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AIBU to ask you all for your most PFB moments?

295 replies

user1477282676 · 02/12/2016 10:17

I just fancy a laugh and there's a lot of traffic here. So...mine is that on DD1's first birthday, I made the entire room sing Happy Birthday to her in a WHISPER so that she wouldn't be scared by all the loud singing. Blush

And they all did it too! Grin Bless them.

Now you!

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twoforluck · 05/12/2016 10:36

I've had many pfb moments myself but one that springs to mind is actually of dm - when I was 16 I went to Glastonbury fest and it rained constantly so my mum slept with all her windows open because she wanted to feel as cold and miserable I was feeling 😂

winterisnigh · 05/12/2016 10:51

DD was about 18 months and got her nail caught in an un covered stair grip, it made a teeny groove in her nail and ever such slight amount of blood was drawn.

I was in tears to docs, got emergency appointment and when we got there the very kind doc - said she didn't even have a plaster that small. Grin i was worried she may need tetanus or something.

paxillin · 05/12/2016 10:53

One memorable Christmas my parents, grandparents, myself, our then 8yo, our toddler, aunt and uncle, DH, DBIL, DSis and myself had to sit in a pitch-black sitting room, tv off because her PFB "liked company when asleep".

It all went wrong when my aunt, granny and I kept laughing at the ridiculous situation. I love my DSis, she has several kids now and they sleep in beds in bedrooms.

splendide · 05/12/2016 11:14

I still sit in the back with DS and he's two.

bangingmyheadoffabrickwall · 05/12/2016 11:36

I kept a diary of every nap, bowel movement, bottle feed and general mood for four months. DC2 did not get this.

Also had professional photos of DC1 aged 7 weeks. DC2 is nearly 2 and never had this.

DC1 had DoB and weight etc on a cushion and phot frame stitch thing. DC2 has never had that.

DC1 had a visit to the GP every month for the first year for the slightest thing. DC2 had a first visit aged 14 months and only cos she had a temp of 40 for three days.

But DC1 did have baths everyday from being a week old and suffered with eczema so DC2 was NOT bathed until 8 weeks.

DC2 also had cotton bud bum wipes and no wet wipes for the first 2 months but was prem sonthought she would feel the cold more.

MommaGee · 05/12/2016 12:48

Aldrin sure clean clothes are a fairly normal thing for parents... I'd be more worried about parents who left them in the same vests for days

turkeyboots · 05/12/2016 13:12

I worried endlessly about DD bath being too hot, as she'd always cry in the bath. Eventually bought a bath thermometer and turned out she was crying as bath was cold!

Neverpeelmushrooms · 05/12/2016 13:19

With dd1 my sister was holding her and she did a poo so my sister took her to change her. I cried because I felt like this meant I was incapable of looking after my own baby. (This was baby blues rather than pub though)

I also shouted at my dad for turning off his bathroom radiator (in July) because "I have a 5 week old baby here and she's going to catch a chill when I bath her".

Sally your baby smelling of someone else's perfume is horrid. I don't think that's particularly pfb. I still hate it with my 3rd!

CherryChasingDotMuncher · 05/12/2016 13:51

I also hated when DD smelled of perfume, I think I'm allergic to an ingredient in a lot of perfumes as being around certain people makes me feel sick when they wear lots of perfume.

I remember another from me. When DD was about 6 eeeks old I had her picture put on a canvas for DH's birthday. It was a local company who did it and they put it on their FB page.

I remember feeling very put out that random Facebookers didn't comment on how gorgeous the baby in the pictures was. I genuinely thought they'd be inundated with comments Blush

Mountainhighchair · 05/12/2016 13:58

I think I must be quite neglectful looking at some of these Confused

Dd is 9 months. She has sugar, inc cake, chocolate and jam on toast. She only doesn't get pouches and jars because she won't eat them. She has loads of cheese. I never really wash her hands during the day as she gets them filthy 10 seconds later. I never put her in matching outfits. I don't care if people wearing perfume hold her. Wipes from day 1. I don't sterilise her bottles anymore and I don't think I wash any of her plastic toys ever Blush

I do however sit in the back of the car with her. To a pp who asked if that means I only ever use the car with DH, the answer is yes because I can't drive Smile. Live in London so mainly use public transport anyway.

splendide · 05/12/2016 14:03

If it's just me and DS in the car he's in the back on his own and he's absolutely fine so it's extra bonkers that one of us sits in the back where possible I suppose.

