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Your most batshit parenting moments?

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Hassled · 22/11/2019 21:18

For some reason today I remembered the MNer years ago who confessed to squirting no-tears shampoo directly into her eye to make sure it really was no-tears before using it on her baby.

I think my equivalent is probably banning DH ( who seriously loves The Cure) from ever playing Boys Don't Cry in case the DSs grew up thinking boys don't cry. The ban was in place for a solid 15 years.

Anyone else looking back and wincing at themselves?

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HebeMumsnet · 25/11/2019 10:32

With DC1 I was so concerned he might choke on a blueberry at 7 months old that, rather than simply squish it, as all parents do, or cut it in half, I pureed entire punnets of blueberries and then thought the skin might get stuck in his throat, so pushed the puree through a sieve before allowing him to eat it. FYI pureed, sieved blueberries simply turn into a solid mass of blueberry jelly, probably more likely to choke a baby than the original lone blueberry.

I also used the 'safety' loop on the buggy handle AT ALL TIMES. I was convinced DS was such a uniquely attractive baby he was certain to attract the attention of baby-stealers everywhere, so kept him firmly strapped in the buggy and my wrist through the loop at all times. Meant that I couldn't reach any item on a high shelf in the supermarket because my other hand was attached to the buggy so had to ask people to pass things down to me. But it was worth it in my mind so as not to take the risk of kidnap with my unusually beautiful baby. (I can confirm that I look back at photos now and he looked like Churchill in a Babygro, just like all other babies).

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HebeMumsnet · 27/11/2019 09:28

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