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You know your a mum when (cheekily stolen from September :P)
Ok so you know your a mum when......
There is no greater entertainment than watching the faces your child pulls when their asleep.
Having never changed a nappy in your life you can now do it at the speed of an olympic swimmer so you dont get pooed on and weed on and have to change his clothes AGAIN!!!!
Buying clothes that wont fit them in 4 weeks is funner than buying clothes for yourself
What are yours?
x x x
There is no greater entertainment than watching the faces your child pulls when their asleep.
Having never changed a nappy in your life you can now do it at the speed of an olympic swimmer so you dont get pooed on and weed on and have to change his clothes AGAIN!!!!
Buying clothes that wont fit them in 4 weeks is funner than buying clothes for yourself
What are yours?
x x x
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You get half way through the day then realise that the top you put on that morning and thought was clean actually has baby sick on
you learn to appreciate luke warm tea
the littelest smile from your baby makes you forget about the sleep deprivation.
sarah
You find yourself watching your baby just because you love to see what they will do next more than watching your favorite programme on telly when it's on and you actually get chance to sit and watch it eventually!
You find yourself enjoying the chance to catch up on the housework when hubs is off work to watch the baby because it gives you chance for some time out!! (I always hated housework)
You have lost the ability to do anything last minute and to be spontaneous because it might mess up the routine you hope you have managed to develop
Cant retain information for more than 5 mins even though you thought at the time you would remember it because you normally do, so didnt jot it down!
Sing songs about anything and everything to your baby including pooy nappies, washing hands, doing up poppers, putting arms in sleeves - and you are totally tone deaf and are probably teaching baby a load of nonsense!
xx
You start watching the Baby channel in the telly.
You can assemble the buggy in a split second with your eyes shut and baby in one arm, when it took 2hrs with no baby in arm and eyes wide open in confusion only 5 months ago when you ripped it out of the box.
xx
Getting out of bed in the morning and rushing to get dressed and realising that maybe my top or leggings are on back to front several hours later!!
It becomes a treat to eat a warm dinner
you are on first name terms with your GP, HV and practice nurse and are more up todate with their lives than those people you used to call friends!
You have your mobile, tv remote, box of tissues, glass of water, laptop within grabbing distance of the bum shaped dent in the sofa.
Love this thread!
Em x
And you get mad when your oh comes along and moves any of the above!!
xx
HJS
The housework "time out" thing I have been doing this afternoon - mission accomplished so dont have to think about it tomorrow - apart from yet another load of Sophie's bottles and washing that will need doing....
The joys of being a mum eh???
Nici xxx
Mine is:
You know you're a mum when you keep meaning to put on a load of your own washing, but then the baby's stuff gets done instead
You want to stab anyone who says, "Ooh, he's hungry!" or "Ooh, he needs changing!" because you know that's not the case!
You constantly narrate everything you're doing/looking at so the baby will hear.
Em x x x
When your OH suggests having an "early night" your first thought is of sleep!
When talking to other mums, your only talk about your babies, how much they eat, how much they sleep, what the contents of their nappies are like, how much your stitches hurt, what your first period was like....no topic concerning child birth or babies is taboo!
L xx
I also add, becoming a dab hand at navigating and replying to BE posts one handed!
You wouldnt believe the amount of people that I have wanted to punch saying oooo she is really hungry, ah no she is chewing her fist and dribbling because she is teething, she was only fed an hour ago!!!!! argggghhhhhhhhhh :x usually smug sil
K 27+1 x
For me it hit home at the weekend - after a week of not seeing OH I couldn't wait to update him on Freddie's nappies - how many, colour etc!! How romantic?!
Also you know you're a mum when you've lost the ability to stand still - even when I'm not holding Freddie I sway from side to side - not a good look in a supermarket!
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You want to stab anyone who says, "Ooh, he's hungry!" or "Ooh, he needs changing!" because you know that's not the case!
Lol!! That's sooo true! If I fed Freddie every time my mum thought he was hungry I'd have my (.)(.)'s out 24/7!
xx