Most batshit thing you did with your PFB

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Chatting to friends today about the funniest/craziest/omg what was I thinking things we did with our firstborn DC.

When DD was a few months old she fell out of a small ‘smart’ baby swing that gently rocked her and played music. It was a very small fall onto carpeted floor and she didn’t even cry. I screamed in panic and took her to A&E. But before leaving I took a video of the smart swing so the doctors could see exactly how it rotated and I measured the distance from the floor to the rocker so they had that crucially important information as well. At the hospital I think I asked more than once if she needed a brain scan and huffed and puffed when the nurse gently said no😭 No-one was interested in watching the video either!

My little one was around 18 months, when I realised he has some lump on his knee. I saw there was something in it, but could not established wether was a tick (potentially poisonous bug) or not, so I took him to A&E. (I know there are no ticks in UK, but we were back home where they are). The doctor found out it was actually a splinter and scratched it out with a needle. He was very brave, no crying, but little bit of blood came, so she had to cover it. They ran out of small plasters, so she need to put a big gauze and covered it with a bandage. It was in the summer and he was wearing shorts and his little knee was fully covered, like completely broken, but it was only a small scratch. He was already nicely talking and told my mom when we reached home that he had a splinter and the doctor gave him a bandage. He absolutely loved it and was walking around with it for 3 more days 🤣

It wasn't porridge; it was baby rice, which looked a bit like Reddy Brek. I couldn't believe I was feeding my baby something as awful and processed as Reddy Brek and was really relieved when I felt I was "allowed" to move on to what I saw as "proper" food.

Poor 2nd child of yours 😀

If they are being put on a low dose of antibiotics for a sound reason and are having tests carried out I think listening to medical professionals is much much better than listening to your gut

My DS was on prophylactic antibiotics from birth. My DH really didnt like the idea of them. I went with the medical advise. It was a tense time. Had we not taken the medical advise DS would have needed a new kidney by now. He's now 12 and with further medical help he is nowhere near that stage yet. Most medical advise is given for a good reason.

I have only 1 DC but Ive done a lot of batshit PFB things. Way too much cooking of mush, sterilising for far too long, pages of notes to my parents when babysitting.

Though the time I went round a roundabout and the carseat tumbled over the backseat of the car as i hadn't clicked it in properly was the absolute opposite of most of my behaviour.

I took him to the GP after and was expecting her to report me to the police and SS. She laughed and said he was fine and assured me I'd never do it again....she was right

@Mayana1 there are ticks in the UK just hooked one out of my leg the other week and dds arm last week 😬

I think they trust the consultants.

Haha
She's no 6!
I had 1 girl,4 boys and another girl-poor sod is lucky if I remembered she was there!

@ttcat37

WOW - you missed the vibe check. Spectacularly.

Are you ok? 🧐.

Well if you prefer blunt then this thread is full of mothers describing our own moments of insanity our own PFBs.

If you don’t want to read about our dafter moments then don’t read it. If you do want to read then actually read it properly so that you know what it is about. The notion that this thread is attacking new mothers is risible.

😂😂😂😂😂

Ahhh this thread is so funny.

When DD was a few weeks old, DH ran her bath and the temperature was 38 degrees, but the guidance on the thermometer said it should be up to 37. I went nuts at him, so annoyed that he'd put her into a bath that was too hot, which she was comfortably and happily sitting in 😂😂

My PFB’s first birthday cake was carefully made with natural fruit sweetener from the health food store instead of normal sugar, and decorated with fresh fruit and cream cheese, instead of icing. Child no2 got a chocolate fudge cake.

Bur reading many of these posts the subsequent children who were not subjected to some of the crazy things seem to have either come to no harm or been better able to cope in later years. Maybe we are seeing the end of the tyranny of SM, books, MN (!) in influencing how babies are cared for and mothers will go back to doing what they think's the right thing, remembering that the current 'advice' will be out of date next week and replaced by another fad, with all the scientific evidence to back it up!

Not me but my husband. He thought it would be fun to stick the sucker at the end of a toy to his forehead, so he looked like a dalek, and he and baby had much fun with her bashing the end of the toy like a rattle. Until the game came to an end, and he removed the sucker to reveal a whacking great perfectly circular bruise on his forehead. That took some explaining away at work, especially since the bruise took quite a while to fade, and that particular game was never repeated.

When PFB was about 1, we were out for a picnic with our mummy and baby group and a friend asked if my daughter would like a wotzit. I snatched my PFB away from where she was sat near said friend and apparently looked at the mum like she was trying to poison my child! 😂🙈 I remember being utterly horrified!

You are the single negative poster on this thread.

Please hide it, for everyone else's sakes.

You are clearly not at the stage in parenting where you can look back and laugh or even grimace.

I don't understand why someone can be so active on a thread that is of no use to them.

This is a lighthearted thread. Well mostly, until you, Negative Nelly came along.

Ohh bless you momma, you're an absolute star! 🤗

No way! I was told there are not doing vaccines for it as they are not a threat! Back home we do vaccines for tick-meningitis but in UK you are advised to take it only if you are travelling to the countries where there is a risk, but not for UK itself.

When my PFB was 6 weeks old she slept through the night until 8am the next morning. I was frantic!! I was convinced there was something wrong and rang the health visitor in a right panic. When I told her she chuckled and told me how I lucky I was lol

my first child I was paranoid something was going to go wrong. And I spent hours reading baby magazines, cutting out things I should know. I had to test the temp of the bathwater and gave her the baby rice, which looked disgusting. I have never met a baby yet who liked it or even ate it. it was all stress and worry
The second baby was premature, so I was even more worried, but when she came home, I seemed to be more laid-back because I suppose I had to fit the oldest in with the routine. Despite her being premature before I could wean her, she helped herself from our plate, chips being her favorite. she was definitely a tough nut

There are ticks in the UK. They can be a massive problem in some areas.

We took DS on a weekend camping trip when he was 4 months old. I packed so much stuff for him that when it came to leave, we couldn't actually fit his car seat in the car and had to repack. We also had to take a spare tent to house it all. From memory, for 2 nights away I insisted that we took a carry cot, a moses basket, a travel cot, his baby gym, a ball pond and his entire pram. He ended up on the floor next to me on the mattress from his moses basket and slept through the night for the first time ever.

@NotDarkGothicMama that's funny 😁

I remember taking a changing bag with full change of clothes for a walk to the shop 10 minutes away 🙈

If this thread is really upsetting you I would suggest you stop reading it. It's a light-hearted, funny thread which is being constantly interrupted by you trying to bring the mood down. There is no obligation on you to read this thread!

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