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Tell BleepBleeps the ridiculous sleep-deprived things you've done - £300 voucher to be won! NOW CLOSED

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EmmaMumsnet · 21/06/2016 10:03

Everyone knows that having children and getting a good night’s sleep don’t go hand in hand, and that in a sleep deprived state we can do some pretty silly things. Obviously sleep deprivation is not fun to deal with but it does cause some pretty amusing situations – even if they may not seem funny at the time...! BleepBleeps would like to hear about the most ridiculous things you have done due to your DCs keeping you up at night.

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So what stupid things have you managed to do when in dire need of some decent sleep? Have you gone to the supermarket in your pyjamas? Have you put your keys in the fridge? Managed to use face cream instead of toothpaste? Or even tried to use the TV remote as a phone?

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Tell BleepBleeps the ridiculous sleep-deprived things you've done - £300 voucher to be won! NOW CLOSED
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AprilLoveJ · 27/06/2016 14:02

Got up in night to turn heating on, could barely keep eyes open, walked straight into wall so hard I cut and bruised my lip.

Put formula in my teacup.

Walked out of Boots with pack of dummies still on top of pram Blush rushed back in immediately with red face to pay for them, security guard eyeing me up the entire way.

Put tea in oven then agreed to an exciting and spontaneous McDonald's trip for tea, didn't remember until doing last minute electric checks before going out the front door. (And this is why I do the checks!)

BeautyQueenFromMars · 27/06/2016 14:02

Oh yes, and I regularly answered my mobile phone, only to be completely flummoxed that the ringing continued. That'd be because the caller was trying to get hold of me on the landline!

chrismse · 27/06/2016 14:08

Left the baby and buggy in the supermarket.
Fell asleep in the afternoon, woke disorientated and thought it was morning. started giving the kids cereal and toast.
Wrapped the puppy in a blanket

ann28 · 27/06/2016 14:16

Not realised I was holding my daughter whilst panicking thinking where she was!

WhyCantIuseTheNameIWant · 27/06/2016 14:17

In dds early days. ..

I fed ds (9 ) a can of cat meat.
To he fair, the cat wouldn't eat it either.

First night ds slept through, I woke up and panicked as he hadn't made a noise. Screamed from the panic and woke him.

Along with the others listed. Key fob at front door.
Things in random places.
Formula on cereal.
Driven In town, walked home to find car missing.
Tried to open nursery doors with bank pin.

Treetop2 · 27/06/2016 14:46

Went out with one black shoe and one blue shoe on.
Went to throw a bin bag in to the empty wheely bin and threw my keys in instead!

shydaylily · 27/06/2016 17:05

Thought i was still holding my baby when i had already put them back on their cot.

sweir1 · 27/06/2016 18:36

I picked up the kids once in my pyjamas

ninjaturtlesmum · 27/06/2016 19:07

Put the bottle warmer on top of the car as it was the only flat surface I could find whilst out at the seaside. Drove off and only realised that I hadn't taken the bottle warmer off the roof when I got home. Was gutted, it was a great bottle warmer!!

hbakfam · 27/06/2016 19:21

I once took my TV's remote control out with me instead of my mobile phone!

ThenBellaDidSomethingVeryKind · 27/06/2016 19:26

Repeatedly flooded the bathroom over several nights on the trot - was so tired I forgot I'd set the taps running for a relaxing soak

twopenneth · 27/06/2016 20:34

similar to a pp, the first car trip I took out with my son to the shops I ended up driving to and parking up at my place of work!

I've also made cups of tea without boiling the kettle (serves them right for not offering to make them Wink) and on one horrific occasion, almost left ds at the self-checkouts...Shock

rhinosuze · 27/06/2016 20:47

On Sunday I put the oven on grill rather than fan by accident - my parsnips were absolutely burnt and the chicken wasn't cooked!

Mozarmstrong · 27/06/2016 20:54

I tried using my bank pin number on house alarm when finally got in found coffee in fridge a d milk in kitchen cupboard so don't even start me on house keys and car keys !

Tootsieglitterballs · 27/06/2016 21:05

Hubby went to change our babies nappy and forgot to take the baby....

Tootsieglitterballs · 27/06/2016 21:08

I also tried to zoom In on a magazine article once during a night feed.... You know, using the pinch technique for a chuffing iPad....

Tootsieglitterballs · 27/06/2016 21:10

And once I was so over tired, I forgot about a the pasta I was cooking for dinner.... I spent the evening blaming the neighbour for her terrible cooking only to realise it was intact my pan that was ruined

Jade5093 · 27/06/2016 21:29

Picked up the baby bottle and went to drink it like it was my cup of tea..
Then I realised it's not tea because I don't have time to make and drink tea

The joys!

DoJo · 27/06/2016 22:10

I took my husband's car keys to a baby group, but left my phone in the car. He had to go to work, so after calling and texting me several times, he had to go onto my computer to try and find the details of the pop-up soft play session I was at, call the owner and explain the whole situation to her! She tracked me down and I drove his keys back to him but he was quite late for work and my attempts to blame the baby weren't entirely successful...

Maiyakat · 27/06/2016 22:22

Put the washing in the bin....

beckyinman · 27/06/2016 23:12

Peeled the veg then chucked them in the bin and boiled the peelings

Bsummers · 28/06/2016 07:25

Woke up from bed and stood in place for about 5 minutes like a zombie, I was still half asleep. I've done this in the mornings sometimes, like gone downstairs to check on the mail and stood there with a letter in my hand just glaring into nothing lol!

Put two teabags in a cup and put juice in my tea instead of milk!

Forgot I brushed my teeth and brushed them twice!

carolineandryanandseb · 28/06/2016 10:34

Just this week I opened the oven and found a bag of lettuce. Further investigation led to rediscovering the baking dish in the fridge. Don't remember doing it but I blame the baby brain :)

MakeTeaNotWar · 28/06/2016 10:42

All sorts! Put jars of coffee in the fridge, mixed up the kids names, forgotten appointments, put the oven on and left the meat on the side....

puglife15 · 28/06/2016 10:57

Our vegetable peelers kept going missing the year after we had our first. A few years later, not one, not two but THREE were found in the compost bin by DH. I was so gone I'd been scraping them into our kitchen top compost caddy along with the peelings Blush