I am an awesome mom.
I won a new prize in the awesome mom category today.
I have for some time been adding up points for all the ways that I am a good mom.
Cut his tiny hand on his fourth day of life when I was cutting off the hospital band: check (He still has the scar!)
Found rocks from our fireplace in his mouth: check
Set down a knife on the table within his reach: check
Turned around and found him holding said knife: double check
Found leaves in his mouth: check, check and check
Found him holding my razor, which I set down on the tub while he was in the bathroom: check
Today, though, I set a new record. I locked Judah in the car. With all the windows up.
See? Awesome mom, right here.
It was a total fluke thing where I was tossing the keys onto the front seat as I was getting out and about to get Judah out. As I closed my door, the keys fell off the seat and into the shutting door, which closed on the lock button on our remote. And just like that, in a split second, Judah was locked in.
Thankfully, we were in Seneca with my dad who actually has a patient who is a locksmith. He got there in about 10 or 15 minutes and was able to open the door fairly quickly. Poor Judah was drenched in sweat, probably mostly because of all the screaming he had been doing, but otherwise seemed fine. Thank you, Mr. Allgood Locksmith Man, for saving my baby.
Yeah. I'm awesome.
What have you all done that would put you in contention with me for the awesome mom prize?
I have for some time been adding up points for all the ways that I am a good mom.
Cut his tiny hand on his fourth day of life when I was cutting off the hospital band: check (He still has the scar!)
Found rocks from our fireplace in his mouth: check
Set down a knife on the table within his reach: check
Turned around and found him holding said knife: double check
Found leaves in his mouth: check, check and check
Found him holding my razor, which I set down on the tub while he was in the bathroom: check
Today, though, I set a new record. I locked Judah in the car. With all the windows up.
See? Awesome mom, right here.
It was a total fluke thing where I was tossing the keys onto the front seat as I was getting out and about to get Judah out. As I closed my door, the keys fell off the seat and into the shutting door, which closed on the lock button on our remote. And just like that, in a split second, Judah was locked in.
Thankfully, we were in Seneca with my dad who actually has a patient who is a locksmith. He got there in about 10 or 15 minutes and was able to open the door fairly quickly. Poor Judah was drenched in sweat, probably mostly because of all the screaming he had been doing, but otherwise seemed fine. Thank you, Mr. Allgood Locksmith Man, for saving my baby.
Yeah. I'm awesome.
What have you all done that would put you in contention with me for the awesome mom prize?
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Jen Clary :)
thankful he was fine. but i felt awful.
Sophie has crossed the street two different times (she's just 3).
Ruby found a dead roach on the floor (that I had seen earlier, but just put off picking up) and put it in her mouth (shudder)
One of my older girls fell out of the shopping cart one time.... I must have mostly blocked that memory, because I can't remember which one.
One of my older girls was picking up "all the pretty rocks" (broken glass) that still are half-buried in our yard from all the crazy partiers that used to live here.
My sister-in-law signed up my youngest nephew for preschool. She found out why he wasn't very excited when he asked, "Can I come home for Christmas?"
I'm sure I have a dozen more if I think about it more.
I let a Kaleb fall down the stairs in our back yard on to the hard ground below...he now has a quarter-sized scar by his eye.
While I was in Seattle visiting my mom, I locked myself outside. The only problem was that my 2-month old son was inside. I was locked out for 2 hours and God only knows what Kaleb was up to. (Gasp)
Hmmm...I was walking Kaleb down the hill by our houses and the dogs saw something and their leashes tangled into the stroller as the took off and entirely flipped the stroller. Kaleb's forehead was two-inches from the cement as he was hanging upside down. (Gasp again).
Lastly, I put Kaleb in his carseat, but forgot to buckle him. I didn' realize it until he was waving at the policeman beside us. Dang! Cool mom award there!
I love momma stories! Thanks Aubrey and everyone else for sharing. Makes me feel much better about my blunders. :-)
I read a book when I first became a mom where the mom said she always somehow imagines a newspaper story along the lines of "Stupid Mom Let Toddler Run with Scissors: Now He Put his Eye Out." She talked about how really she just tries to avoid being stupid mom. I always tell my husband for me it will be "Stupid Mom......and she's a Pediatrician!"
2. Nathan left Reagan unbuckled in her car seat on top (ON TOP) of his truck and she fell 6 feet and landed on her face.
3. Last week, my neighbor rang the doorbell and delivered me my 19-month-old. She found him wandering around the manhole in her yard.
Good times.
1. Judah has eaten AT LEAST one lady bug. Although given the number that are currently on our carpet upstairs, it's probably more.
2. We didn't strap judah into his swing for a while. Until one day he rolled out. Oops.
The rest of my visit I made sure that when we stopped, Judah was in my arms before I even opened my door.
It was pretty scary!
locked 2 kids in car, at gas station - check
let baby play with toiletry bag (with razor inside); kid cuts finger - check
set infant carseat in car & failed to remember that sleeping baby not buckled underneath cozy blanket - check, check, check
kid falls off bed - too many checks
kid rides bike off deck - check
and yes, by kid #3, you only keep track of the good things you do during the day (;