What's your most embarrassing public parenting moment? - Page 3

[Kidzaplenty]

Originally Posted by Yvaine Undomiel

I love it!

Kidzaplenty, how on earth did you get your babe into the carseat without noticing?

Originally Posted by MCatLvrMom2A&X

That would be embarrassing. I cant figure out though how your older ds buckled him in his seat since he was wrapped in a blanket? Your older ds must have some made wrapping skills to make that work

Originally Posted by felix23

Did the older brother not notice he was naked when he put the baby in the carseat? I bet that was awkard to walk into the office on a cold day with a naked baby!

Well, it was quite ingenious. Big brother put him in his seat. And since I had not pulled out a coat for him yet (all my winter toddler stuff was still packed up) he just had the blanket wrapped around each leg (like a mummy), so he buckled him in blanket and all. I never would have thought to do it quite like that, but appearently it worked. But was quite embarrassing when I unwrapped a nakey baby in the chiro's office full of patients.

[Krisis]

Hmm, I'm not sure I have one yet. DS isn't talking... he does have meltdowns in stores that are pretty embarrassing, but I can usually distract him or else we leave.

One time though we went to Jo-Anns Fabric with my grandma and she was walking him around the store while I waited in line to get some fabric cut. I suddenly hear this bloodcurdling shriek and instantly know it's Toby, that he's fine and just mad. He screams and screams and screams and all the people in line are talking about that poor kid who got hurt and I'm just

My grandma had to drag him outside to get him to stop screaming. I'm just glad I wasn't there to witness, it might have turned into a spanking story.

Here's some funny ones from my grandma:

(Obligatory Poop!): My mom had just been potty trained and Grandma took her up in a gondola to see the top of a mountain or some such thing. On the way back down in a gondola full of 30ish people, crammed in there like sardines, my mom yells "Mommy! I pooped and now MY BUTT ITCHES!!!" My grandma said she wanted to jump out of the gondola.

And one time my mom and aunt (ages 5 and 3) and my grandma were going into some store, and as they walked through the parking lot my mom chased my aunt and they ran into some little very old Chinese lady. She fell over and started rolling down the slanted parking lot. My grandma screamed and went over and tried apologizing but they lady didn't speak English and was yelling in Chinese and it was awful. Hilarious now, but awful. Heeheehee.

[felix23]

Originally Posted by Kidzaplenty

Well, it was quite ingenious. Big brother put him in his seat. And since I had not pulled out a coat for him yet (all my winter toddler stuff was still packed up) he just had the blanket wrapped around each leg (like a mummy), so he buckled him in blanket and all. I never would have thought to do it quite like that, but appearently it worked. But was quite embarrassing when I unwrapped a nakey baby in the chiro's office full of patients.

I would have loved to have seen a picture of that! Your son has some amazing blanket wrapping skills since he got both the legs and arms wrapped up to the point that he had the baby strapped in and nobody could notice. Does he do origami by any chance?! I have no blanket wrapping skills, I can't even swaddle properly.

[Mama2Jesse]

Hppmh. I *never* make mistakes or get distracted, so there's no possible way for me to contribute to this thread....

Yeah right, lol. He's only fourteen months, so at this point it's "I forgot to put a diaper back on him and let him crawl around nakey for a good half hour before I noticed". Oh, and there was the bookstore.

I'm sitting there with my five month old, trying to read but he is UNHAAPPY. I am stranded there because Dh went to Autozone to change something on the car. He is not answering his phone. Crud.

So I am trying to comfort the teething baby while teenagers the next aisle over critique my parenting (kind of wanted to ask them where their mother's were, lol). Suddenly, I smell poo. Well, I shouild have smelled it a long time ago because it is coming out the neck of his hoodie, all over my sleeve, down his pants legs. OMG. Run to bathroom (after finding someone to unlock it) to find the changing table is broken and swinging there uselessly. Oh, and somehow all that is in the bag is a diaper and not nearly enough wipes, no clothes. Dh arrived to find me looking shellshocked and nakey baby wrapped in a blanket. It's forty degrees out.

Fail. LOL

[neetling]

When our third child was a newborn the very first time I took all three out on an errand was awful. I took them grocery shopping. I'm wearing the baby in a sling and pushing my 4 and almost 3 year old in one of those giant car cart things. My oldest had taken in a special rock and I had warned her to hang on to it because I wasn't going to go looking all over the store for it. Well, she dropped it and despite going back through the store trying to find it, we couldn't.

So she's a howling mess. The baby starts screaming. I'm desperately trying to check out and get out of there (it was a 30 minute drive to town and I just wanted to get our groceries and go). An older gentleman comes up and I have no idea what he's saying to my older kids, whether it's nice or not, but it starts my almost 3 year old screaming because she doesn't like strangers.

I not very nicely told him that he wasn't helping the situation and to please leave them alone because my DD didn't like strangers.

So I am there, all 3 are screaming.

I wanted to cry too.

