So I’m the primary carer of our twins. They’re 11 months and they’re active. Always standing, always trying to grab things, standing against tv stand, dining chairs, sofas, coffee table. I’m just so tired.
It’s gotten to a point where I let them stand on things but I’ve covered all sharp corners and removed any glass tables.
Whatever bumps that happens are. when they’re with me, literally only me. Obvs that is bcause they’re with me 95% of the time.
Well today I was putting one of the twins on th high chair for lunch and the other quickly stood against the dining chair and she fell with the chair falling on herr. I felt awful cos I couldn’t get to her fast enough without leaving the twin with me unstrapped as that’s a higher dro.
My husband is calling me careless as these accidents don’t ever happen with him when he watches them and always with me. But his solution to watching them is strapping them on high chair and putting tv on where as I let them be free to crawl and play w/o tv to avoid screen time and also he watched them for 5% of the time while i do 95%.
Idk now I feel so shit because any bumps or drops they have are while they’re with me and maybe I’m not cut out to loook after them alone. Maybe I don’t have that maternal instinct.
I am proper struggling with them but I am doing my best but it seems like my best isn’t enough.
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You're doing exactly what you are supposed to be doing. Unfortunately they will have to get hurt in order to learn their limits. Ignore your husband, his version of watching them (based on the example you gave) is lazy.

Oh mama. You’re doing everything jus right. Babies get bumped and fall jus like we do. We don’t think we’re bad people because we get hurt do we? Plus it’s good for them to get little bumps here n there it helps them not be so afraid when they’re older. If your husband feels like that then you take a weekend (or a day he has off) or tell him you need a day. See how he feels then. An entire day. But you take the tv power cord. Ik it sounds silly but he’ll really see it once he has to step up n be a DAD n not jus a father. You’re doing great momma. Remember only good moms worry about being bad moms.