To my Children, My Parenting Sins...


We all have parenting 'sins.' Those things we've done that we're not too keen to share with friends or even family (sometimes we don't even tell our other halves for a while!) I thought it would be fun to list a few my most memorable parenting sins and share them with you, my readers and of course for my children in the future (because they will undoubtedly commit these sins themselves!)

1) Pretending the most delicious items of food in the house have been scoffed by Mr B/ the dog/ a random visitor (delete as appropriate) Sometimes children are vultures. Mine included. If I have any chance of getting something tasty for myself sometimes the only way is to hide the desired item (this isn't always a success) or just out right lie to their cute little faces.

2) Laughing when they are in unfortunate circumstances like say...fallen down the toilet. There are those parents who rush immediately to their aid and then there are parents who will film the event and post it to You Tube. I fall in the middle camp which involves rushing to their aid but then seeing a pair of little legs waving in the air with their little butts stuck in the loo and their faces which look as if they don't know whether to laugh or cry just cracks me up. Give me 1 minute to compose myself and I am able to assist once again...with giggles...

3) Blaming a child for something I did...Oh the shame. I once fancied myself as a bit of a hairdresser (I wanted to save money on a trim) so I trimmed Midges hair. Naturally, not being even slightly gifted in the hair department I loped a bit too much off and it was wonky. To avoid the embarrassment of owning up I blamed the whole 'incident' on my 2 year old scissor wielding son Little A and had Mr B had to take Midge to the hair dressers. She never once said I chopped her lovely locks, even she some how bought that Little A had snipped her hair and she returned a half hour later with a lovely looking bob...I still feel guilty for this one.

4) Counting the paddling pool as a bath: Nice day, two children in need of a wash, paddling pool goes out, two children happy, add a bit of bubbles and there you go; two children having fun, outside, in water, with soap. You can thank me later (or not..)

5)Using screen based baby sitters. iPhones handed over when little feet keep getting out of bed. Cartoons on TV so I can wash up, or read a book, or drink a hot drink. The laptop with some Netflix chucked on so I can just sit on my arse..and so on.

6) Saving old, more expensive cereal boxes and placing new, cheaper cereal bags into the boxes. So far this has worked and saved me a fortune. No mum guilt here! (It's still a bit crafty though!)

So there you go, a few parenting sins, there's many more I could share but I would like to here your parenting sins. Leave me a comment or even write a blog post to share with me!




Cupcake Mumma


6 comments:

  1. hehe the falling in the toilet one made me giggle I'm so guilty of this if my girls do something like that you'll usually find me rolling around on the floor hysterically laughing - poor kids! #twinklytuesdays

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    1. I think it makes them stronger people haha!

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  2. hahaha! This is hilarious! I have done most of those things too.
    I tell my girls that the fizzy pop I have in my glass is wine just so they won't guzzle it all down....They are none the wiser. lol

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  3. Haha! This made me laugh!!! I *might* have done quite a few of these!!! So funny — it's amazing what kind of lies we concoct to ensure the last biscuit, bit of cake, piece of chocolate is ours!! ;) Thanks so much for linking up with #TwinklyTuesday — hope to see you again next week! x

    Caro | www.thetwinklediaries.co.uk

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  4. Lol to the cereal boxes! That's hilarious is it because they won't eat the cheaper brands? I'm with you on the screen babysitters, sometimes it just has to be done ;)

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  5. Loved reading this post - it certainly made me chuckle!
    Also thank you for the lovely comment you left on my blog. My boyfriend is getting back at the end of August - after three months away. Not too long to wait now though. :)
    theemeralddove21.blogspot.co.uk

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