[zech13_9_goforgold]

I'm not a mom, yet, but I'm learning a lot from your stories:

1) always bring extra clothes for you and every kid

2) always check your diaper/wipe collection before leaving the house

3) always have a spare key

I have to share a story about me embarrassing my dad in public. I was only six months old on my first Christmas, but my dad is deturmined to take me Christmas shopping for my mom (two presents in one that way). I had some little pink snow boots on, but they wouldn't stay on my feet. So, he's carrying me in one arm, with the shoes in that hand and bags of stuff in his other arm. And, all the ladies that were out shopping that day kept giving him bad looks and reminding him that "babies need to be dressed warmly in the winter time too." He was really embarrassed, so he finally goes into a store and buys some duct tape and tapes them onto my feet (just using the duct tape to tighten the shoes, not actually putting tape on my skin). But, that didn't stop the comments or the looks. Poor daddy.

Oh, and can I tell another family's story- I can tell it in just a few words. Packed mini van with visiting relatives. Toddler in the car seat. "Look, corn."

[bscal]

I am totally LOL over here at these! I have quite a few good ones.

Older DD - When she was about 18 mos old we nicknamed her Houdini. We'd put her down for a nap in a snapped up onesie, feetsie pj's turned backwards etc. and she'd be stark naked when she got up. So we're in Wal-Mart one day and she's sitting in the grocery cart all buckled in. I turn to compare prices on various brands of cereal for approximately 60 seconds. When I hear the other ppl in the aisle start to chuckle a bit I turn back around and this child is completely naked. Still buckled into the cart but naked. Her diaper, turtleneck onesie (my attempt at keeping her dressed) and jeans are on the floor. She was still wearing her socks and shoes. Although *I* had to remove those to put her jeans back on so I have no idea how she got them off.

Younger DD - The young man behind us in line at the grocery store had rather long hair. So my DD (3 1/2 at the time) says to him "You need to get a haircut - you look silly! Don't you know girls have long hair and boys have short hair?" I was horrified... the young man's father thought it was very funny! I tried to shush her... but she kept on telling him to go get a haircut. I did try to explain that just because in our family the boys have short hair doesn't mean that all boys have to... oh well!

DS - At the Christian preschool end of the year program and graduation last Spring (he had just turned 2) he reached up and goosed the bottom of the lady sitting in front of DH right as the minister started a prayer. I really wished there was room for me under my chair... *sigh. Then he tried to do it again 2 more times! Little stinker!

There, an embarrassing public moment for each of my kids that don't involve poop. That was my goal, to attempt to tell good ones without using any poop stories. I've got plenty of those though!

Beth

[choosewisdom]

Originally Posted by zech13_9_goforgold

I'm not a mom, yet, but I'm learning a lot from your stories:

It is always good to learn from others' errors. I know when my Kait was little, I was CONSTANTLY worried I would forget her somewhere. Thanks to my mom always telling me when I was small about when she had my oldest sister, she was determined to not have an unprepared moment out in public, so she meticulously packed the diaper bag, a carrier, sling, placed extra outfits for her and my sister in the trunk, and trotted off to the store. She said she was in the produce department when someone came up to her and asked why she had all her baby stuff but no baby.

She left my sister at home asleep on the bed for 20 minutes whilst she was out shopping with her carefully prepared luggage.

[EnviroBecca]

Gosh, I really don't have any poop stories! Guess we chose the right brand of diaper covers for our shape of baby!

But because my son and I commute by public transit every day, we have had many awkward moments out in the public eye when both of us were tired after a long day. Here's the one that comes to mind: When he was 2, I found myself staggering across a university lawn (from one bus route to the other) carrying him by approximately one wrist and the other ankle or whatever I could grab as he writhed angrily and shrieked, "I DON'T WANT A BIRD TO EAT IT!!!!!!!!!" and also carrying two bulky tote bags, carrying my son's sock in my teeth, and wearing his little blue parka on my head, while he was wearing just a T-shirt and pants and one shoe and sock in ~15-degree weather. There were all these 19-year-olds outside smoking and sneering at me, and then I passed a well-dressed older couple who stared at me with such horror and judgment that I spat out the sock and yelled, "Yes, I'm a TERRIBLE MOTHER!! Okay? Just terrible!"

It was not my finest moment. Or my child's.

You see, he had been eating trail mix while we waited to cross a busy 6-lane street, and just before the light changed he dropped one single oaty-O on the sidewalk, so as I led him across the street he started complaining that he wanted to go back and get his O; I explained that we do not eat things off the sidewalk, but don't worry, a bird will eat it and be thankful for it; that was not acceptable to him, and after a few minutes on the sidewalk trying to reason with him, I agreed to go back to get the O, but in that time (with many pedestrians in the area) it had vanished; after a few minutes searching for it in the dark (I mean, under streetlights at 6:30pm in January) and snow, I insisted that it was time to go home. He then took off his shoe and coat to demonstrate that we could not possibly leave the area; I stuck the shoe into my bag, but the coat wouldn't fit. Then his sock came off during his attempts to knee me in the throat. What a terrible mother I am.

