How Are You a Mean Mom?

[hermione]

Because I won't let her have unlimited milk. Cruel and unusual punishment I tell you.

[djc315]

I'm mean because I won't let him draw on the couch with a pen.

[Willis Jackson]

YOU MONSTERS!

I'm dialing CPS right now.

[winemaker06]

I changed his soaking wet shirt. The horror!

[GotWine]

I wouldn't let her get into her ToT bag before breakfast! Then she refused to eat her eggs (which she asked for) so now her ToT bag has disappeared for the day.

[YahYahs]

Oh oh - I'm good at this game.

Today, I'm a mean mom for two reasons:

1. DD1 woke up crying b/c her Twilight Turtle light was "out of batteries" - I turned it on and showed her it was still working fine, and she got pissed and told me I'm mean.

2. DD1 pulled whiskers off her stuffed seal and asked me to do surgery to fix him. I tried, but couldn't get the whiskers back on. She told me I'm mean for breaking her seal.

[bowies]

Nov 1, 2014 8:44:44 GMT -5 YahYahs said:

She told me I'm mean for breaking her seal.

Remember when this had an entirely different meaning?

[changedname]

I wont let her suck and chew on wires and plugs. I take plastic bags away from her when she wants to chew them.

I pull bits of chewed cardboard out of her mouth when she is having a perfectly good time eating them.

I make her go in the car seat and have the audacity to tighten the harness.

I stop her from crawling headfirst down the stairs.

I'm really mean.

[teatimefor2]

Ditto the unlimited milk as well as enforcing bedtime and no throwing.

[anna7602]

Nov 1, 2014 8:17:31 GMT -5 @lcap said:

Well if you go by the kids' opinions how am I not? Lol

I am probably stricter than normal about junk food consumption. Also, I make DS1 do his homework as soon as he gets home from school and I'm very strict that he has to read to me for twenty minutes a day. I was talking to another mother of a kid in his class and she admitted that she just makes up entries for his reading log. She was like, you don't think most people do this stuff do you? I'm strict about things like that and piano practice, etc. It's for his own good though! Lol

I am also mean for making DD do her homework every day as soon as we get home from school. At 4pm, it takes 20 minutes. If I let it go until after dinner (which I sometimes have to if we have a play date or something right after school), it takes an hour because she is so tired. I am also mean because I don't read her the homework instructions anymore like I did last year in Kindergarten when she wasn't reading as well. 

I am really side-eyeing that mom about the made-up reading log. WTF? Even with a baby and 10 billion activities, I make sure DD takes her school work seriously. If we can't do something one night, that's one thing, but to consistently lie about work that wasn't done sets a terrible example, IMO, and doesn't benefit your kid at all. 

[water*drop]

I wouldn't let her have candy for breakfast.

I wouldn't let her play in the bathroom.

I wouldn't let her climb the kitchen drawers to get onto the counter to access the candy.

She's been throwing a fit the entire morning. She even got mad when I offered to play playdoh with her. *sigh*

[anna7602]

Nov 1, 2014 10:15:05 GMT -5 @kirkette said:

2. Since we had no trick or treaters, Kirklette's candy will be going to work with Mr.Kirkette on Monday. She had enough sweets at her class party. She can keep all the stickers, toys, games, etc. .

How old is Kirklette? I've been letting DD more or less self-regulate on the holiday candy front for a couple of years. She knows that when it's gone, it's gone. She'll eat a bunch of candy on Halloween night, but then is really careful about making sure the rest of it lasts her a long while. 

We don't get a ton to begin with, maybe a third of one of those plastic pumpkins. Maybe I'd feel differently if she had piles and piles of candy.

[blushing]

I made my 6 year old fetch his own packet of chips AND juice box off the kitchen counter because I was nursing my 6 week old. It's unfair and mean apparently.

[glitzy07]

Well according to my 8yo SS, I'm mean because I make him "do every single thing in this house!" since I asked him to clear my plate along with his.

