Slacker Moms Unite!

[pilotwife_02]

I can't read this thread (even though it is devoted to slacker moms) without thinking of the Bill Cosby "Fatherhood" special and he makes cake for breakfast because it has milk and eggs in it, so it must be healthy.

Dad is great! Give us the chocolate cake!

I caught my DH giving my sons homemade oatmeal cookies for breakfast one time and he goes "what? They have oatmeal, eggs, butter for dairy, and raisins in them! That's a balanced breakfast!"

 

[PUZZLDY5]

Hi my name is Amy and I too am a slacker mom.

I am amazed that people actualy fold and mate socks. We have a sock basket and it is a free for all.
The television has a streak of clean across it where one of my children were so nice to point out my shortcommings.
We have had fend for yourself night 2 nights already this week.

I feel so at home here.
Keep the stories comming. I havn't laughed this hard in a long time.
Oh and to the woman who fabreezed her son. That was GREAT! I wish I would have thought of that.

 

[SunshineOR]

Okay, is it really bad to be a slacker if your kids get excited about "find your own dinner night"? It's not too often, but if I'm ill or we're too busy...it happens.

I tell my family that I wash and dry the laundry and I stay on top of that, folding and putting away piles up, then gets assigned to anyone who's in trouble. I tell the kids to notice the laundry pile to keep in mind about making positive choices.

Sometimes, when I'm reading a really good book and I can't put it down, we have "reading lunch" where we all read books while we eat. Again though, the kids love it and it involves reading, which is healthy, so I don't think this is too bad.

 

[cirquelovers]

Yeah! I'm not alone!Maybe they should market it like that! Makes your house AND your tween son smell fresh all day!

OMG, now that I have a not so fresh young man that cracked me up

I confess he walked into my room, smelling not so fresh and I hit him with my body spray. The worst part is he liked it and tried a few more scents, at the same time!! He smelled worse than when he started

Tonight was a find your own dinner night. He had leftover chicken and mashed potatos. I'm eating a bowl of cereal now, I just didn't feel like eating at dinner time so he was on his own.

I definitely belong in this club!

 

[Tinkmom75]

I love the Febreeze. I have a tween boy and hygiene is definately not his priority.

Tonight he has baseball practice at 5:30. I work a half hour away from home and work until 4:30, by the time I pick up DS4 and get home it will be 5:15pm. What do all you slacker Moms recommend I do for dinner? I'm thinking combo of fend for your self night and (gasp) fast food. I'm getting no help from DH since he is 4 hours away in Chicago and DD16 has soccer practice until 5:00pm. Sometimes I wish I could just wiggle my nose like Samantha on Bewitched.

 

[threecrazykids]

This week has been CRAZY busy at our house. I have let the laundry slack and have about 157 loads to do. Last night my daughter got out of the bathtub, streaking through the house half naked looking for pajamas. When she got into the laundry room she says "UUUGGHHH...STILL no clean clothes?" I have a tendency to do all the laundry and leave it on my huge folding counter so they know if it's not in their room they can usually check there.

I said "Em...you have like 10 pairs of pajamas in your drawer". Apparently not THE ONE she wanted. LOL I think she lived through the night.

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

I can't read this thread (even though it is devoted to slacker moms) without thinking of the Bill Cosby "Fatherhood" special and the part where he talks about making a cake for breakfast because it has milk and eggs in it, so it must be healthy.

Dad is great! Give us the chocolate cake!

And then Mom comes in..."WHAT ARE YOU FEEDING THE CHILDREN??!!!"..


My absolute favorite monologue. DH and I will say "what do you want for breakfast?" "Can I have the chocolate cake?"

 

[iwrbnd]

Hello! Febreeze mom, here!I feel so at home with this thread, I love it! I have to tell you that after I febreezed my son and he left for school I just started laughing at the memory of his face. His eyes got big and he just looked at me all confused and said "Did you just Febreeze me?" OMG I about died!!!I will never forget that moment when I answered "Ummm, yes, I guess I just did!"

 

[RunningGirl]

I am a slacker mom when it comes to school. I can't tell you whether or not either of my children have tests or quizzes this week, I don't make them flashcards, and I don't know each and every assignment that they get. Some of their friends' moms make me feel like such a slacker when they ask about this quiz or that test and I have no idea what they're talking about!! That being said, both my kids get straight A's and I confess that I would probably not be such a slacker if that weren't the case.

