Giving drugs to make a baby sleep on a flight to avoiding nappy changes: Woman shares her ’20 crappy mum confessions’
Olivia White, from Melbourne, Australia, has laid her flaws bare on her blog, House of White
A MELBOURNE-based woman has written a hilarious confession about the 20 things that make her a bad mum.
Olivia White, who blogs at , has laid her flaws bare and embraced the challenging aspects of being a parent - in a very tongue-in-cheek way.
The lifestyle writer, who is mum to daughter Annabelle and son Teddy, has shared her faults in a bid to break the stigma around ‘perfect’ parenting.
In the laugh-out-loud post - which will strike a chord with mums everywhere - she admits to having a wine allowance, avoiding nappy changes and feeding her kids baked beans.
She begins the comical article: “We are all trying to do our best, and be the best mothers we can be. But sometimes, it’s just about getting to the end of the day alive – right?!
“Here are some of my not-so-perfect mum confessions… I’m sure you can secretly relate to a few! (Or I’m just a really crappy mum).”
1. I didn’t take my daughter to her swimming lesson because it was cold and I didn’t want to get in the pool myself.
2. I smelt poo, but I waited till my husband noticed it so I didn’t have to change it.
3. Sometimes I fantasise about getting in my car and running away, or at least going to get McNuggets.
4. I feed the baby packet puree because I didn’t have time/couldn’t be bothered making it.
5. I gave my toddler Phenergan on the plane so she would sleep the whole flight. (It was awesome)
6. I leave the house with spew on my shoulders because I figure it’s just going to get spewed on again anyway.
7. I dropped my toddler off at daycare without breakfast because I was late for work and I knew they would feed her.
8. I accidentally clipped my babies finger when cutting her nails and made it bleed (I was pretty upset about this one).
9. I told my daughter her annoying phone toy was broken when really I just removed the batteries.
10. I force the kids to take a nap at midday so I can watch Ellen in peace.
11. I fed my kids baked beans for dinner because there was nothing ‘easy’ in the house to cook.
12. I skip pages in the book when reading to my kids at bedtime.
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13. I use my kids to get out of social engagements all the time. 'Sorry babe, the babies really sick so were gonna stay home.'
14. I claim my forgetfulness is because I had a shit night sleep, but really my kids slept through, I just suck at remembering things.
15. I put the baby down crying, then walked out the room and shut the door to save my sanity.
16. I let my toddler eat from the bag of grapes while we’re shopping just to keep her quite.
17. I claimed the kids were high maintenance and crying all day just so I didn’t have to cook dinner.
18. I ask my MIL to ‘watch the kids for an hour’ but then come back in three.
19. When I pull up in the driveway, I sit in the car for ages with the kids strapped in just so I can reply to texts/make phone calls/Snapchat/check Instagram.
20. I have a ‘wine allowance’ in our weekly shopping budget.