You know you're a bad mom when...

So when have you ever actually said to your friends, "Guys, I'm a bad mom!"? Umm, probably NEVER! I know I haven't! I try my hardest to look like the perfect over-achieving mom. I secretly, and sometimes publicly, judge other moms, especially the ones I don't actually know. I have only one friend I confide most of my bad mom moments to and she doesn't judge me, at least not to my face. But the truth is we are all bad moms at one or more moments in our lives.

We have nothing to be ashamed of because as they say we are only human! We have all done things like forget your little one has a poopy diaper, pretend you are still sleeping so your partner has to get up with the baby, found your child eating stale food and let them finish it, given them toys that are not age appropriate, and so much more. Some worse then others, but it happens. I'll admit I'm guilty all of these, but the truth is that most of these things will not be permanently damaging for our children so it's ok if they happen.

The biggest thing is to not let it get to you and to try and relax and laugh about your mistakes. When things get rough for me I text my friend a terrible text about my kids that I know will make her laugh and by the time I press send I am already feeling better. And that is exactly why I decided to start this blog. So I can post my crazy comments about my unruly kids and just know that at least I told somebody how I was feeling...