Parenting Fail

[estherchaya]

Why is it that we don't get "do overs" on at least one or two days in our lives? Monday was a do-over day, for sure. It's not just that none of the plans I had came to fruition. It was the complete and utter lack of control that I had over Monday's happenings

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[mindycl]

oh and next time youre home alone with no help, park them in frontn of the tv.

[estherchaya]

My triplets have never seen TV - there isn't one in any of the parts of the house that they're allowed in.

[mrn613]

So, nu, how do you get balmex out of hair, clothes, etc?

[estherchaya]

Hair: baby oil to dissolve it, then dish soap to wash it out. Most sites say one or the other - but either one by themselves doesn't seem to do the trick.

Stuffed animals/linens - cover it with baking soda to absorb the balmex, then wash as you normally would. This, I admit, wasn't perfect - Abby's lovey still has some slightly whiteish spots on it, but it helped a lot.

[estherchaya]

Re: hardwood, however, there's no good solution that I can find. It got squished into the grains of wood - so I think time will have to heal THAT wound (e.g. dirt covering it up!)

[cellio]

Ouch. That sounds horrendously frustrating. :-(

[estherchaya]

It was not my finest parenting moment, let's put it that way.

Wow.

[real_bethy]

This is why I believe that good mothers like you will go straight to Heaven and spend eternity tucked into a recliner, surrounded by massage therapist angels and sipping bottomless pina coladas.

[glenbarnett]

I think we all have parenting fails. I have ... far more than I'd care to admit, under less trying circumstances than you.