Mother’s Day Spa Day Giveaway
Mother’s Day is coming up and around this time every year, we all hear stories of great moms doing great things for their children. At Boon, we love them just as much as you do, but sometimes people forget being a mom is a tough job and sometimes we can make mistakes. That’s why we want you to share your favorite “No Mommy Is Perfect” stories about yourself or another mommy you know. Whether it was the time you were 10 minutes late picking up your kids because you lost track of time while Keeping Up with the Kardashians, or the few nights in a row you were just so tired that dinner ended up having the option of being Super-sized, we want to hear how crazy and funny being a real mom can be. Post your story in the comment section of our blog and on Monday, we will select our five favorites and post them to our Facebook page. We will then have a week-long vote and the poster of the story that gets the most votes will win $200 to a spa in their area – because every Mom needs a day of relaxation.
Congratulations to the Winner: GOLDEN
The winning “No Mommy Is Perfect” story -
“On a rainy day, I had to rush out of the house with my two boys in tow. I fumbled out of the front door, toting my plump two month old in his carrier and my two year old by the hand, I tried to race down the walkway to the car. My toddler seemed resistant and focused more on dragging his feet than scurrying to the car. I reminded him that we need to move quickly in the rain and wondered out loud why he kept looking down. Once I got him in the carseat, I realized why. My poor little guy was wearing nothing but soggy socks on his feet! I managed to put his dress him in a hat and coat but forgot his shoes!”
I am a first time mom. I am younger than most first time moms I have been married for 2 years and have a 1 year old daughter. She is our life we love her!
When I had my daughter I expected life to be perfect nothing would ever go wrong and I would be the “ideal parent”
One day I was changing My little ladies diaper and in mid wipe she grabbed the poopy wipe and threw it at the wall then grabbed the diaper and pulled it up by her face covering her body in it. I wanted the throw up. I grabbed it from her and set it aside as I was trying to clean up everything I ended up putting her in the bath. As I was taking my deep breath trying to not freak out I wipe my forehead not thinking that I had “soft serve” on my hands. Now with me, the wall, & my baby all covered in poop I could not help but laugh a little.
My life was not as perfect as I dreamed it would be but it was a different kind of perfect. One I would never change.
Every mom has a story my story is a adorable little 1 year old.
Jonique Beach
4 May 11 at 12:26 pm
I remember when I was trying to Breastfeed in the middle of the night. I was so tired and my baby was having trouble latching on and just that day we found out she wasn’t gaining any weight either (later on I found out I had placenta in me still which was causing some of the issues.) the pediatrician gave us formula and a saringe to feed her a little extra. In my desperate hour late at night, I couldn’t get my baby to latch or take the formula from the saringe. So I filled a bottle with formula and gave that to her. I went back to bed crying and waking my husband to tell him I was the worst mommy in the world.
Mandi
4 May 11 at 12:27 pm
Back in January, our family was under a lot of stress (death in the family, a miscarriage & changing jobs). I was trying to handle it, along with my husband, as best as possible. He was working late one night, and that left me at home for one of the first times in awhile with all three of our children. The night started out okay- with our not-so-healthy dinner from the freezer section of Trader Joe’s, and hanging out. Then, my 6 year old daughter fell and cut her head- while trying to handle the wound (and blood pouring out), I hadn’t realized our 1 year old had gotten my sleep-aromatherapy spray off my night stand. I noticed as she was holding it, spray nozzle popped off & attempting to drink it. As quick as I could, snagged it way, took her to the sink to wash her mouth while calling poison control. If calling poison control, handling a wound and juggling still trying to hold it all together wasn’t enough… my 9 year old son interrupts to say he broke his TV. At that point, I couldn’t do anything else, except cry & laugh at the same time. I’m not perfect… I don’t always keep it together emotionally, but I try to be as good as a mama as possible. Luckily, my husband was able to come home shortly after and all was fine. No trips to the ER…(from the wound or aromatherapy spray!!) and the TV was able to be fixed.
Brooke
4 May 11 at 12:34 pm
This mommy isn’t perfect, that’s for sure! And I have become even ‘less’ perfect (was I ever?) now with my twins. With my 2 year old- I tried to be. Now..eh. It’s not even on the radar!
My new best friends are frozen pizzas and those skillet meals- more nights a week than I care to admit. Most days I look like a hundred miles of bad road with no makeup or hairstyle (what IS that?) because someone needs something as soon as the morning begins (which is an ungodly hour) and I need that time to a) make my coffee THEN b) take a shower (possibly). I do my own toe nails these days- if I have time at all..and the majority of my shirts all have mysterious stains on the left shoulder and right boob.
