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I got you dadbro:

One example, a few days ago I was giving my five year old a bath, and the normal way we rinse is with a small Tupperware we reserve for this. I was trying to get the soap out of his hair, but it's getting so long and thick that it was taking a ton of reps. And every time I do it, he complains about the water getting in his eyes. So I decided to try to put his head under the faucet, but that backfired like a b and he actually got water up his nose. So he's screaming and crying--probably felt to a five year old like drowning.

I can definitely see that happen. Whenever I give my daughter a bath, there's this plastic headpiece or partition we have where she wears it on her head that let's me (or my wife) get into her hair and wash it without any water getting into her eyes, face or anywhere else. It just falls right down her back. You can probably find something similar for your boy on Amazon or something so that problem gets solved.

Another example, a few days ago Mama made quesadillas for dinner--those being my five year old's favorite food--and I grabbed three of them to finish off the second of the four stacks, since they're cut into quarters. So we eat, and my five year old wants more because of course he does, so I get up and go to grab some. Mama says "make sure to get him one without barbecue sauce." That's a thing she does--she makes half of them with barbecue sauce. I had forgotten. Turns out, those were the last of the plain ones, and I had already eaten them all. So he's screaming and crying AGAIN because I ate his dinner, and it was even his favorite food.

That's it?? Lol don't be so hard on yourself. You weren't intentionally out there eating his favorite food so you can't get too worked up over that. Since it sounds like it's routine that the quesadillas get made on the regular just keep in mind to sequester the BBQ ones for your son.

And like a million other things just like that. Like, I managed to get through the day yesterday without doing something stupid, and I felt good about that, until I realized how amazingly bad of a standard "didn't screw up for three whole hours" is and than I felt even worse than I did before

Well you have to take your wins when you get them so always give yourself a pat on the back for a job well done. Mistakes can and will happen and what matters more is not the mistake you made but how you handle them. My 2 year old for some reason is regressing from the sleep training we gave her from 9 months on and there's this one particular plushie that she wants in her bed when she gets put down for sleep. In my efforts to get her to fall asleep quickly, I hadn't noticed that the plushie wasn't in her bed when I put her down for the night. Realizing that it was out in the living room from playing with it earlier, I waited in-between her waves of crying to quickly ninja into her room, drop it in her bed, and ninja out. She was probably on her way to sleep again without it but I didn't want her to wake up again and start crying about it if it wasn't there.

So it sounds like you've got nothing to worry about here. Just keep making adjustments as a dad and corrrect whatever mistakes you will inevitably make.