Parenting Fail

I know many of us feel like failures as parents. I do. A lot.

I try not to get overwhelmed by it, but rather to accept that it’s natural and then move on. We blogging moms could probably devote months of posts about how to deal with Mommy Guilt, but for today–and in the spirit of fun–I wanted to share this list of lighthearted parenting fails. Most of these happened when I was on deadline.

Serving popcorn and smoothies for dinner – What? The popcorn is a whole grain and the smoothie is low fat protein and fruit. We could do worse, like …
Serving desert for dinner – I bought frozen cheese blitzes and didn’t realize they were a desert. I thought they were like really big ravioli or something. When I discovered my mistake, I served them anyway.  Eat up, kids!
Forgetting to buy milk at the grocery store and then going to the drive through at Chick-fil-a for dinner so that I can scavenge the milk from the kids’ meals for breakfast in the morning. Again, we could do worse, like …
Running out of milk and letting the kids top their cereal with heavy cream instead.
Being so behind on laundry that my five year old son has to wear his 8 year old sister’s underwear for a few hours until I can get some washed.
Being so behind on shopping that we run completely out of dog food and I have to feed them human food for a day or two. Yes, that seems like a pet-owner fail instead of a parenting fail, but it’s not. When you’re opening a can of Campbell’s chicken noodle soup and pouring it into the dog’s bowl, the kids notice.

I have done all of those things. Sometimes at the same time.

So what’s your worst parenting fail?