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Your most batshit parenting moments?

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Hassled · 22/11/2019 21:18

For some reason today I remembered the MNer years ago who confessed to squirting no-tears shampoo directly into her eye to make sure it really was no-tears before using it on her baby.

I think my equivalent is probably banning DH ( who seriously loves The Cure) from ever playing Boys Don't Cry in case the DSs grew up thinking boys don't cry. The ban was in place for a solid 15 years.

Anyone else looking back and wincing at themselves?

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APeakyBlinder · 22/11/2019 22:00

When DS was about 3 days old we took him in the garden for the first time, then we saw a bee so we went back inside pronto 😂

Boristhecats · 22/11/2019 21:58

I was a nanny to many babies and children for years before I had my own. Seen all the batshit crazy things before. Realised they were mad and didn’t do anything like that with mine. Grin

nbee84 · 22/11/2019 21:53

The 1st time I put dd in the baby swing at the park I secured her in with reins Blush

namestar · 22/11/2019 21:43

When I asked DS P1 (reception) teacher how intelligent he was in rank of order amongst his classmates. Blush WTAF was I thinking????

Stroan · 22/11/2019 21:42

DDs hair started to fall out at 5 months. I wouldn't let DH wash it or touch it for weeks Blush

Tiredmum21 · 22/11/2019 21:38

I told my husband he shouldn't make eye contact with my DD when she was baby and he went settle her back to sleep at night.. i'd read it in some book.. he told me it was really hard when she was staring right at him! I really cringe when i think back to this!

dontlickthelamp · 22/11/2019 21:34

A bit like @TheLightSideOfTheMoon, but whenever we go under a bridge on a bus we all have to duck down to the floor as DD2 is scared the bus won’t go under

dappledsunshine · 22/11/2019 21:32

I absolutely freaked out when we were on holiday with ds1 who was about 9 months old.

We were in a pool which had a lazy river, he was in my arms and the current started taking us round a bend, I couldn't see what was past the bend and started yelling at dh to pull us back in case we got swept down into a white water rapid scenario.

Dh eventually managed to hoist us back to safety, people around us looking at me like Hmm I then gave him the baby and swab round the bend to see what was there only to discover a lovely gentle shallow floaty stream, the clue was in the name lazy river Blush

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Hassled · 22/11/2019 21:30

I've never heard of a fear of Wombles before but now you say it I can see that they're pretty damn menacing :o.

No flushing isn't batshit. There's a logic there, I reckon.

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TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 22/11/2019 21:27

We had to hide under the table on a train whilst going through Wimbledon Station because DS was scared of Wombles.

He 16 now and appears to be over it...

Kokapetl · 22/11/2019 21:25

The no flushing the toilet after the baby is asleep rule. To be fair though it did seem to wake the baby up and it was pretty had to get that one to resettle. Second child could, of course, sleep through anything!

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