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What are some things you swore you'd never do as a mom and now find yourself doing?

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DebR  30th Mar
FYI
They eat CAPTAIN CRUNCH, COOKIE CRISP AND FRUIT LOOPS!

I re-read my post, and it didnt sound right.
DebR  30th Mar
good question........
One thing I thought I would NEVER do is give them sugary cereal!
They both started on cheerios, then went to rice crispies, life, chex,
then somewhere down the line, they ate hubbys cereal and POOF!
I hate to admit it, but I let them eat it 3x a week.
( only when they are off to preschool)
hee hee
Niki D  29th Mar
Lose my patience. Painting one's sister, writing everyone's name on their bedroom door (in permanent marker), pouring buckets of water from the tub onto the floor, hearing "How come?" 237 times in 1 day, "Mommy,she's looking at me!", all clothes out of the dresser on the floor, 5 outfit changes in one morning, getting A dressed being ready to walk out the door and she comes down naked, whining, asking for ice cream for breakfast 10 days in a row.....
I had nooooo idea!
Giving in to whining. I always thought I'd be way more of a hard-ass than I really am, though I think I still do an OK (just OK) job of following through and shutting down whining/complaining/questioning.
Eating snacks in the car! I remember getting into the cars of the kids I babysat for and thinking, "OMG, this is disgusting...when *I* have kids they will NOT eat in the car."
(ahem)
so what's a little pile of ground up goldfish hurting anyway?
Yell at my kids,
and the same as the poster above me. Oh the Why. It's such a vicious circle!!
What I thought I would not do -Be afraid to travel and spend less time with my husband. I'm trying really hard, but its a huge shift, since we travelled a lot both domestically and internationally. My husband was actually born in another country, and he'd like to visit.

I'm just not ready to get on a airplane (I hate flying!) with or without her!
sound like my mother.

"Why?"
"Cause I said so!"
"Why?
"Because I'm the mother and you're the child, that's why!"
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