I guess I just think DS deserves the company!

Until quite recently his car seat was in the front passenger seat which was nice and companionable.

glitterandtinsel · 05/12/2016 14:10

I didn't want pfb to have chocolate as it gives me migraines and I didn't want to risk it with him.

Tiggy78 · 05/12/2016 14:23

I think my only truly pfb moments came in those first few weeks when I felt like no other parent could possibly think their baby as perfect and be so consumed by love as I was. I soon got a grip and realised it was perfectly normal though!

This was me too! I remember feeling so sorry for the other women in the room with me because their babies weren't as good looking as mine Blush.

splendide · 05/12/2016 14:28

I had PND and didn't feel like I bonded at all but i did have the perfect baby delusion! I genuinely genuinely thought he was more beautiful than anybody else's child. I look back at pictures and he was a perfectly normal baby - lovely as they all are!

Pineappletastic · 05/12/2016 15:14

My PFB is not yet three months, so I'll probably do a lot more I future...

I sat in the back for the first few weeks (now I have mirror so I can see her in my car, I sit in the front in DH's car but I do stress if she's quiet).

I frequently check her breathing when she's asleep. this thread reassures me I'm not alone!

The first time I tried to sit in the front she was about a week old and I couldn't cope, I climbed into the back while we were in slow moving traffic!!

Mcchickenbb41 · 05/12/2016 15:15

There's a brilliant picture of me holding my precious first born in my nans garden on a lovely June day ..... He's wearing a snow suit.

Temporaryname137 · 05/12/2016 15:19

DD was in a "next to me" by the bed, although with the sides up. I made DP sleep with the light on and set my alarm to go off every hour so that I could check she was ok.

The little sod didn't appreciate this at all, and showed her disgust by refusing to sleep in the "next to me" and screaming every time I got into bed. It was only when she was about 3 months old that we bought a sleepyhead and finally got a few hours of rest.

Still slept with the light on and set my alarm to check on her every 2 hours for another couple of months though. If we ever have another, he/she can go in with DD, and she can check on them Wink

Mamashark · 05/12/2016 15:28

My Mum came to help out after dd1 arrived by emcs. After I fed dd, she would offer to take her for a walk so I could get some sleep. One day I burst into tears because I didn't want my baby to be so far away from me, even though I'd be asleep ! Bless my Mum, she sat in a chair in the bedroom with dd asleep on her chest, while I slept! Grin

myoriginal3 · 05/12/2016 15:32

Oh I've just remembered one. I bought an abacus for Dd when she was three months old.

It was never ever ever used by Dd. I think she was just an immature baby.. sigh.

myoriginal3 · 05/12/2016 15:34

And and and the only music allowed was Beethoven or Mozart. Yup. I wins the prize.

brasty · 05/12/2016 15:42

My friend was so determined that her PFB would eat healthily, that he managed to get to 3 and a half before realising that you could eat chocolate. He had seen it in shops, but did not realise that you could eat it. I hadn't realised this until I gave him an Easter Egg at 3, and she talked to him about it being a pretty shaped toy in some foil, and said - shall we put it on the shelf so we can look at it?

HeyRoly · 05/12/2016 15:47

He'll be like Augustus Gloop swimming through a river of chocolate when he's old enough to buy chocolate himself brasty Grin

I do find it weird when parents get SO controlling over sugar and treats. I mean, trying to convince your child it isn't edible Shock They seriously need a massive dose of perspective.

Tanith · 05/12/2016 16:05

When I was weaning DS, I lovingly froze his home-made organic purees in heart-shaped ice-cube moulds for him Blush

SharingMichelle · 05/12/2016 16:08

Love the lady who took off her coat!

Love the nutter who cut the sleeves off her sleeping baby!!

My best effort was when pfb was 12 weeks old. I joined a 'pramercise' buggy fit sort of group (where a group of sleep deprived mums race round the park pushing their prams and occasionally stopping to bench press or plank). I used to CHANGE HER INTO SPORTS WEAR to come and sleep in her pram while I thundered around the park. She had a little pink towelling tracksuit. Or leggings with legwarmers. Blush

Tanith · 05/12/2016 16:37

I told my sister I would never let DS (then aged 10 months) watch the Tweenies because Bella was a bully and a Bad Influence.

She likes to remind me of this from time to time Grin