Does anyone else get moments when you feel you aren't getting this mother thing right?

[Pinkchampagne]

Or is it just me??!!

[TheApprentice]

Not just you, I get these moments every day!

[purpleflower]

I do and DS is only 8m

[Pruners]

Message withdrawn

[TheArmadillo]

I'm winging it and hoping no one finds out. So my hit rate is 50-50.

Sometimes I think they suspect.

[unknownrebelbang]

Often.

Sometimes it feels like every decision you make is wrong.

Sometimes you think you've got it right, only to be proved wrong ~(again).


Hopefully it's just a phase for you.

[LynetteScavo]

Several times a day. The funny thing is, before I had DC's I was convinced I would be the most perfect mother in the world. LOL

[frumpygrumpy]

Me, me, me. And not "not quite right" either - bloody arsing it badly I think.

[oliveoil]

oh yes

we went to Wales last weekend and dd1 was being her usual sensitive (odd?) self and ruining things tbh

dh was an oasis of calm and patience

I was stalking about like an old angry bag

they don't come with an instruction booklet, mores the pity

[tribpot]

I'm the opposite. I have very occasional flashes when I think I might be doing reasonably well. The rest of the time I am floundering and wondering how on earth I ended up the mother of a 2 year old!

[juuule]

Lots of times. Not just you.

[Eeek]

absolutely with tribpot - my head appears above water briefly and then I'm down and drowning again.

[Pinkchampagne]

I have worked with children for years, so you would think I would know how to do things just right, but I so don't!

[wrinklytum]

God,loads!!!

I come on to Mumsnet seeking inspiration...

[Pinkchampagne]

It's reassuring to know I'm not alone in feeling this way!

[tribpot]

Pink - I think it's worse if you think you should know what you're doing. I have loads of nephews and nieces and confidently imagined that that would somehow translate into usable experience. Ha flipping ha.

I think if we're honest, we're all just blagging it.

[Oblomov]

All the time. Ds is 3.4 and sometimes I think, " this is not qutie how I imagined my parenting to be".

[Pinkchampagne]

I am NNEB qualified & have always worked with children, so thought I would cope with motherhood just fine, but how wrong can you be?!!

[AlistairSim]

I never feel like this.

cackles hysterically and resumes rocking

[Pinkchampagne]

Absolutely!
I always remember being heavily pregnant with DS1 & having a friend say to me "You will be just fine as a mum because you work with children!"
I foolishly thought "Yes, she's right, I'll be fine, I just need to get through the birth & the rest will be a breeze!"
Ha ha, how bloody foolish was I?!!

[Pinkchampagne]

LOL! They are best kept at that non talking/moving age!!