I locked my child in the car...and other mommy mistakes.

-Jon Rogers

After thousands of trips in and out of the car with kids, I've finally locked my child in. After buckling my daughter in her carseat I close the door and realize it's locked, I frantically run from door to door like this will be the one and only time my doors malfunction. Nope. No miracle this time. Dammit. 

Alright now what? Hmm...well she's four maybe I can get her to unbuckle herself? I plead with her. She finds this very amusing. Apparently the more I try the funnier it gets. Not going to happen. Next I call my husband. We don't have an extra set of keys so he can't help me. I was secretly hoping he turned into a locksmith overnight. No such luck. He tells me to call someone.

 "Oh hello Mr. Locksmith, yes, what time can you be here? TOMORROW?!? Umm nope that won't work." Ok calm down, I'm starting to lose it now and my daughters amusement turns to worry. I call every other locksmith in town, two could come

immediately, I basically make them race. Whoever gets here first gets my money. The guy shows up and takes 2 seconds to open the door. He attempts to make me feel better as I try to explain the situation "The car must have done this on it's own, I swear I'm not a bad mom." In hindsight this seems like a ridiculous thing to justify, even if I were a bad mom there would be no purpose in locking my kids in a car. Basement, yes. Car, no. 

After the doors are open my daughter says "mommy please don't lock me in the car again." Insert guilt here. Sorry Isla I can't promise it won't happen again but I'll try my best. Driving home I think about every other time I've done something that resulted in this tailspin of mommy guilt. Considering there was no physical damage I realize this is at the bottom of my list of mommy mistakes. We've all done things like this. So why do we beat ourselves up when they happen? I'm coming clean with my top 3 mommy mistakes, please don't judge. Actually, feel free to post your own; I know you've all got some. 

1) I pierced my daughters nipple. You may ask how does one pierce a child's nipple by accident? The metal soother clip we thought was clipped to her sleeper apparently was also attached to her nipple. Ouch. After 10 minutes of her crying we realized what happened. It broke the skin and everything. OMG. 

2) My daughter pooped out a dime (at her first day at her dayhome) The dayhome providers exact words were "I just thought you should know she pooped out a dime, is this normal?" Umm, yes coins are a regular part of her diet, tomorrow you can expect to see a penny, it's yours for the taking. 

3) Not securing my child into her car seat. Driving around town for almost an hour when all of sudden she starts freaking out because apparently I didn't do up her buckles...Oops. There are so many things on my mind it's a wonder they are fully clothed when we leave the house! 

This list could be much longer, I don't even want to count how many times they've tumbled off a couch or bed. Or all the times I've bumped their heads off walls, door frames, etc. Considering locking my child in a car for 45 minutes doesn't even make it into my top 3 mommy mistakes, I'm going to let myself off the hook for this one. I hope you can all come clean and let go of the guilt it's just not worth hanging onto and there's probably a reason they don't remember much till they're 5 anyhow : )

A Busy Week in momstown

It started with a Movie Night and will end with a Weigh In.  It's a busy week in momstown Edmonton-South and I thought you might all like a glimpse of what we're doing!

Sunday night is momstown Movie Night - we headed out this week and got together to go see The Switch.  It was a pretty good lighthearted movie, oh and a night out for us mamas while the papas were at home putting littles to bed!

We're "meeting" virtually for a coffee break this afternoon while the kids nap.  We're always on the message board, but this is when we all jump on at the same time for an afternoon chat!

The Book Club meets on Wednesday to discuss two books from our summer reading list....and I actually should be reviewing the questions now instead of writing this post :P

We're planning a wild adventure at the Zoo this week, just as the weather warms.

Friday!  The weekend is here.  We've had two Baby Babble meetups and two Toddler Talk meetup where moms with kids of similar age get together for playdates and now we're ready for a night out. 

Mom's Night Out goes around the world and this Friday is Mexican night!  Great food and dancing!

Saturday is The Big Cook!  All the mamas will be busy shopping and prepping in anticipation of this event where everyone will go home with 32 meals ready to pop in the freezer for use over the next couple of months.  Yum.  Who doesn't love having supper ready to go in advance?

Saturday Night we're checking out the Pretty Mama Grand Opening Celebration at Devlins Cocktail lounge.  We don't usually have two MNO's in a row, but hey, we're willing to make exceptions ;)
Sunday is here and its time to face the truth.  The Get Fit Club has been going for a month and we're ready to weigh in.   Wish us luck!

And there you have it.  A busy week in momstown.  Still with us?  Perfect.  Register here and join us for some of these or our other fabulous events!