If my kids don't bring their laundry down to the laundry room on laundry day, I will not do their laundry until they get it caught up on their own again. And yes, they have both worn dirty soccer uniforms.

I usually make dinner, but every couple of weeks I declare a scavenger night and everyone has to just find something on their own.

Neither of my kids has been febreezed...yet. Now those dirty soccer uniforms? That's another story!

 

[ChristaDeVil]

Now that my son's feet are catching up with mine, I steal his socks and he steals mine. He came home from school the other day with my athletic socks on...that have pink heels and toes. I'm glad he didn't have to take his shoes off that day.

 

[mickeylove2]

I have most certainly sent my kid to school with 2 different clean socks b/c I didnt know she ran out of clean pairs!! Glad to hear I am not the only one!!

LOL- here it's a fashion trend!!! My DDs actually own pairs of socks that are purposefully mismatched- man who knew I was ahead of this fashion wave, I've been doing it for a while now!!!


Count me in as a new member of the club

 

[irishbosoxfan]

Yes I let my kid have chips for dinner last night because I again forgot to do the grocery shopping. Sorry after working eight hours all I could think of was getting home.

I have let my kid watch four straight hours of TV just so I could have some quiet time to finally read my book.

I quit micromanaging DD's homework so now she actually has to *gasp* take responsibilility for her own work and make sure it's complete. No more nagging, threatening, reading over every last letter and number to make sure it's correct. If she needs help I'm always here but only if she asks.

And yes - she will not be receiving her reading certificate at the end of the year because she did not complete the required reading which up until Christmas I was constantly nagging her to do. And no, not receiving it will not kill her. But hopefully will make her realize there are consequences when you don't finish work.

And DH I'm sorry you don't have clean underwear this morning - actually I really don't care.

So, you want your daughter to be more responsible, and you "forgot" to grocery shop? Maybe she needs a better example. Then you have 4 hours to read and you can't stick in a load of laundry or attend to your child. Frankly, I wouldn't be bragging.

Chips for dinner, not even order in, or eggs?

I'm with you.

This shouldn't be a light hearted thread--it should be a wake up call. No halo here but I find it disturbing.

We all have moments where being on top of everything just isn't going to be in the cards. However we don't make a lifestyle out of it.

To say there was nothing to eat in the house except chips says that obviously your "moment" has had a longer life than it should have. How do you have nothing in your cabinets? Hell I can not go shopping for a week but I can guarantee that my kids (yes kids,plural, as in more than one depending on me to at least be on the ball even if I'm not at the top of my game) can find something besides chips to have for dinner.

A couple of eggs and some cheese make an omelet--not enough eggs for all? Well then we have some sandwich meat and cheese. Crap. No bread. Well then no problem. Get in the car we're going to Subway.

If you have time for other things that you deem important then you should have time to make sure that things that actually are important are attended to.

You were here at the DIS for over 7 hours yesterday. Knowing your cabinets were bare and you had a kid who had nothing to eat but chips for dinner the night before you would think that you would have taken at least one or two of those hours and gone grocery shopping. What did she have for dinner last night? I hope she didn't finish off the bag the night before last because then what would she have had?!?

 

[PoppyGirl]

It seems to me that most moms are on "guilt overload" for not doing everything perfectly....even if we are good enough moms most of the time. Hasn't everyone had moments of laziness or being a "slacker" for a few days? There's a difference between a mom who realizes that she didn't take care of everything and the one who is purely neglectful and selfish when it comes to taking care of her children.

Would we all be laughing at ourselves for the times we slack off if we were really irresponsible mothers? Come on!

I used to have this family who babysat for my son--they were the "perfect family"--homeschooled all their kids, ground their own grain for bread, made their own yogurt from the goats they milked on their farm, perfect husband who took care of his wife & had a great job....I swear that every time I was in their home I felt completely inadequate as a mother. There I was going nuts just barely getting by trying to take care of one kid and I had to hire THEM to watch him for me once a week. It took me about 4 years to get over that and realize that I WAS a good mom in so many other ways--just because I don't make my own yogurt and grind my own grain to make my bread does not make me a bad mother.

I firmly believe that moms need to give each other a break, be supportive, laugh with each other about our mistakes and failures or we will all go nuts. Enough with the guilt!!!

 

[threecrazykids]

I'm with you.

This shouldn't be a light hearted thread--it should be a wake up call. No halo here but I find it disturbing.

We all have moments where being on top of everything just isn't going to be in the cards. However we don't make a lifestyle out of it.

