Oh, good lord, the list.
AIBU not to take my DD to hospital? Her baby brother has accidentally gashed a hole in her cheek with a pair of sharp scissors. It does appear to have gone all the way through, but it isn't bleeding much, and I feel sure it will heal.
AIBU not to take DD to hospital? Her brother has pushed her into a sharp corner and she has a headwound that will heal to look as if she has a third dimple by her eye. But I'm sure a stitch or two will make no odds, right?
AIBU not to take DS2 to hospital for several hours? He claims his leg feels funny, but really, how can it be an issue? (It was broken!)
AIBU to shut five-year-old DD and seven-year-old DS outside, in the dark, at 8pm, because they won't own up to nicking food?
AIBU to be furious with dyslexic and dyspraxic DD and DS2 because they don't seem to be mastering basic tasks like locking the door correctly, at ages 8 and 4?
AIBU to use 'banging your heads together/against the wall' as a punishment? It does seem to work and I'm sure they'll remember it fondly in adulthood (DB does!).
She did mellow out a lot, and to be fair, an awful lot of this I can completely understand. She was mortified when she realized I could have had stitches/DB had broken his leg! I think probably people's awareness of what you can do has changed so much, hasn't it? I think the one she'd have been most grateful for replies on would have been:
AIBU to decline the HV/midwife's visits, if she is going to insist on calibrating her scales for weighing the baby with the monumentally accurate bag of flour (?!) and then find, surprise surprise, that the baby's weight does seem to fluctuate oddly from week to week ...