I’m NOT complaining- honest I’m not. I love my boys–but meeting the needs of two 7 month olds and a 2 year old is a daily challenge. I don’t even mind appearing like a circus act whenever we hit Target. Someday, I’ll look back on all of this and laugh (and miss it) right??
How did I manage to type this you ask? Well my 2 year old is climbing on my back as I am crouched on the floor- hunched over my laptop. Twin A is army crawling all over the place and Twin B is next to me squalling because I am not giving him my undivided attention. *Sigh*. Back to my hole I go…
fritter
4 May 11 at 12:47 pm
On a rainy day, I had to rush out of the house with my two boys in tow. I fumbled out of the front door, toting my plump two month old in his carrier and my two year old by the hand, I tried to race down the walkway to the car. My toddler seemed resistant and focused more on dragging his feet than scurrying to the car. I reminded him that we need to move quickly in the rain and wondered out loud why he kept looking down. Once I got him in the carseat, I realized why. My poor little guy was wearing nothing but soggy socks on his feet! I managed to put his dress him in a hat and coat but forgot his shoes!
Golden
4 May 11 at 1:11 pm
I was trying on bras in the department store when my 20 month old decided to crawl underneath the door and take off running. I had to immediately run after her, wearing no bra and only panties! I couldn’t even run fast enough trying to cover myself to catch her. If that was embarrassing enough, the sensors went off and security was alerted! Oh yes it gets worse! She ran right into a bunch of mannequins who toppled over into a glass case. Of course the store was so concerned if she got hurt that they didn’t charge me for the damages. I can’t even begin to explain my emotions! If you can imagine the entire store staring at me topless with a hysterical baby in a total mess! The saleswoman was nice enough to bring my clothes. I needed a bag over my head to leave the store!
Leslie Elana
4 May 11 at 3:26 pm
i always tell myself i should get the mother of the year award…. there’s the time i let my 1 year old eat oreos off the floor in starbucks, watch tv on the carpet completely butt naked, come with us out to eat really late at night because i know she likes it, watch her pick her nose and not stop her bc it’s one less thing for me to worry about, hold onto the subway poles and not wash her hands after. there are other things i can’t think of but i CAN say she’s happy and healthy 15 month old and that’s really all that matters, right????
makayla
4 May 11 at 3:36 pm
Before Christmas I was wrapping a huge gift. My 2 year old son was “helping”. I made sure the scissors were always on the other side of me. Well, I was trying to wrangle the wrapping paper around this huge box when I suddenly heard our dog yelping. I turned to see my son holding our dog’s ear (he’s a dachshund so he has long ears) and the scissors. I hurried and took them away and looked at our dog’s ear. I didn’t see anything but when I pulled my hand away, it was covered in blood!
The next thing I know, our dog is running all over the house shaking his head so we had blood splatters all across our house. I finally got him into the bath tub where it ended up looking like a murder scene because it was covered in blood.
Eventually we got it to stop bleeding and his ear healed fine. Our son definitely knows not to play with scissors now, but never again will I judge another mother when she has a scissor incident with her child (usually them cutting their own hair) and think she should have been watching them. Kids are magicians when it comes to scissors!
Rachel D.
4 May 11 at 3:53 pm
I’ve definitely made my share of mistakes, but the most recent really stands out to me.
I watch my son like a hawk, never letting him out of my sight, but as we all know, toddler have a certain magical ability to create mischief in no time at all. In a split second, my son got his hands on a bottle of bug spray I had been using to kill ants, and he pointed and sprayed it right in his face. I was horrified. But, as much as I did learn my lesson about leaving things sit out even for a minute, I also felt pretty good about my commitment to using only non-toxic products in our home. The spray I was using was water-based and made from orange peels, so it didn’t hurt him one bit, but it sure did hurt me to know that my carelessness could have been a major problem. I guess you could call this incident a mom fail balanced out by a mom win! Going a little greener has had more positive consequences for us than I could have known!
