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the worst thing I have ever done due to child induced fatigue

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80schild · 08/09/2015 12:44

I feel awful about this. DS had me up a lot last night as a result I got a maximum of 4 hour sleep, as a result I am bordering on exhausted, particularly with the other one just back at school.

Anyway we went out for a walk this morning to a park which is a good 15 minutes by car. I got home, went to get him out and realised I hadn't strapped him - I had been driving down an A road at 50 and he wasn't strapped him. I still feel awful about it. I think it is probably the worst thing I have ever done. We are snuggling up on the sofa now and resting. Has anyone else ever done similar? Also, how is it people manage to not be dopy when they are so tired?

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jonicomelately · 08/09/2015 17:47

Mermaid I was also regularly forgotten. I spent hours waiting outside the school only to realise nobody was coming for me. I too am unscarred by the experience Grin

EElisavetaOfBelsornia · 08/09/2015 17:50

Fell asleep when I was supposed to pick up DC1. I pretended I had been stuck in traffic.

Once with DC1 I was so tired that when she fell asleep in the pram I lay down on the pavement next to her and seriously considered going to sleep. It was raining quite heavily. I blame all those "sleep when she does" idiots who clearly never had a child who would only sleep in the pram.

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Shockers · 08/09/2015 17:56

I once fell asleep whilst walking with the pram. I stumbled and woke with a jump. I was pushing a double buggy containing a 3 month old and a 6 month old, and had a toddler walking at the side (foster mum).

RedBushedT · 08/09/2015 17:59

I have strapped both of mine into the baby car seat when they were little, and then forgotten to strap the car seat into the car... Blush
Have gone out of the house twice now, once for three hours, leaving the front door wide open. Luckily no one went in, except my neighbour from over the road, who went in after two hours thinking it was a bit odd... He closed the door for me, bless him.
Been in work for several hours with baby mucus down my top. No one told me, I discovered when washing my hands. Cringe!

ThomasRichard · 08/09/2015 18:01

Strapped the baby into the car seat but not strapped the car seat into the car.

Left the baby by the side of the road in the car seat.

Forgot to pick up older DC from school.

Put my breakfast in the fridge with the milk.

Put my dirty washing in the oven/bin.

Got annoyed because the baby's parents weren't seeing to her in the middle of the night. Eventually got out of bed and sorted her out. Returned to bed before remembering she was my baby.

Drove to the old office, several times.

Pre-heated the grill instead of the oven (many, many times).

Tried to lock/unlock the house with my car key button.

Clueing4looks · 08/09/2015 18:03

I once made myself a lovely cup of coffee, with gravy granules. Was a third of the way through until I noticed. finished drinking it anyway

Went to work with a dried up spaghetti hoop stuck to the back of my top. No one told me until I was on the bus home.

Didn't strap DS in the buggy, cue him falling out and grazing his forehead.

Dropped both babies while holding them in the bath

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TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 08/09/2015 18:04

My classic one was handing the bottle of beer to the baby and the bottle of milk to dh. Kids thought it was hysterical.

At my tiredest I forgot dd's name. An old lady at the bus stop asked what the little girl holding my hand was called and I couldn't remember.

I also missed an important meeting at work because I thought it was Sunday when it was Monday.

TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 08/09/2015 18:09

Also: pointing the remote control at the baby and pressing mute when it started crying.

feebeecat · 08/09/2015 18:17

Have also forgotten to strap dtds in. On another occasion when teeny, I managed to strap one in with her leg bent at the knee back under her - she wasn't much impressed by my attempts to hobble her.
Took them out for a walk on a cold frosty day, popped into see mum for a quick cuppa. Mum spotted one was soaking wet, commented on how thin the nappy on her was, then realised she wasn't wearing one. Seems attempts at potty training a six month old are fairly futile & I have no recollection of taking old one off. Also just realised it was same twin I tried to hobble Blush
Left keys in front door, left patio door wide open - next doors cat was quite comfy on sofa when I got back, I was just relieved he'd not set the alarm off. Have parked up and forgotten where, eventually found car, left it unlocked again and been insulted. nobody had stolen it. The list goes on.
Always wondered at the wisdom of leaving me in charge and thought I'd done well to come back unscathed with correct number of children.
Oh, also tried to take wrong baby out of nursery at hospital - again same twin, dear god, she's lucky to have made it through last 10 years

ThomasRichard · 08/09/2015 18:17

I forgot one: strapping baby DD into 3/4yo DS' car seat after nursery drop-offs, quite regularly, and only realising after I'd strapped her in and she was looking at me with a quizzical face.

beardsrock · 08/09/2015 18:19

I ripped the door off the car, whilst reversing out of the garage.

