Really bad mother alert

[Jimjams]

I am a bit of a domestic slob, or at least I am domestically scatter brained. We used to use filtered water, but haven't used the jug for a number of weeks. It's been sitting next to our kettle 1/2 full for quite a while now (don't even want to think how long). I moved it next to the sink to chuck out and clean earlier today- and yep you've guessed it my mum and dh have both given ds1 water from it. I'm trying to tell myself it can't be any worse than drinking from a fish tank which is the sort of thing ds1 would do (he's always drinking from the swimming pool for example), but feel dreadful. If he gets ill I am going to feel awful.

At least it's not just me who does this sort of thing! I bet he'll be fine, jj. Fingers crossed, anyway.

LOL good one

I had a moment earlier - DD (4) came downstairs in her dressing gown looking wet - I sad "Why are you wet?!" she said "I have run the bath, got in, washed and got out - Ive let the water out"

OMG - she is 4 years old for gods sake!! I thought she was playing in her room

BAD BAD MUMMY

I found ds licking the rainwater that had been accumulating on the paddling pool cover today. And the cover wasn't that clean, well OK, it was filthy. I'd swap the water that's been standing around in your kitchen for that any day!

Oh Mrs Flowerpot you've made me feel better! I think that wouldn't worry me- it's just the sort of thing he'd do, but somehow dishing up ancient water which shouldn't even have been there made me feel awful.

ROFL Beccarollover!

I'm sure he'll be fine, at least it was water and not beer or wine dregs or cleaning stuff or medicine or, or, or lots of worse things. Mine is always licking and drinking vile things and he's strong as a hoss!

That's true Davros. Better than my friend's dd getting hold of our day nurse......

Actually thinking about it that same dd had to go to a and e recently after eating a glass ornament (she was fine- it showed up on the x ray).

ds once drank the dregs from a can of lager i had drunk in the bath

sorry didn't finish! had letf it on the side of the bath and hr got up for a wee in the morning and drank it again

I had to laugh that you had got round t moving it next to the sink ready to pour away but not actually managed to pour it away! I know that probably as you went to tip it away you had to leave it to stop a son from climbing opn top of bookshelf, or something, but that did make me smile. I'm sure he'll be absolutley fine or i wouldn't be smiling.

Everything I do happens in stages like that TC, always takes me weeks. Talking of which...... I posted your cheque today (or at least I gave it to dh to do..... will check he did later). Oh god I am so crap......

PMSL at the beer in the bath scenario! Much better than those scented candles.

Of course there was the time I found ds2 "pretending" (kind of ) to eat ds1's poo. Thank god ds1 is toilet trained now. It took me about 20 seconds to work out what ds2 was actually holding that time.

Jimjams, I was once only just in time to stop ds eating a raisin he'd pooed out in the bath (he was about 8 months at the time). Very nearly missed that one, but I'm sure he would have survived. And so will your ds. Probably lots of friendly bacteria in the water... oh, if it helps I also used to drink my bathwater, full of bubble bath, when I was little (sister and I used to pretend we were pouring beer ouf of the hair washing jug).

Cheers jimjams

My 2 year old eats sand, toilet paper, play dough, paint etc...its embarassing sometimes that I forget to react (because I am so used to it) and I am watching impassively as some other mum at toddler group says..."err should she be eating play dough?".....

Jimjams, MIL keeps the water she removes from her dryer in an old spring water bottle (apparently for ironing?). I prepared several bottles for DS out of it before realising it was the wrong bottle (after I saw something supcious floating in it). He was 7m old at the time.

That reminds me - ds1 has a sippy cup of water at the side of his bed in case he's thirsty in the night. I keep forgetting to change the water so it sits there for days at a time going slowly more cloudy.
I will now nip up and give him a fresh cup.
And ds2 hides his milk in his bed so its all yoghurty when I finally find it.

I have the disgusting cups of milks in my kids beds too, luckily I have a dishwasher

Yesterday DD2 had a small cup from DD1s teaset, and was drinking from it, I asked what she had, thinking she had poured juice into it, she said water, I looked and realised that my topical fish tank lid was open and she was drinking it, YUCK!!!