We’re not even two months in and I’ve already jagged first prize for the 2016 Worst Mum of the Year. Until now, Honey Boo Boo‘s mum has been top of the list — so I feel extra terrible for stealing her crown.
Because I’m an over-sharer (and because I feel incredibly bad), I want to share my horrendous tale with you…
As many of us know, child number two can fend for his or herself from around two months. So naturally, I was allowing my thirteen-month-old to play in the kitchen with Tupperware and a wooden spoon. Living the dream!
I walked into the study to do something work-related, but after a couple of minutes, everything had gone very quiet. Before you judge me too much, he was literally in the next room.
As the silence began to bellow in my ears, I figured I should probably close my computer and walk back into the kitchen to make sure my little guy was still happy flipping his plastic yellow bowl up and down. Instead, I walked into SHOCK and HORROR!
The worst thing imaginable in his mouth… a four-day-old, opened BAKED BEANS CAN!!!
A CAN! A sharp, opened can that could slice his tongue off.
I can deal with off baked beans. But the edge of an opened can in my baby’s hands and mouth, I simply cannot! Thank fu*k, he was saved by a plastic fruit container that had wedged itself into the can. Nothing like the taste of fermented fruit salad and beans.
I couldn’t believe he hadn’t cut himself; I was gobsmacked. He’d gotten into the recycling bin and found the old can, which hadn’t been washed out (this is me subtly telling my husband that he forgot to wash it).
I felt so bad — I felt sick. My little boy could’ve REALLY hurt himself. Of course, that night I lay in bed thinking about all the “what-ifs?”. Beating myself up and imagining him with cuts all over his tiny, chubby fingers and delicious lips, with a half-severed tongue.
And so, I hang my head in shame and announce that I, Hayley Pearson, deserve the crown for Worst Mum of the Year. Lesson learned: don’t take your eyes off your baby. Ever. AND make sure your cans are in the outside bin.
What’s the worst thing you’ve found in your child’s mouth?
Hayley xx
That would have been really scary Hayley and I am very glad that nothing really bad happened.
I walked into our daughter’s bedroom to check on her after her sleep and as I got closer to her room I could smell something quite revolting. I walked in to find that she had filled her nappy and was smearing the contents onto the wall and then sucking her fingers.
I almost died.
To make matters worse I had a man coming to measure up for built in wardrobes in her bedroom only 10 minutes later so I had to completely strip her and the bed, wash the walls and to try not to vomit whilst praying that I could get rid of the awful stench!
She is 22 now and it is still as clear in my memory as it was only yesterday!
hahah Oh I don’t mean to laugh but that is just so gross, what else can you do but laugh! xx
Not my baby thank god – I’ve heard that a toddler found a used condom in the park and put it in their mouth.
Ahh, good ole babies, most of the things they put in their mouths are harmless and actually can be beneficial for their immune systems.