I really loved this show and how so many of the women were willing to admit that motherhood is harder than they thought it would be and how overwhelmed and alone they feel much of the time. It helped me to see that I'm not the only one taking shortcuts or doing things that I feel guilty about later and also that I'm just doing the best that I can at the time. It helps me to know that other moms are experiencing some of the same things as I am and that I'm not crazy for thinking this or that.
So I've been wondering, what are some of your dirty little secrets about motherhood? What things would you never confess to in person but do to make it through your day? Come on, I know you do something that you've never admitted before. It will help you feel better to get it off your chest and to be able to see that other moms do similar things and that you're not alone!
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It could be simple things like how much TV you really let your kids watch or what you really let them eat for dinner or more personal things like how often you get a shower and how much time you spend on the computer blogging and chatting on facebook when you should be reading to your kids or making them nutritious homemade meals. Make your comments anonymously and I'll promise not to reveal who you are, even though I don't know how to figure that out anyway. I'll give you a few examples from my life to get the ball rolling...
A lot of days, I don't even get dressed and ready for the day until about 5 minutes before I have to take Abbie to preschool. Her preschool starts at 12:30 in the afternoon!
Sometimes we don't even get around to eating breakfast until 10 or 11 am, on those days we just skip lunch and have an earlier dinner.
I've been known to leave a child in their crib for an extra hour after they wake up (as long as they aren't screaming bloody murder), just so I can get a little more shut-eye!
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We pretend it's like this all the time...
When it's usually more like this!
So enough about me, I want to hear from you, my mom friends. What are your true life motherhood confessions? Feel free to leave several comments, anonymously of course!
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OMGosh, I'm laughing histerically! LOVE the pics! :)I'm not even sure where to start. . .so many to choose from! lol
I am so ornery at night (starting at about 7:00) and usually get to the point of yelling at and threatening my kids, which usually leads to one or all of us crying. Mark will say, "mom, please don't lose it" (that's obviously one of my threats), or "mom, just calm down", and he almost always prays that I'll be a nicer mom! But, you'd never guess it if you only see me in the morning or mid-day!!!
OooooooooKaaaaaaay, just a few more: a couple months ago I decided to actually cook noodles for dinner and my kids oooohed and aaaaaahed over the "bubbling" water on the stove!
I'm lucky if I actually brush my girls' hair more than twice a week!
If you show up unannounced, you'll most likely find a disasterous house (including up to 3 days worth of dishes in the sink)! Oh, and never look in my bedroom closet--even if I'm expecting you! :)
Was this the show that Heather Armstrong was on? I love her blog - you should check it out: dooce.com.
While technically I don't have any of my own... I've had a pretty heavy hand in helping with the last of the 10 of us. I came down to help take care of him while our parents were out of town for a long, long weekend and I ended up needing to run some errands around town to various government agencies and law offices for work... only he had the chicken pox... so I was hesitant to start with. The running errands was kind of last minute anyway and he was dressed up in his Halloween elephant costume (complete with trunk) in February... and I couldn't get him to change... so I finally gave up the battle and dragged him around town dressed as an elephant and nobody knew we were a walking epidemic... until we got to the school district offices and they were oohing and awing all over him and he told them he was wearing his elephant outfit because he didn't want everyone to see his "spider bites" and they asked to see his spider bites... and I WAS SOOOOO BUSTED!
And just two or three months ago I put my nephews diaper on backwards and let him walk around that way until he needed changed...
And I wont even begin to tell you the stuff I've told that child just to try and get things done... and the cheap child labor he has been for the last 9 years.... unfortunately, as he approaches 10 he's figured out that he doesn't have to go and get every pop I want to drink ;)
I figure our parents did it all to us (lead based toys, tiny objects, no car seats, free household services... maid, gardener, painters, etc.) and we lived to have our own... so it can't be too bad... right?
I'm guilty of leaving Kai in his crib for hours after nap time; I leave the kids eating breakfast and lunch by themselves while I get things done around the house; I hold Kai on my lap while I drive Ander to preschool (shhhhhhh); when my boys wake up at 6:30 a.m., I pretend like it's still the middle of the night and put them back to bed. There's many more but these are the ones I'll admit to!
my sister-in-law eats chocolate for breakfast and tells her kids they have to eat healthy.
I've trained my kids to go to the fridge and get me a beer and some cigarettes off the counter while I watch my soap operas. I love those things. I can't miss one minute and then at commercial breaks, I just don't feel like getting up. I've got my oldest trained to dress the other two, so I don't have to deal with that. One time my oldest boy asked to "sample" the beer and I said, "Okay, just this once..." Another time, I helped the kids make a bomb out of hairspray and super glue. It was pretty awesome.
The other day Dallin watched 3 movies in one day. I also totally bribe my kids to behave or do something that I want them to do. You probably already knew all that stuff.
I hardly ever vacuum, if it's not visibly dirty, it's not worth the trouble. And I can't remember the last time I cleaned the bathroom, I just hold out a little bit longer than my husband and then he does it!
I let my kids watch hours of TV just so I can have time to blog, read email, and catch up with my favorite ebff's!
Just two days ago, I went to Burger King and got lunch just for me. Then I came home and microwaved a few chicken nuggets for my kid while I ate my delicious burger and fries. Unfortunately, my kid caught on to this and kept talking about fries and burgers. I felt really guilty.
I'll sometimes leave Noah in his highchair to eat or play with playdough while I go off to do other things (but only if he's buckled in, because he can climb out). We usually leave Noah in his bath unsupervised for minutes at a time as well while we clean up the house.
I also try to feed Noah only healthy food, so we wait until he's in bed to eat our desserts. He's never had chocolate, and he still doesn't really know what ice cream is. In nursery, he only has water in his sippy cup while all the other kids have juice, so he has to drink out of theirs.
These are great, keep em coming! By the way, the comment about beer, cigarettes, and bombs I found out is by my kidding bro-in-law (who is active LDS), just so you don't think I have friends who promote that kind of thing. Thanks for sharing your confessions!
I thought of you at Easter dinner tonight...
My brother ate every last deviled egg yesterday so I had to make fresh ones for the dinner today... apparently he's never seen them made because he declared that he wasn't going to eat them since he saw me put mustard in the mix... so when it came time for dinner I told him that I made half of them without the mustard just for him and even went as far as to show him which half of the plate was "mustard free"... he ate the whole half of that plate and declared they were even better than the ones he ate last night... never the wiser to the fact that they weren't mustard free... one day I'm going to pay for the tricks I've done to get him to eat...
You are gorgeous!
Okay, so I let Maggie watch tons of movies. I feel horrible about it. I justify it because I don't have a car and have nowhere to go and she and I are both desperate for entertainment! Yeah. Bad.
I also put my kids back to bed like it's the middle of the night if they wake up before 8:00 a.m. Okay, maybe 7:30.
I sometimes let Maggie eat toast for dinner because she won't eat anything else, and she loves bread.
This is so funny. I'm so happy to know that my sisters aren't as perfect as I thought they were!
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