But if I saw another family in that situation, I would find it pretty funny and feel sympathetic and try to help. Like the time I held open the door of a turnpike service plaza for a daddy struggling to hold a child who was kicking him in the stomach while screaming, "I AM NOT A BRAT!!!"

[peainthepod]

Originally Posted by EnviroBecca

Like the time I held open the door of a turnpike service plaza for a daddy struggling to hold a child who was kicking him in the stomach while screaming, "I AM NOT A BRAT!!!"

[Fuamami]

Originally Posted by zinemama

I was in the restroom at the library and since my ds was a toddler, I'd taken him into the stall with me.

He chose the moment when my pants were around my ankles to demonstrate that he was able to unlatch the door. It was a stiff door that didn't swing shut, but stayed open. Let's just say the library patrons waiting their turn got an eyeful.

This is my worst fear. I've held it for hours just because I'm so afraid of my kid opening the door and running off while I'm peeing. Or I just hold them, screaming, the whole time.

Originally Posted by neetling

When our third child was a newborn the very first time I took all three out on an errand was awful. I took them grocery shopping. I'm wearing the baby in a sling and pushing my 4 and almost 3 year old in one of those giant car cart things.

When ds2 was a baby I had him in the sling and the older two were in one of those car carts. It was really enclosed, so I couldn't really see them unless I went up to the front of the cart. So we checked out, loaded all our groceries, and I pushed the cart out to the van and went to get the kids out and put them in the car, only to realize they weren't there! Apparently they had climbed out to look at the vending machines and I'd never noticed. I was wondering why they were being so quiet! I was also kind of peeved that no one noticed the random preschooler and toddler without parents, but kind of relieved, too.

[KristaDJ]

Originally Posted by EnviroBecca

But if I saw another family in that situation, I would find it pretty funny and feel sympathetic and try to help. Like the time I held open the door of a turnpike service plaza for a daddy struggling to hold a child who was kicking him in the stomach while screaming, "I AM NOT A BRAT!!!"

[texmama]

We were at the Christmas Eve service, dd was 2.5 yo (and fascinated by having a new baby brother, with baby brother parts) chose the quietest time of the service to ask in a very loud voice "did baby Jesus have a penis?"

[Fuamami]

Oh and just the other day we were meeting dd at the bus. She got off and I bent over to give her a kiss with my back to the bus. Right then ds1 decided to come up and whack me in the butt with his "sword" (stick) super hard, right in front of the bus and the cars that were waiting.

[Bookworm?]

I finally thought of one.
We were on a family vacation listening to a presentation at a wildlife preserve. The children were all gathered around the lady in front talking about the animals and the adults were standing towards the back. The lady was talking about how some animals like raccoons are scavengers and will get into your trash. She asked what do you have a lot of in your trash. Kids were calling out things like eggshells, watermelon rinds, apples cores etc. Our dd, then 3.5, said very proudly "Beer cans". Everyone chuckled and looked around to see who her parents were. We chuckled and looked around too! It was still kind of embarrassing.

[Stephenie]

I remembered another one... a few months ago, ds looked and my mom and said "Grandma has a chin," then looked at her again and said "No. Grandma has chins" with a lot of emphasis on the "s." My mom is bigger and does in fact have a double chin.

[Violet2]

I have one from tonight...

DD calls chocolate 'cock-late'. I bought her some M&Ms and as we were leaving the store and she was fussing, wanting immediate gratification, I said out loud in front of everyone, "I'll give you some cock-late in just a second."



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[GreenGranolaMama]

So after reading I have decided that what this thread needs is...another poop story! DS is still pretty young (6mo) but I have to share this...when he was 4 mo I took him to the beach with some of my friends. To get to our "secret spot" you have to wade through some water that comes up to my waist, so I put DS in the mei tai, no problem. DS and I were hanging out in the shade, watching everyone swim, when I noticed he needed a diaper change. I didn't bring another and was not about to walk all the way back to the car, so I just let him chill out on my lap naked...and of corse got pooped on only moments after taking the diaper off...lovely BF baby poo all over my lap...so DS and I just went, caught a few waves together, and washed off...but I could tell my childless friends were pretty grossed out...

[Purple*Lotus]

Originally Posted by texmama

We were at the Christmas Eve service, dd was 2.5 yo (and fascinated by having a new baby brother, with baby brother parts) chose the quietest time of the service to ask in a very loud voice "did baby Jesus have a penis?"

You win! That is the funniest ever! IMHO

[Purple*Lotus]

I don't have kids of my own, but I have one from when I was a Nanny.

I had just gotten married and kept a wedding picture in my day planner. My Nanette must have taken it out one day because I never saw it again. Months went by. My employers have Nanette at Mass and she carried a little girl's purse with her. In the middle of mass she gets up and starts showing every pew Miss J's "Princess picture." She kept walking up to people saying "J was a princess, look! A real life princess!" And here is her Mother chasing her down trying to get her, but she was too quick and hit about 10 pews before her Mom caught her