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post #1 of 16
2/21/08 at 3:03pm
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Michael calls from the tax collectors office to have me verify a number on his motorcycle so he can get it tagged. Austin was watching Yo Gabba gabba and Steven was sleeping in his basket. I walk out the front door and close it so Austin won't run out and look for the number. I find it and hang up with Michael and turn to come back in and the door is locked Austin has locked me out!! Well Michael has fenced in the backyard and there isn't a gate (which I think I need to have him remedy NOW!) yet. So I knock on our neighbor's door and she was sleeping but she happily let me through the house because I thought the backdoor was unlocked. I get to the backdoor and no such luck. So I frantically call Michael who drops everything and flies home to unlock the door. Thankfully I could see the baby, but I was bawling because I couldn't see where Austin was and I was imagining all the worst things that could be happening. He finally popped up from under the computer desk covered in permanent marker Michael made it home and let me in where I proceeded to fall to pieces in a fit of horrible mommy guilt.



So the award goes to me after only 4 days of being a mommy of 2....
post #2 of 16
2/21/08 at 3:10pm
LOL I'm sorry to be laughing, but btdt!!! Except my kids were locked in the car, and though M could get out his carseat and unlock the door, he couldn't figure out HOW to unlock it!!! It was like fate though, there happened to be a tow truck guy in our parking lot towing someone's car so he jimmied the lock for me. LOL. My keys were in the car.

Baby wipes are wonderful at getting marker off children for some reason...but I'm not sure about permanent marker. You might have to hibernate for a few days LOL.
post #3 of 16
2/21/08 at 3:18pm
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Originally Posted by True Blue View Post
LOL I'm sorry to be laughing, but btdt!!! Except my kids were locked in the car, and though M could get out his carseat and unlock the door, he couldn't figure out HOW to unlock it!!! It was like fate though, there happened to be a tow truck guy in our parking lot towing someone's car so he jimmied the lock for me. LOL. My keys were in the car.

Baby wipes are wonderful at getting marker off children for some reason...but I'm not sure about permanent marker. You might have to hibernate for a few days LOL.
We've done the permanent marker thing before (I don't see the darn marker for 2 months and he somehow finds it:.) A little rubbing alcohol takes it off, it was just not what I wanted to deal with 4 days PP....
post #4 of 16
2/21/08 at 4:06pm
I would be terrified! It doesn't make you a bad mommy though! Now you know, Michael can lock doors!
post #5 of 16
2/21/08 at 4:30pm
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Originally Posted by Mommy2Austin View Post
Michael calls from the tax collectors office to have me verify a number on his motorcycle so he can get it tagged. Austin was watching Yo Gabba gabba and Steven was sleeping in his basket. I walk out the front door and close it so Austin won't run out and look for the number. I find it and hang up with Michael and turn to come back in and the door is locked Austin has locked me out!! Well Michael has fenced in the backyard and there isn't a gate (which I think I need to have him remedy NOW!) yet. So I knock on our neighbor's door and she was sleeping but she happily let me through the house because I thought the backdoor was unlocked. I get to the backdoor and no such luck. So I frantically call Michael who drops everything and flies home to unlock the door. Thankfully I could see the baby, but I was bawling because I couldn't see where Austin was and I was imagining all the worst things that could be happening. He finally popped up from under the computer desk covered in permanent marker Michael made it home and let me in where I proceeded to fall to pieces in a fit of horrible mommy guilt.



So the award goes to me after only 4 days of being a mommy of 2....
it is so scary isn't it!
post #6 of 16
2/21/08 at 4:33pm
post #7 of 16
2/21/08 at 4:41pm


You don't come even CLOSE to a worst mommy award, though. You can have a medal for surviving a bad day, if that makes you feel good?
post #8 of 16
2/21/08 at 5:12pm
You do know that you definitely don't get the worse Mommy award for that accident, right? I didn't read 1 word about how you lost your temper with either of your children. I didn't read 1 word about you just having to take a drink. I didn't read 1 word about you closing your room door while your toddler was strapped in his highchair and glued 2 the t.v while the baby cried his little eyes out. So, you are by far NOT the worst mommy
post #9 of 16
2/21/08 at 6:04pm
You were home alone with 2 kids at 4 days PP? I think that deserves a . I didn't take on both for weeks! Don't be so hard on yourself, the adjustment from 1-2 is SO HARD.
post #10 of 16
2/21/08 at 6:54pm
well, in all honestly, the award will go to each and every one of us, at some point or another!

but it's only b/c we are aware enough to care enough about our kids... to criticize ourselves for silly things like locking them in cars or locking ourselves out of houses.

you are a fabulous mama!!!
post #11 of 16
2/21/08 at 9:23pm
Ooooh, don't feel bad - no harm, no foul. Remember, neither of them will probably remember it. It was more traumatic for you and I send you big hugs for that!
post #12 of 16
2/21/08 at 10:48pm
I tell my child every day that he should have picked a smarter mommy. You're doing great
post #13 of 16
2/21/08 at 11:46pm
mama...so sorry to hear about your trouble.

laugh, as my dh says, it will get better.
post #14 of 16
2/22/08 at 4:55am
sorry mama.

We had a permanent marker accident too. When DS was about 2 he was napping and I was really preg with nr. 2 I thought I could get in a quick shower before he got up. No such luck.

I showered, listened to hear if he was up. Nope Dressed and dried my hair and went to check on him. He wasn't in his crib anymore!!! I called nothing. Went downstairs and he had painted the whole kitchen with permanent marker!!! He was covered too! I thought that I was a horrible mom then too. Poor kid. I laugh about it now. I am sure that you will when ds is 15 too
post #15 of 16
2/22/08 at 10:48am
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bak (baby at keyboard)

i feel much better today. i can even giggle about the marker...i know accidents happen and it was nobodies fault just poor planning and timing. thanks for the hugs ladies.
post #16 of 16
2/22/08 at 4:25pm
When BooBah was about a week old, I accidentally locked her and my keys in the car. I FLIPPED. Of course I was still hormonal and a complete and total mess. It sucked.

It's happened (or will happen) to all of us... once you get past two kids, these things start in earnest. It was sooooo easy to be sanctimonious as a parent of one; Things are very, VERY different as a parent of four.
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