17 parenting fails we’ve all experienced

No need to feel bad, we’ve all been there. Haven’t we?

1. You just got baby dressed, realise nothing quite fits him anymore, but crack on anyway.

2. When you get to the where you’re going only to realise you left the pram adaptors for the car seat at home.
3. When you get to nursery and realise you left the baby’s sun hat at home. And then have to ignore the judging looks from the other parents…
4. You’ve just spent 15 minutes nursing baby to sleep only to crash into the cot as you put her down.
5. When he starts peeing in your face just as you’ve slid a new nappy under him.
6. When the pee goes between the changing mat and the top of the changing table.
7. You’ve just sat down for a nice lunch in a restaurant and you discover that the iPad, with all those distracting games and shows you downloaded, is not in the changing bag.

8. You vow to cut back on how much BabyTV/CBeebies you let them watch, then immediately capitulate at the first sign of trouble.

9. When your partner points out that the baby’s been crying for five minutes, but you didn’t notice because you were trying to level up on Xbox.

10. When your partner asks if your child is okay and you realise you’ve completely forgotten to keep an eye on them.

11. When you complete forget you even have a child.

12. When someone else is looking after baby and they’re doing stuff TOTALLY wrong, but you don’t say anything for fear of offending them.

13. That close shave you had while looking after baby that you resolve never to tell your partner about.

14. Children under the age of 12 months can’t possibly notice inappropriate language or violence in the movie your watching, right?
15. When you’re about to get angry at something baby is doing, but then they smile and you feel like the Worst. Parent. In. The. World.

16. The nappies are the wrong size.

17. There are no nappies.