Mumsnet: The Rules - things a good Mother should never do

[northerner]

1. Bottlefeed

2. Smoke outside the school 3. Feed grapes to children in Supermarket

Carry on...

Love this thread

LOL!

Never admit to giving your child apple juice, raisins, or anything with sugar in. If you do admit to giving coke on occasion, prepare for an entire thread debating whether social servies should be informed.

I am writing a piece for a baby mag about all the unsolicited advice (the good, the bad and the plain stupid) you get as a new mum and how it can undermine your confidence and make you go completely against your gut instinct about what is best for your child / will make them happy. Would love to hear your stories, anyone care to share - anonymously, natch

LoisL - Shouldn't your request go under Media Requests ?

oops, sorry bit new to all this mumsnet stuff didn't realise there was a media request bit...will head there now..

oops, sorry bit new to all this mumsnet stuff didn't realise there was a media request bit...will head there now..

admit to being santa, easter bunny and tooth fairy - all in the space of 5 minutes.

i must admit to agreeing with lily and granof james, i couldn't give a shiny shite what anyone thinks of my way of parenting, i have 2 dds, 6 and 3 months and i don't stick to textbook rules. when i was a baby my mum said i was weaned at 3 weeks and my 2 sisters, and theres nothing wrong with me at all.................. thats probably debateable though lol

Reading this alway makes me feel better and give me hope that my children will survive too as I write this my two year old is emptying a cuboard while my four year old watches the box and I'm taking five before tea starts. The stuff will be thrown back in the cuboard and if any one asks I'll just explain my dd did it and my other dd is now very well versed on bugs bunny. I love following the strictest routines which made all my freinds frown but gave me hours of extra nap time and I mixed fed a real sin.