Wendy @ ABCGP
4 May 11 at 5:13 pm
President Obama came to speak in Detroit. I got there with my 4 month old daughter 3hrs early to beat the lines and get a great first-come-first-serve seat. Secret Service was checking everyone at the door and everyone was told to minimize their belongings and not to bring bags into the arena. So, naturally I left my diaper bag behind and only brought 2 diapers and a small thing of wipes with me. Boy that was a mistake! With one hour left until the doors were scheduled to open, my daughter had an epic poo. It was everywhere. She leaked through her 3 layers of clothing and even onto her blanket. Since I was alone, I couldn’t leave my spot in line, nor did I have extra stuff with me. Luckily another much older woman in line had some left over wipes from her daughter who took the grandkids home to eat. I was so thankful but had no clothing to put my daughter in. I ended up having to use a spare towel that was offered from further back in the line and put her soiled laundry in an empty shopping bag I’d been lucky enough to have been donated. When we made our way to Secret Service the gloved agent went to reach inside the bag. I had to stop him before it was too late and warn him of all he was about to get himself into, he let us in after gently squeezing the bag to make sure my story was legitimate.
I was utterly mortified but was able to enjoy myself and keep my daughter warm in the chilly April weather.
Laurel
4 May 11 at 5:15 pm
As a busy mother with two girls under two I seem to always find myself in fast forward. I can never find the pause or slow down and with that I continue to run around like a frantic hot mess throughout most of the week.
I for some reason on this particular day was running on little to no sleep (which is usual) and still had the messy bun atop my head that was not brushed for a good two days and the nice white T-Shirt I deemed the “Barf Tee” since Lily threw up a lot in her early stages of life. I looked over and saw a bump on 1 year old arm. I packed all our bags, rushed to Urgent Care and in a frantic and desperate voice, told the receptionist that she was covered in Chicken Pox.
They put her in a separate holding room so she would not infect the other children and when the doctor came in..she broke out in laughter and tapped my shoulder and said “That is a mosquito bite Ms.Sparks”
I was so embarrassed.
Heidi
4 May 11 at 5:47 pm
There is nothing like becoming a mom to throw all your grand parenting ideas out of the window. =)
Just today my 2 yr. old son was eating graham crackers (ironic b/c his name is Graham!) and he somehow ended up covered in crumbs from head to toe. Not knowing how else to get all those tiny little pieces off of him, I grabbed the Dustbuster and vacuumed him from neck to ankle. It worked beautifully and at least he thought it was hilarious!
Kelly
4 May 11 at 6:14 pm
After my daughter was born as all new moms know, it’s VERY hard to get a good night sleep. One night during a diaper change, I must have been so tired that I was half asleep while changing her diaper. When I woke up in the morning I remember feeling the sheets and they were damp. Then I looked at my hands and there was crap on it! Yes “number 2”!! I put her diaper on inside out so all of her “number 1” and “number 2” came out the side, on the sheets and on my pajamas! I couldn’t help but to laugh and run the both of us into the tub.
Gita Prasad
4 May 11 at 6:38 pm
We’re usually always prepared and packed enough snacks, diapers and then some more. Well we were flying back from a trip and I thought I had enough diapers as the flight was only 4.5 hours long. An hour into the flight my 2 year old did her business so I took her to the bathroom to change her diaper. We went out the bathroom and started back down the aisle and she said she had to go again. I realized at that point that she had diarrhea. As we make our way back to our seats the 2nd time I pondered if I should tell my husband or not. Then 15 minutes later my daughter went again. So back to the bathroom we went again for the 3rd time. My husband and I both started to worried at this point because we only had 1 diaper left and there was no other toddler on-board to borrow diapers from. We started to think about backup plans and each volunteer to use a piece of our clothing if need be. Thank goodness that our daughter took a 2 hour nap and was okay afterward. It was a funny, worrying and unexpected event that we would never forget. Next time we’re bringing a whole box of diaper with us.
Stephanie
4 May 11 at 8:19 pm
When my 3rd son was 2 months old we made a family trip to the Science Museum. My oldest son was about 6, my middle son was 2 and in the stroller and my youngest was 2 months and I was carrying him in the baby bjorn. My husband and 2 older sons were going to see an Imax film while I went outside for some privacy to nurse my son. Within a minute my husband brought my 2 year old back outside because he was scared of the large room where the Imax was showing.
As I start to nurse my 2 year old who had not been buckled back into the stroller took off running towards the pond behind the museum. So I take off running after him with Baby ( still nursing) in the baby Bjorn. Running right past the picture windows after a squealing 2 year old carrying a nursing baby. I caught up to my son in time and my youngest never stopped nursing through the whole ordeal.
