. We failed to find adequate proof that you are, in fact, the worst mom. Therefore you are not going to be considered at this time.

Should your child be harmed, maimed, or lose any of his or her limbs due to your negligence we will reconsider your request.

Sincerely,

Worstest Mom Committee



Too funny!

 

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In honor of your thread, I'm having a beer - right now!!


You and who else in the house (wink wink, nudge nudge)? :lol:

And :rotflmbo: at the Worstest Mom Committee!!! :rofl:

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Well our daughter found the spicket on the side and was able to guzzle quite a bit of beer before we ever realized that it wasn't a plain old fridge and that she was sitting there at the spout guzzling beer.


:rotflmbo:

 

My niece ate a whole row of her mom's birth control pills when she was about three.

I have called poison control for the following ingestions:
Delaney ?# of Flinstone vitamins (she got the child-proof cap off).
Thomas: Drank floor cleaner (It was environmentaly friendly).
Kirby: Drank a 1/2 bottle of Baby Wash
Thomas: Accidentally gave him a double dose of children's motrin instead of piggybacking motrin and tylenol.
Shea: Double dose of ADHD mediacation (One by me, one by husband)

I know there are a few more. So don't feel bad about a few drips of beer! You'll laugh about it later!

 

Hey, we've had a couple of poison control calls here too. Accidents happen and you'll know better next time. Glad he's ok.

 

:rotflmbo: Sorry! You will DEFINITELY be laughing about this in a short while. You're a great mom. Just look at it this way...maybe he'll be so traumatized by his first beer experience that he won't drink in college !

 

I'm glad you feel better now!

Just last night we were eating at the Mexican restaurant, and as any other twin momma knows, it is easy to be distracted while eating out with toddlers. I had my back turned to Emily for a split second trying to clean up the mess that Sam was making with the chips and salsa and Emily managed to stand up in her high chair and get a sip of my margarita. Guess I left the straw too close. :fool: She was fine, and she didn't seem to like the taste, thank goodness!!