Hello to all my lovely regular readers, and those who are stumbling upon my blog for the first time.
I’m excited to announce that I have decided to start a new weekly feature where each week I will share your stories showing the contrast between the highs and lows of parenting. I’m looking for milestones, achievements, funny stories, traumatic meltdowns, embarrassing incidents, whatever it is that was memorable for you.
For the #ParentingWin story it can be anything from finally getting your 4 year old to sleep in their own bed at night, to getting all your kids to school without anyone having a melt-down. The point is to share your winning achievement in parenting, however big or small it might be as long as it was huge for you.
For the #ParentingFail story, I’m looking for fun, entertaining stories that you may not have found funny at the time but you can laugh about now. Even if you still can’t laugh but you managed to just survive it, that’s what I’m after. The point is to share these stories in the hopes of making even one reader feel a bit better about their own fails at the time of reading. Parenting is hard and it is NOT #instaperfect or #pinterestperfect.
The loose format will be as follows:
- A little introduction about you and your kids i.e. where in the world you are, how many kids you have, their ages etc.
- Your best #ParentingWin story
- Your worst #ParentingFail story
- Pictures if you have – no big deal if you don’t. The picture doesn’t even have to be related to the stories you’re sharing, it can be a lovely family picture, there is no hard and fast rule here.
- If you’re a blogger, you can send me the links to your social media accounts and I’ll put them on the post too.
The aim is to highlight the intense highs and lows of parenting and how, despite the beautiful Instagram and Pinterest perfect pictures that we all love to share and look at, the reality is not always so perfect.
If you want to be featured or share your stories, please let me know. This is open to any parent who wants to take part, not just bloggers. You can reply to this post or email me at: momof2littlegirls@gmail.com
Comments
I have plenty of fail stories.
I am sure you have some winners too! Let me know if you are keen to be featured. I’d love to have you on the blog.
I’d love it thanks! I have a food fail already in mind which I can e-mail through to you a bit later.
Love this idea! I can never think of these things even though there must be so many! Hope it’s a success. Thanks for linking up with #TwinklyTuesday
Thank you x
I think we all have some big wins and fails to share #TwinklyTuesday
Let me know if you want to be featured?
I think that the time that my little one shoved her hand in the chocolate fountain in a well known chain of chocolate shops, and turned to face me with a mouth full of chocolate and it smeared all up the side of her face and arms was probably one of my biggest parenting fail moments. Although it was also one of my wins to be fair. She is definitely my daughter and I secretly high fived her the second we were out of the shop. I mean come on – it was chocolate haha! Parenting is nothing but a roller-coaster ride of highs and lows isn’t it? Brilliant idea for a series. I’ll look forward to reading. Thanks for sharing with #DreamTeam x
Great examples! Let me know if you are keen for me to feature them or any others?
Ooh thanks lovely. I’ll have a think… xx
I have a few, but who am not sure if they’re suitable. Look forward to hearing what other people have got to share 🙂
Back again from #twinklytuesday. Good luck with this 🙂
Thank you. 👍🏻
Great idea. Thanks for building community throughout the parenting world. Honest experiences are hilarious, heart-wrenching and everything in between!
Ps — can someone fill me in on #twinklytuesday?
It’s a weekly Linky run by Mumma Scribbles every Tuesday.
Let me know if you’d like to be featured on the parenting win vs fail?
Yeah, that’d be great.
Oh, and FYI, nominating you for a Versatile Blogger Award.
Great idea! I certainly have some parenting fails I could share! Thanks for sharing with #GlobalBlogging
What a great idea! I love the difference between the two, could definitely share a fail or two lol Thanks for sharing with #globalblogging!
Oh Wow! How exciting! I think I will join you in with this. Thank you for sharing on #FabFridayPost x
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