Spectacular Parent Fail- AIBU to ask you about yours?

[toothfairy73]

Just had a relaxing afternoon as my DD (6) has an after school activity today. Parked up outside the school early, have a leisurely moment, stroll up to pick her up; only to discover I'm half an hour late. They've tried calling my mobile (I left it at home), they've called work and my husband (who is going out of his mind with worry), I'm mortified.

DD happy; she got to go to after school club and eat pizza.

AIBU to ask you about your parent failures to make me feel better....?

I've done the packed lunch mix up too...sent DS in with a delicious tub of margarine.

I can sympathise with that sinking feeling on forgetting it's non uniform day and realising every other child is in their own clothes!
I have had a few mad dashes home to get them changed in my time.
The worst one though was getting the day mixed up for non uniform and arriving at school with them in their own clothes and everyone else in uniform! I'd got the wrong Friday!
I've also embarrassed them (and myself) by falling over on the school drive when it was icy!

Thought of another one. Not me, my DH. In the sleep deprived fog of newborn parenting with DC1, he changed her nappy in the night, took the old one off, but forgot to put a new one on, so she woke up soaking!

I've done the packed lunch mix up but with a leftover and very boozy tiramisu. dh brought it home after a work Christmas lunch at a fancy italian place. It was after lunch had long finished that I realised. I knew that if for some reason a kid doesn't bring their packed lunch they give them something hot and send me the bill. So I wasn't too worried. When ds came out of school I checked his bag. Every last scrap had been eaten . No one ever mentioned it so I kept quiet. Ds was fine. Not even a sniff of a hangover.

Years ago my son pulled his rugby top out of his bag in the PE changing rooms at school to find 3 pairs of my thongs attached to the velcro.

So I was a new mum walking around in Mothercare pushing the pram around chatting with my mum, we get to the till and pay ...I'm about to walk out the shop and I get this terrible feeling I've forgotten something....Yeah Yoni you forgot your baby in the pram near the till!!

pumpkin

Sheldonoscopy I have done the same! We had recently moved in to our new house and I took the kids to go shopping, was away for probably more than a couple of hours. As I drive in to the driveway the house door is wide open I was terrified thinking we had been burgled so sneaked in and checked the house and realised I had just lef the door wide open. We live in London and I didn't know my neighbours. Everything fine

Have also done all the others mentioned on here, stupidly left DS2 in his bouncer ON the dining table, I have no idea how he managed as he was well before crawling age but the bouncer and him fell of the table. Luckily it landed down side and not upside down.

Have also gone to school on an inset day, forgot packed lunch on school trip days etc etc

I took my son to his friends birthday party and couldn’t find it. Phoned the mum to find out where they were and she said the party had been the day before my son was so upset.
I’ve also opened the front door and bashed my daughter in the face as she was too close to me.

Turns out it's Children in Need today, dress down or wear something spotty. We realised as we saw DDS friends in Pudsey onesies outside the school. The bell rang, we only live a few minutes from the school so could have went home and changed and only been a little bit late.Dd insisted she didn't care, she's 9 and probably does care. A lot.. She just hates being late.
I'm dreading the mood she'll come home in.

So many.

I've sent DD into school in fancy dress on the wrong day several times; including one where the school wasn't actually having a fancy dress day at all but the school down the road was (had clearly seen the wrong newsletter).
I've taken DD's reading book into work by mistake and sent her into school with one of my work textbooks more than once.
She has come home with a few notes along the lines of "small pigeon complained that her shoes were tight in PE today - she may need a size bigger" before I've remembered that I haven't replaced her plimsolls in a year.

In my defence, my mother forgot to collect me on my first day of school so it's probably genetic.

I've just seen the school's Twitter posts from today, looks like it's just dd and a boy in uniform.

Dutch don’t worry, we’ve had similar! My son had his first wobbly tooth and moved to show my partner at the same time as my partner pointed to his mouth and poof, pokes the tooth clean out.
Son thought it was hilarious!

Got a funny old phone call off his dad though🙄

Not me- my Husband on a mercy run to our DS school (year7) to bring him forgotten rugby boots- 45 Min round trip. He got back and just double checked with me what tie our DS wore for school. Thought it was a bit odd but obviously told him to be met with a pale panic stricken face. Cue another 45 minute round trip to collect said rugby boots from the wrong school and deliver them to the correct one 😱🤷‍♀️

Oh so many...

Bashed my son on the nose with the door.

One of them jumped on my bed and got a black eye on the bed post, lovely Santa photo that year.

Forgot how old one was in his birthday card and he came to me and said I'm 12, not 13.

Regularly forget their names and say "you, other child"

Sent one to school in uniform on non uniform day. Newspaper photographers were in for something and photographed my child as only one in school in uniform.

Both have fallen off my bed as babies.

Packed no knickers at all for one on holiday. For the same child next year packed no shorts.

Sent DD1 to school in fancey dress, nope wrong day.
Sent DD2 to a party, nope wrong day
Sent both in uniform, nope dress down day.

DH elbowed DD1 in the mouth (accidentally) and knocked her front tooth out. Few years later and he does exactly the same to DD2

DD1 went to roll off the sofa as a baby, I grabbed her babygrow ended up with a babygrow in my hand and a screaming baby on the fall. That’ll teach me not to popper it up properly.

I have more but should probably stop now

Stopped at the supermarket on the way back from collecting the cat after a holiday. He was getting upset in his carrier so we let him loose in the car with DH and baby DD whilst I went in for the shopping. I came back out to DH in a huge panic standing outside the car. He had got out to take a work call because the cat was mewing a lot and the cat stood on the button that locked the car from the inside, leaving him and baby DD locked in. We had a spare key at home, in one of my many many handbags in the wardrobe and I didn't know which one. We had to phone FIL to take me home and use his key to our house because ours were both locked in the car. He helped me go through all the bags and we finally found the key. He is the only person in the world who knows just how many handbags I have, and he will take that secret to the grave with him.

putting away pjs and sports kit.one went in the draw one in the kit bag.guess which one ended in which.and guess how that went down...

I love that all after school activities at my DC's school finish at 4, and that DD's old enough to walk home by herself. 😀

Ollivander if you weren't an only child I'd ask if you were my sister.

Misswig

Whoa..... Your husband doesn't know which school your son goes to??

I’ve had my fair share of fails but some of the best are the woman who lives opposite! I have returned her car and house keys to her no less than 6 times in the last year! When they’ve been hanging in front door (opens onto street) I’ve also let her know her boot is open twice (pushchair etc inside) car is parked on street I think she does a little every time she sees me- last time I just pulled keys from lock and shoved through letter box so they were safe

That's nothing ReadMyLipss, DH thought DD started yr7 this year. It's yr6. He knew we'd just been visiting secondary schools. A bit late?

I also call them the wrong name frequently and I only have 2 DDs!

I actually made a combined name for them at one point

@fruitbat are you my neighbour?
Constantly leave keys in my door. At least DD is in nursery now so the postman arrives shortly after I've got home and posts my keys in after me.

I don't know why they just never cross my mind once I'm over the threshold.

I remembered parents evening and got away with it this week though, another parent asked when our appointment was. Hadn't thought about it since we booked them.