A mother to two young children is completely over being trolled by mum shamers and invited her followers to share their best ‘mum shaming’ moments.
Mummy blogger, Caitlin Fladager, 23, recently shared a photo on her Instagram page of her two young kids Araian and Jack lounging on the couch, playing video games and eating McDonalds.
“Sometimes I make my kids awesome dinners and do activities with them. But some days I get them McDonald’s and let them watch a lot of TV (YouTube),” Caitlin shared with her 330,000 followers.
Caitlin is no stranger to critics and she regularly comes under fire from mum shamers for the way she brings up her children. Last year, she caused quite the furore when admitting to smoking cannabis after the kids were asleep, saying it was no different to winding down with a glass of wine.
When The Mum Shamers Have Their Claws Out
But she is clearly not alone! The blogger invited her followers to share their own example of “mum shaming”.
“I want to celebrate all we do for our kids, even the ‘frowned upon’ things,” she wrote.
“We’re all doing the best we can!”
Mum Shamer Moments
The post went wild, attracting almost 10,000 likes and over 240 comments from victims of mum shamers.
One mum admitted her ‘mum-shaming’ moment: “Co- sleeping and the fact that I continue to comfort breastfeed and my son who is almost 2.”
“Not having matching socks on my kids,” said another.
“I’m so glad I’m not the only one! There’s been days where I dont want to cook dinner or even play with them,” another mum chimed in.
Mummy Guilt!
Other mums shared her mum-shamer moments:
“I leave the TV on all day for back ground noise. I get told they watch too much but I’m pretty sure they play the whole day and watch it the odd time here and there”
“My kid is 3 and she knows a few curse words (oops) ..she watches tv and sometimes has way more junk than good food in a day..and I sleep in bed with her!”
“Video games. Everyone, even my own family, will shame me on it. They act like I let my son just play on it every waking moment, which is not the case.”
“Sometimes I give my kids cookies for breakfast. #notsorry”
And the list goes on. It seems that Caitlin most definitely hit the right nerve for many mothers. We all obviously – carry guilt for something we do and it’s a relief sometimes to have a non-judgemental place where you can share it. Without the mum shamers of course.
Have you ever been a victim of mum shamers? Tell us in the comments below.
Main photo via: Caitlin Fladager/Instagram
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