March
5 May 11 at 7:52 am
Neglectful X 2–in 1 week! This Feb. was in the middle of Potty Training days and get home w/ my son after work-he was at daycare-and begin dinner. He comes to me “Mommy, my back hurts”-he is running around just fine so I say”Your back is FINE. You’re 2 and running around!”..I tell him I will look(wink, wink) at his back after dinner. 10 min. later he is back in the kitchen NAKED and says “See Mommy…” heturns around and had the WORST EVER moisture rash on his bottom. I felt horrible! That was a Friday-follwing Wed after a day at Grandmas w/ my nephews he tells me “Mommy, I broke my toe at Grandmas today”-he is running around fine and I told him “Oh you’re fine!” At storytime that pm he insists he broke his toe, so I do the “OK let’s see (wink,wink).” He takes off his sock and under the dry blood is his entire big toe nail hanging only by a thread. If I didn’t feel bad enough, I tear it off and he screams! It was hanging on skin still-it looked like just nail fibers. I cannot win Mother of the year for all that in 1 week! Let’s just top it off w/ my husband that weekend at BDay parties, telling my son to tell everyone about his broken back & toe this week and what Mommy did for him when he told me–Ya! he had fun with that for much too long
Erinn S
5 May 11 at 8:57 am
Sleeping through the night was always trouble for me during my last pregnancy it was horrible the last trimester trying to get comfortable and waking every hour. Our 3rd daughter was finally sleeping through the night and by this time I had been back to work and not breast feeding anymore. Still having trouble sleeping through the night I took an over the counter sleep aide one night which did the trick, my 4 yr old at the time came into my room to ask me something. Next thing I know I hear her crying in the living room. I awake go out there stumbling and find her sitting on the couch “what’s the matter? She said, you told me to come out to the living room and wait, Ive been waiting a long time and got scared. I felt so bad who knows how long she was out there. Or what else I could have told her to do.
Sharon
5 May 11 at 8:58 am
I’d spent my day dropping my daughter off at school, taking my son to a zoo playdate, having a meeting, and doing errands. I had a volunteer meeting that evening, after feeding and bathing the kids and putting them to bed. I was tired but satisfied because I thought I had the two kids thing down, finally. I brushed my hair back and realized that there was a lollipop stuck in it. We’d had lollipops at the zoo, which meant that it had been there all day and no one had mentioned it. Such a mommy moment.
Naomi
5 May 11 at 10:34 am
One day a little after my son was potty trained and wearing big boy underwear I took him to the bathroom in the morning, exhausted and not listening to what he was saying to me I told him to pee and he did, sitting on the toilet wearing his underwear wandering what Mommy was thinking…
Should I even mention I thought I left my shopping list at home and went crazy only to find it in my pocket on that very same day?
Menucha
5 May 11 at 4:49 pm
I’m a mom of 7 with number 8 on the way so it’s hard to choose just one “Ooops” moment. There was the time I decided to sleep in when my first child was 2 and she made Kool-Aid with milk on my living room carpet. Or the time I was out shopping and lost track of time resulting in my 1st grader being locked out of the house for 10 minutes (he was so scared). Or the time I left for a birthday party forgetting that my 2nd son had already returned home from his sleepover and 5 minutes down the road I realized I left him at home. Or most recently the day I sent my 6 year old to school with permanant marker all over his face because I was too tired to look him over before he went out the door (his older brother got to him the night before in his sleep).
I could go on for months there’s so many lol. But the best has to be the day I strutted around my yard talking on the phone, cars passing by quite often, and then finally realizing that the flap on the nursing tank I was wearing was Down! I forgot to fasten it after nursing my daughter and my breast was fully exposed.
Jessica~Mom of all Trades
5 May 11 at 9:25 pm
After a cold and rainy winter, I was thrilled to take my kids on play date with their friends and moms. It was a win- win situation where my kids could play and work off some energy and us moms could socialize and chat with one another. I was having such a great time visiting with my friends and still closely watching my children out of the corners of my eyes (It seems like moms have that super ability). I think I was even getting a little annoyed because it seemed like every few minutes my children needed me for something-either they fell down, they were hungry, someone called them a named etc. I guess I was being selfish wanting to spend time with friends too. Well my 3 year son was calling to me trying to tell me something. He wasn’t crying and did not appear to be in any danger and it seem important so I told him I would be there in a minute. I guess i was longer than a minute because I looked over after I heard some laughter. It was MY son, with his pants down, peeing beside a bench where 2 cute little old ladies were sitting. I was so embarrassed that as I walked over it was hard to keep my composure. I wasn’t sure if the ladies were annoyed or understanding. They had a smile on my face. Lesson learned: Remember I can have fun too, but when you hear your lovely name of “Mommy”, you better listen!
