I forgot my baby at home when I went to the shops - I'm Queen of Sh*t Mums

"I win, I win so hard," says the mum in a TikTok that was overwhelmingly supported.

Credit: TikTok/@fairly_goth_mother

When you first become a mum, you quickly realise a lot of sacrifices need to be made.

Yes, sleep, and showering, and when you eat, but also things you didn't anticipate.

As one mum discovered (the hard way) this week, "popping to the shops" alone becomes a thing of the past, too.

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"And I'll be f**ked if I'm doing that"

Mum Julie explained on TikTok that no-one had told her before she became a mum that there would no longer be any "popping to the shops".

"If you needed to go to the shops, everything that you would usually have for your kid has to go with you," she says.

"And I'll be f**ked if I'm doing that."

Because her husband had been working from home after the baby, Julie got into the habit of getting their daughter to sleep, before "racing to Tesco, getting the stuff for dinner, and racing back home."

Which is what she had done one day, when she texted him to ask what he wanted for dinner as she was in the frozen aisle in Tesco.

As she continued to define his requests, he finally said, "Whatever's on in the canteen, Julie, I'm in Edinburgh."

And that's when the poor mum ran out of the store empty-handed.

"I raced home, ran through my unlocked door because I thought my husband was in and up the stairs to find my wee girl sleeping peacefully, unaware.

"I was so f**king relieved!"

Julie shared her story in response to another TikToker asking for people's biggest parenting fails, and added: "I win, I win so hard. I'm crowning myself Queen of the s**t mums!"

"Welp…I never did that again…" she added in the video caption.

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"I forgot to put the brake on the pram"

Other mums took to the comments section to share their own parenting fails in solidarity.

"I've accidentally hit my five-month-old's head on door frames more than once. I felt awful but he was fine after a minute and a giggle!" shared one.

Another viewer wrote, "Newborn twins, one was screaming hysterically, and we couldn't figure out why. We'd accidentally fed her sister twice and not fed her. They're non identical too!"

"I forgot to put the brake on the pram, and it rolled into the lake," a third added. "I dived in and everything was fine but I've never forgiven myself!"

Then there was this fail: "Mum left my sister parked in her pram outside Woolies. She only remembered on her way home... on the bus."

Finally, this mum shared: "Had my 2-month-old in a sling. Bent over to tie my lace and he fell out onto the pavement."

Originally published as I forgot my baby at home when I went to the shops - I'm Queen of Sh*t Mums