It never fails. The baby is quiet all day, happily chewing on her fingers or cooing at her wiggly toes, UNTIL a potential VIP client calls and you make the fatal error of answering the telephone…
It’s the life of a mom entrepreneur – kids plus clients often results in chaos. We asked our readers to share their stories from the mompreneur trenches.
What is your most embarrassing KID + CLIENT = CHAOS Mompreneur Moment?
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Rebecca Page-Chapman
“Once a client asked ‘Is that a cat I hear?’. It was actually my newborn daughter mewling on a blanket on the floor next to me. I said, ‘Yes, it’s a cat!’” |
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Alisha Brignall
“I was showing the facility to a potential client when my 3 year old, who I thought was playing nicely, comes over with his pants around his ankles and informs me that his penis is itchy and he needs to pee….oy!” |
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Christie Schultz “On a conference call: housecleaning crew lost and needs directions; housecleaning crew comes and needs lots of guidance on how to clean my house (first time); 11-month-old is inconsolably cranky; cranky ramps up to intolerable; 11-month-old bites during nursing; camp beeps in on conference call to say 3-year-old might have broken a finger. Just another thirty minutes between 10:00am and 10:30am.” |
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Guylaine Juteau
“At the time, my son was almost 2-years-old and toilet training. Decided he’d interrupt my phone conversation by picking up the extension to tell me he needed ‘the potty’!” |
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Cleo Thompson
“I have too many to mention but whenever my youngest child screams in the background while I am on an important call, I apologize and explain that my assistant was having a particularly bad day!” |
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Kim Flanagan “Hosting a fashion show with my daughter yelling from the bathroom, ‘Mom, I poooooed!’” |
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Yvonne Lyon “I love it when the baby is sitting on my lap during a Skype call (and the person on the other end doesn’t know it), and she burps. ‘That was NOT me, it was the baby!’ Sure it was…” |
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OMG, do I have a few of these stories, or what?! LOL. I am constantly driving around with my kids in the car, on calls with clients and contacts and my girls like to fight when I am on the phone which can be pretty comical when you can be a fly on the wall. But, this one day… my 4 year old was in the back of the car and we were pulling up in the carpool line to pick up my two older daughters from school. So, I'm on the phone, talking to a Hollywood producer about a show we are working on and my 4 year old says at the top of her lungs, “Hi guys! How was your day? Did you see any penises?”
My son 2 years ago dressing up as Captain Underpants (tighty whities and red cape) and running into living room where client and I were meeting. They thought it was a hoot. (I was mortified)
My son 2 years ago dressing up as Captain Underpants (tighty whities and red cape) and running into living room where client and I were meeting. They thought it was a hoot. (I was mortified)