Eliza Klinger
6 May 11 at 8:56 am
In the past almost 9 years I have had plenty of Mommy moments, but one in particular stands out. In the wee early morning hours of Christmas Day, 2005 I went into labor with my second second daughter, Meghan. We were very surprised since I wasn’t due until January. My then 3 year old, Tara, was home in bed expecting the next morning to be Christmas- complete with Santa and presents. We had called my Mom to come and stay with her at our house while my husband and I went to the hospital. My husband and I decided that when Tara woke up, we would have my Mom explain to her that we were at the hospital having the baby and that it wasn’t Christmas yet. When she woke up she was shocked to find my Mom at the house without us. When she said Merry Christmas to my Mom my Mom told her it wasn’t Christmas yet- thankfully, she was just confused and said, but Nana I had the strangest, really, real dream that today was Christmas and Santa came!
Biggest lie ever. And it came from her parents.
Elaine
6 May 11 at 1:00 pm
I’d love to say I am the perfect mother…but “No Mommy Is Perfect” It’s called life. Every day I try my best to be the “perfect” mom, but every day brings me a new challenge to face. My most recent challenge is dealing with the potty training of my 23 month old daughter. We chose to use cloth diapers…bad thing about that is she knows how to take them off with ease. “NAKED BABY!” Thank goodness it’s getting warmer…because every day is diaper FREE day. The moment she squats, I’m on it…grab and go…the race is on…can we make it in time? So far I am proud to say, we have only had pee once on the couch (note: always cover your couch when potty training) and poop once the floor (if they are playing hide-and-seek, there is a good chance they have a reason to hide). All in all, I think I am doing a pretty darn good job as a mom! The best party is when I tuck them in at night and our son tells me, “Your the best Mom in the whole world!” {heart melts}
Christy Newell
6 May 11 at 2:29 pm
It was a nice spring day, and although I wasnt a mommy yet, I did take care of my infant nephew for my sister while she was at work. One nice and cool breezy morning, I needed to run an errand so I packed up the diaper bag, loaded my nephew in the car seat and placed him in the car. I shut the door, and proceeded to the driver side to get my day going. Well, low & behold the door was locked. In a state of panic I checked the other car doors and they were all locked! My mind went crazy when I saw the car keys sitting on the seat. Since I had already locked the house door, I ran to the neighbors, praying she would be home. Thankfully she was. Crying & nervous, I told her the situation. She calmed me down, phoned the police, and stood with me by the car till they arrived. A firetruck pulled up, and with one small piece of steel, the fireman popped open the car door through the window. My nephew was as calm as could be throughout the whole ordeal. I had never been so scared in my life, thinking I was a bad Aunt. The worse part was having to call my sister and inform her of what happened. She, gratefully, was forgiving and stated that all that matters is that he was fine. I am a mother of 3 kids of my own now, and with that experience I learned always to have a spare key outside of the car. My sister & I can laugh about it now years later.
Kim C
6 May 11 at 2:36 pm
As most new moms do, I was bundling my little guy up in his Winter gear to go out for a quick play in the snow (the temps were bitter cold for Texas this year in the single digits). I had him all ready and was zipping up his coat and caught his lip! I felt awful…trying to keep him warm and snug, I hurt my little toddler boy! He never flinched or made a sound, but now he has a small scar from that hurried moment. We are not perfect…only human…
Julie S
6 May 11 at 3:41 pm
By being a mom I have learned soo much! I am a mother of 2 little girls age 3 and 1 and let me tell you they leave me busy! I often have scatter brain sometimes as well.. With my first one of my not so perfect moments was we had just pulled into ihop for a very late dinner with a lot of family. I unbuckled my daughter from her car seat then shut the door while my husband ran in side to see if they could accomidatr our large group. Well needless to say the keys were on the seat and as soon as the door shut it locked with her inside. Luckily we were a min away from home so asu hubby went to get the spare key.. I tryed so hard to get her to open the door or push the button.. Now I always have the keys in my hand!!
Jennifer
6 May 11 at 4:25 pm
When my son was in second grade, one day I got to leave work early and decided it will be nice to pick him up at school instead of at daycare. I saw the daycare transportation just leaving the school parking lot and I started to chase it, to make the driver stop. The driver looked at me with a surprise face and reminded me that my son was attending a different daycare now since a year ago. My son is now 17 and still remembers that and laughs.
Edith
6 May 11 at 8:40 pm