The car was in the garage, I put DS in the car seat, forgot to shut the car door. Got in driver's sear, reversed quite fast out of garage. Massive crash.

Door was totally fucked, even the hinges were broken. Couldn't even get the door to close, it was totally bent.

Thankfully DS was fine, bit of the door pinged off, luckily nothing hit him.

Door cost $3000 to fix. (insurance paid)

DH was not impressed.

MuseumOfHam · 08/09/2015 18:20

The one that still gives me the shivers is offering DS a spoonful of adult cough medicine instead of Calpol. Luckily he sniffed it, screamed, then clamped his mouth shut. Sometimes I am glad that he's never been a compliant child.

BifsWif · 08/09/2015 18:26

Love the babysitter one

I also drove back from town (about 10 miles) with DS strapped in his car seat, but not strapped in to the car itself.

MedusaIsHavingaBadHairday · 08/09/2015 18:34

Left my 8 hour old baby in the nappies isle at Tesco Blush and wandered off round the shop. When DH caught up with me ...he had another trolley with DS1 and DD1 in it (aged 2 and 1) he just said 'where's the baby?' and I actually looked down for my bump...

In my defence we were on the way home from the hospital and I did find DD2 surrounded by cooing shop assistants Grin

Wankarella · 08/09/2015 18:38

Sent DS1 to school with my purse and had his pencil case in my handbag. The school phoned me. Blush

twirlypoo · 08/09/2015 19:01

I've done the car thing (twice Blush)

I watched ds fall off a roundabout in slow motion and just stood and watched because my body was so lead heavy that I couldn't move in time. I was with 2 childless friends who looked at me like I was a totally heartless freak. Out of nervousness I then got the giggles.

I have forgotten my name when asked, the burst into tears at how bloody rubbish I was that u couldn't even remember my own name.

I lay down in the middle of the park curled around the base of the pram because ds had finally gone to sleep and I convinced myself we would just look like we were having a picnic while I snoozed.

I genuinely shudder when I thjnk back on those days, I was a single parent from birth and ds woke every hour and a half until he was 2. I was so desperate for someone, anyone, to hand him over to so I could rest Blush

Notasinglefuckwasgiven · 08/09/2015 19:12

Strapped dd into car seat securely. Then attached seat to car wrong and couldn't figure out why my normally quiet baby wouldn't stop crying til I noticed her head being bumped against the car door
Handed dd a tin I'd opened to put in the bin for me ( she was 1 ffs ) instead of ex and she slashed her hand. All night teething that one.
Just didn't get up for work and was actually annoyed when they rang me. Had had about an hours sleep ( ex was a lazy sod who didn't help out btw )
Fell asleep when dd did in her huge Silver Cross and didn't wake until the thing creaked loudly because dd had slithered to the end and was straddling the end of it Blush

LibrariesGaveUsP0wer · 08/09/2015 19:19

Shouted in exasperation at the toddler aa to why she wasn't eating her yoghurt. She pointed out she had no spoon (and was strapped in to high chair).

Not strapped in various car seats.

Threw my phone in the sink. Literally lobbed it at sink. I think I thought it was a teaspoon.

Loads of others!

LibrariesGaveUsP0wer · 08/09/2015 19:21

Twirly - I forgot DS name once. For a veeeeery long few seconds I just sort of blinked and went u mm mm mm mm.

jonicomelately · 08/09/2015 19:28

Mermaid When I got older I started to make my own way home. It was the era of the glue sniffers and I was terrified of encountering them.
On particular day I walked home and it was snowing. Some boys were throwing snowballs at me and my poor mum came tearing round the corner to pick me up, having realised she was very late. She handed in her notice the next day because she felt so bad.

niceupthedance · 08/09/2015 19:32

Went to pick up DS from nursery in my pyjamas.

Blueberry234 · 08/09/2015 19:41

Put 4 year old in the car strapped him in and drove off, leaving 6 week old in the house in his car seat asleep I was a good mile away before my 4 year old highlighted it!