What parts of parenting do you feel rubbish at?

[Sparkleyone]

I feel pretty rubbish at helping my LO develop. I am not very imaginative or creative. I do try my best, but its not happening! My vocation in life was not early years learning, more so to give kisses and cuddles!

I feel pretty rubbish at discipline! I think I let my LO get away with too much. I am not as consistent as I should be!

These are trivial things to some, but I am worried about the knock on effects and so I am forever trying harder to better myself in these areas.

What are your 'rubbish' areas?

Does you LO have any issues that you blame yourself for? ie my LO is not as advanced as his peers, and TBH I am full of guilt - surely it must be my own fault - esp as I can already see myself where I have kinda failed.

Does the perfect parent exist, or are we all in the same boat and constantly trying to better ourselves?

 

[polo_princess]

The only thing i feel rubbish at is comforting Brooke when she's upset ... she's gets upset because her reflux is playing up and theres nothing i can do to stop it i just have to try and ride it out with her. I know its not my fault nor hers and it cant be helped but it still makes me feel a bit bleergh iykwim.

Apart from that im pretty happy with how i am as a parent

 

[Chel]

I blame myself for Jasper not sleeping through the night.

When Jasper was 8 weeks old my old boss who was a midwife, is currently part time as a nurse, has two teenage children and owns a childcare center, so I respect her opinion regarding bubs, told me Jasper should be sleeping through without a feed and that I should let him CIO at night.

Which I wont do.

But now I think what if I had followed that advice 2 months ago, would he be sleeping through now?

I think the thing that I'm 'rubbish' at is second guessing myself! I dont trust my own opinion with Jasper!!!

 

[Chel]

Also, I'm rubbish at remembering to change his nappy!!!

I only really change it when he has a poo and I can smell it, because I keep forgetting! He doesn't have nappy rash or anything, so it cant be THAT bad... but some days I only change his nappy like 4 times

 

[sam#3]

I find one of the hard things being consistent with discipline, like some days when dylan is 'in one' ill be really patient with him and i have a go at steve for being on his case and tell him to be more patient with him but then i have days when he will only do one thing and i tell him off for it.
I feel like a good mum but i do sometimes find it hard and its a constant juggling act with the 3 of them, feeding harry, playing with dylan and doing homework with anais for example!!

 

[notquite]

I am currently just a step-mom to a 3 yr old... baby #1 on the way.

I feel like I am not as good as I should be about the teaching/developmental/educational stuff. I don't have a whole lot of patience, it seems. Also it is hard for me to understand that he really might just not get it yet, because I was such a quick learner when I was young, I could read anything by the time I was 3!

 

[BlackBerry25]

I am the worst at getting my baby to go to sleep. I have no idea how to, she just will not sleep if it is just me home.

 

[sabby52]

At the moment the only thing I am crappy at is discipline, I can never go through with what I said I would, even Dec now thinks when I say no I mean yes!!!!!! Apart from that I feel pretty comfortable where I am.

 

[oOKayOo]

I lack patience but thats about it , ive been happy with what i have done , nipped sleeping in the bud before they were 3 months , Carly is the brightest speak in her school and ballet , so im pretty content its just when they are older! In there teens that i crap myself over!

 

[x-dannielle]

like wendino im crap at getting my baby to sleep! she never seems to settle for me! x

 

[Eoz]

I give in to easily and impatient.But I do get comments from people saying how well behaved they are so I must be doing something right.They all sleep,eat well and are very contented.Just noisy little buggers!