C thinks I am mean because I don't let him feed all of his food to the dog.

[ECB]

If I say "no" in any shape. "You're mean!!!!!"

[Willis Jackson]

Nov 1, 2014 11:22:21 GMT -5 ECB said:

If I say "no" in any shape. "You're mean!!!!!"

"You are NOT cool! The only people who are cool are [lists everyone he knows except me]."

Burrrrrrrnnnn.

[Deleted]

I only will read Thomas tells time 2x at bedtime not a million.

I make him get dressed & leave the house.

Naptime. I enforce it.

[kdubs923]

I'm so mean because I didn't let him play in the trash can. Womp womp

[VillainV]

I took away the cardboard lid from a Starbucks oatmeal that he was chewing on. He freaked the fuck out.

[Deleted]

I wouldn't let him have dessert after lunch b/c...well he didn't eat his lunch! I am not rewarding your French fry eating with apple pie, sorry kid.

[chickens987]

Nov 1, 2014 8:02:55 GMT -5 @this said:

Last night because I wouldn't let her drink my champagne drink. lol

Me too! DD kept trying to drink my vodka and sprite zero while we were ToTing!

[meltoine]

Because I cut him off after 7 pancakes and told him to eat more fruit if he was still hungry.

[kategm]

Nov 1, 2014 9:05:57 GMT -5 changedname said:

I wont let her suck and chew on wires and plugs. I take plastic bags away from her when she wants to chew them.

I pull bits of chewed cardboard out of her mouth when she is having a perfectly good time eating them.

I make her go in the car seat and have the audacity to tighten the harness.

...

I'm really mean.

Sounds like a day in my house.

And also?

I don't let her suck on the highlighter and get ink all over her mouth.

[aspentosh]

The better question these days is how I'm not mean. That's a shorter list

I won't let her watch videos all day.
I asked her to go potty so she didn't pee in her underwear.
I told her she needed to sleep because she's a nightmare when she doesn't. (PS- still not sleeping)
I didn't give her raisins with breakfast.

[osulori]

Because I...

-put him down after he bit me on the arm. Again. Apparently biting should not=end of the snuggle game with mommy.
-sternly told him "No!" when he threw food to the dogs. Again.
-changed his diaper before nap
-would not let him fling yogurt all over himself, me, the dogs, the high chair, and the floor.
-wiped the snot off his face
-used the Nosefrida to get more snot out.

[stacyb1983]

Just now. I wouldn't let H wash muddy outdoor toys in the bathroom sink. My bathroom floor is covered in mud. Is it too early to start drinking?

[dragonfly08]

It's rare to have a day when I'm *not* a mean mom.

I make them eat fruit with breakfast, put on real clothes instead of having PJ day, won't let them live on bagels and cream cheese, allow sweets only on weekends, limit screen time to 30 minutes/day, make them do homework before screen time or play time.  The list is endless.

Basically, if the words "no" or even "not now" come out of my mouth, I'm mean. They may not say it, but I'm used to "the look".

[littlemisschatty]

I wouldn't let him color on his sliced bananas

[elocrates]

Nov 1, 2014 11:22:21 GMT -5 ECB said:

If I say "no" in any shape. "You're mean!!!!!"

"You are NOT my best friend." Followed by a mean glare when I reply, "You're right. I'm your mom."

[Deleted]

Nov 1, 2014 8:17:31 GMT -5 @lcap said:

Well if you go by the kids' opinions how am I not? Lol

I am probably stricter than normal about junk food consumption. Also, I make DS1 do his homework as soon as he gets home from school and I'm very strict that he has to read to me for twenty minutes a day. I was talking to another mother of a kid in his class and she admitted that she just makes up entries for his reading log. She was like, you don't think most people do this stuff do you? I'm strict about things like that and piano practice, etc. It's for his own good though! Lol

I am side eyeing the making up log entries! Reading is a very basic fundamental skill that you know, you need for life. I will absolutely make sure my kid's "practice" reading. This just isn't negotiable for me.