To say there was nothing to eat in the house except chips says that obviously your "moment" has had a longer life than it should have. How do you have nothing in your cabinets? Hell I can not go shopping for a week but I can guarantee that my kids (yes kids,plural, as in more than one depending on me to at least be on the ball even if I'm not at the top of my game) can find something besides chips to have for dinner.

A couple of eggs and some cheese make an omelet--not enough eggs for all? Well then we have some sandwich meat and cheese. Crap. No bread. Well then no problem. Get in the car we're going to Subway.

If you have time for other things that you deem important then you should have time to make sure that things that actually are important are attended to.

You were here at the DIS for over 7 hours yesterday. Knowing your cabinets were bare and you had a kid who had nothing to eat but chips for dinner the night before you would think that you would have taken at least one or two of those hours and gone grocery shopping. What did she have for dinner last night? I hope she didn't finish off the bag the night before last because then what would she have had?!?

Why ya gotta be so snarky? I feel sorry for YOUR kids. Hope you feel better like a better mother now. Shame on you.

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

I'm with you.

This shouldn't be a light hearted thread--it should be a wake up call. No halo here but I find it disturbing.

We all have moments where being on top of everything just isn't going to be in the cards. However we don't make a lifestyle out of it.

To say there was nothing to eat in the house except chips says that obviously your "moment" has had a longer life than it should have. How do you have nothing in your cabinets? Hell I can not go shopping for a week but I can guarantee that my kids (yes kids,plural, as in more than one depending on me to at least be on the ball even if I'm not at the top of my game) can find something besides chips to have for dinner.

A couple of eggs and some cheese make an omelet--not enough eggs for all? Well then we have some sandwich meat and cheese. Crap. No bread. Well then no problem. Get in the car we're going to Subway.

If you have time for other things that you deem important then you should have time to make sure that things that actually are important are attended to.

You were here at the DIS for over 7 hours yesterday. Knowing your cabinets were bare and you had a kid who had nothing to eat but chips for dinner the night before you would think that you would have taken at least one or two of those hours and gone grocery shopping. What did she have for dinner last night? I hope she didn't finish off the bag the night before last because then what would she have had?!?

You are freaking kidding me with this one, right? How do YOU even know that and why did you take the time to find out? Stalk much?


We are having fun. (You do realize that some of this is embellished, right?) If you don't like it, there are lots of other threads to be judgmental on.

 

[PoppyGirl]

You are freaking kidding me with this one, right? How do YOU even know that and why did you take the time to find out? Stalk much?

I sort of wondered that too....

 

[Tinkmom75]

Perhaps OP is also a slacker employee Really, this is meant in fun! I also check DIS at work. I log out between sessions and right now is my break, but I will be in the slacker Mom/slacker employee group if we can still have fun. I'm guessing if OP was on that long it's cause she didn't log out each time and was perhaps doing other things too. I personally don't care how long she was on and perhaps her kiddos ate Sunchips

 

[Tinkermommy]

Another "Slacker Mom" here.

I have dug my DDs martials arts uniform (is that the word, see I am such a slacker not sure of the official name) out from the bottom of the dirty laundry. One time it had a few stains on it so I whipped out a couple of baby wipes (yes, they are great on stains) and poof, no more stains.

Although my DD wondered why there were wet spots on it.

 

[ckay87]

Another "Slacker Mom" here.

I have dug my DDs martials arts uniform (is that the word, see I am such a slacker not sure of the official name) out from the bottom of the dirty laundry. One time it had a few stains on it so I whipped out a couple of baby wipes (yes, they are great on stains) and poof, no more stains.

Although my DD wondered why there were wet spots on it.

This is my single argument AGAINST school uniforms. I am not organized enough with laundry to ensure that my kids have the exact set of clothing that they need every day for school. I went through enough karate and Boy Scout uniform hell to never want to do that again.

 

[wvjules]

Not wanting to get flamed but.....

I really don't find it difficult to have clean laundry. I can only think of a handful of times in DD's entire life that *maybe* something she wanted to wear wasn't clean. I had no idea that there was a dirty laundry wearing epideimc in this country.

Now, I do have to admit that for 10 years it was only DD and I and now we've added DBF so there are only 3 of us.

Oh and not matching socks. My DD does that on purpose. Who came up with that trend? Someone with only 1 of each clean sock? Kidding.

And just so I can say I belong here - I can count on one hand the amount of times I've gotten out of bed early enough to make DD a hot breakfast before school. I'm not an early riser!