Comments on: Imperfect Parenting in an Imperfect World http://www.muminthemadhouse.com/2012/10/09/imperfect-parenting-in-an-imperfect-world/ Parenting without stabilisers Tue, 21 May 2013 17:18:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mairi http://www.muminthemadhouse.com/2012/10/09/imperfect-parenting-in-an-imperfect-world/#comment-6485 Mairi Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:41:24 +0000 http://www.muminthemadhouse.com/?p=5045#comment-6485 Love your pictures! Thanks so much for posting, I can really relate. Like many other mums who have suffered through PPD, I have also been down that dark road, and when your on it you really not sure you will ever get to a sunny spot again. So I will take your 2 quotes and add them to my arsenal, and I am getting back into the photos too.

]]> By: Itsybaby http://www.muminthemadhouse.com/2012/10/09/imperfect-parenting-in-an-imperfect-world/#comment-6479 Itsybaby Sun, 21 Oct 2012 20:24:43 +0000 http://www.muminthemadhouse.com/?p=5045#comment-6479 Prefect parenting if every there was such a thing. Parenting not some thing your learn inadvance or train for its more on the job training. Your so brave to share your experience I am sure other parent can share your feelings.

]]> By: Lottie Lockwood http://www.muminthemadhouse.com/2012/10/09/imperfect-parenting-in-an-imperfect-world/#comment-6438 Lottie Lockwood Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:01:34 +0000 http://www.muminthemadhouse.com/?p=5045#comment-6438 There is no such thing as the perfect mother… most of us are just doing the best we can! It’s a damn tough job and quite frankly, the tougher we find it, the more energy we’re putting into it… If our kids feel completely loved then they’ll pretty much forgive us anything x

]]> By: wendy http://www.muminthemadhouse.com/2012/10/09/imperfect-parenting-in-an-imperfect-world/#comment-6436 wendy Wed, 10 Oct 2012 09:33:04 +0000 http://www.muminthemadhouse.com/?p=5045#comment-6436 thank you for such a honest post. I think we all feel like this at times and there are lots of times just recently I feel a failure as I can’t due much around the house, go out etc.

Please share more photos its lovely to see you and your handsome boys xx

]]> By: Peggy http://www.muminthemadhouse.com/2012/10/09/imperfect-parenting-in-an-imperfect-world/#comment-6434 Peggy Wed, 10 Oct 2012 08:18:48 +0000 http://www.muminthemadhouse.com/?p=5045#comment-6434 That’s beautiful Jen! It brought back the reasons why I called my blog Perfectly Happy Mum. It is because in a world totally imperfect what matters is to find what makes us perfectly happy, even the most imperfect things of all.
I very often beats myself up for the same reasons as you: ready meals, shouting at them, forgetting about the house cleaning every now and then, some days watching daytime tv when other stuff needs to be done… There is so much to add pressure.
Thank you for sharing xx

]]> By: Crystal Jigsaw http://www.muminthemadhouse.com/2012/10/09/imperfect-parenting-in-an-imperfect-world/#comment-6430 Crystal Jigsaw Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:32:46 +0000 http://www.muminthemadhouse.com/?p=5045#comment-6430 That’s a lovely picture. You so much should be in the forefront. None of us are perfect and never will be. It always amazes me when I’m talking online about Amy and her autism, how so many parents simply don’t understand what I’m saying because they just assume their kids are perfect – and that they are perfect parents. It’s one reason why I continue to raise awareness that no one is perfect in the grand scheme of things. Though in the eyes of our loved ones, perfection does exist.

CJ x

]]> By: Veronica Cloudbusta http://www.muminthemadhouse.com/2012/10/09/imperfect-parenting-in-an-imperfect-world/#comment-6429 Veronica Cloudbusta Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:09:34 +0000 http://www.muminthemadhouse.com/?p=5045#comment-6429 Great post, thanks for sharing and such a lovely picture. :)

]]> By: Wendy http://www.muminthemadhouse.com/2012/10/09/imperfect-parenting-in-an-imperfect-world/#comment-6428 Wendy Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:08:18 +0000 http://www.muminthemadhouse.com/?p=5045#comment-6428 yes definitely get in the pictures!

]]> By: Julie http://www.muminthemadhouse.com/2012/10/09/imperfect-parenting-in-an-imperfect-world/#comment-6427 Julie Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:31:50 +0000 http://www.muminthemadhouse.com/?p=5045#comment-6427 Hear, hear! Anybody who says they are perfect at anything is lying…

]]> By: Kate http://www.muminthemadhouse.com/2012/10/09/imperfect-parenting-in-an-imperfect-world/#comment-6426 Kate Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:06:09 +0000 http://www.muminthemadhouse.com/?p=5045#comment-6426 Totally agree, Jen. I’ve blogged along similar lines before. I think lots of people unnecessarily beat themselves up that they are not doing more with their children, doing everything for them etc and look at everyone else and think they’re the perfect parents when the truth is that everyone is struggling in some shape or form.

I am not perfect, I cannot be perfect, so why even try? I try to be the best I can be but I also accept there are times that will go wrong too. I am also not fazed if the kids tell me they don’t like me, because you do know better than them and have to make tough unpopular decisions sometimes. And because 10 minutes later, they will probably come back to me and say “I love you Mummy” and all is forgiven.

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