- The only band-aids you can find when you cut your finger have Barbies or Scooby Doo on them.
- You know all the songs on Barney, Caillou, Sesame Street, Hannah Montana, etc. word for word!
- You find yourself with those songs stuck in your head on a frequent basis.
- Every so often you find a new wrinkle and cry out, “Where did THAT come from?!” You know exactly where it came from. (My kids gave me 4 new wrinkles this year and I’m only almost 26.)
- You sometimes forget how old you are.
- You often forget what day it is. Heck, I often forget what MONTH it is!
- You haven’t had a full-night’s sleep in so long you can’t even remember what that feels like.
- When you read a book you have to read each page at least three times because the kids keep interrupting.
- You finally catch a moment to hug or kiss your husband and suddenly hear, “EEWWWW! THAT’S SO GROSS!”
- You can’t count the stretch marks on your stomach (or tush) because there’s just so many it makes you want to cry.
- Every time you pull a load of laundry out of the washer you find funny objects like erasers, small sticks, rocks, bouncy balls, and small toys at the bottom.
- You’ve pulled toys or clothing out of the toilet.. GROSS!
- You go to put your shoes on and realize there’s no room for your foot because there are small toys hidden inside.
- When every conversation revolves around your children somehow and you’re not quite sure of what to say to people who don’t have kids.
- You laugh.. and not because you’re happy but because your kids are driving you insane and there’s nothing else to do but laugh.
More “You know you’re a mom when…” with Steph from The Blue Zoo:
- When You realize you can breastfeed, grocery shop, talk on your cell, and keep an eye on your toddler all at the same time.
- When you realize that you will breastfeed anywhere in front of anyone cause you are desperate for adult conversation.
- When you realize you are telling the grocery store clerk your entire birthing experience.
- When you don’t own any clothes that don’t have some sort of child-caused stain.
- When you know more about diapers than the latest trends.
- When all your conversations revolve around poop and pee.
- When you start telling everyone and anyone all about the poop and pee. Whether they asked or not.
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When you realize you just went to the store with baby puke on your shirt.
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When you think your baby is the cutest. All other babies? not so much.
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When you would rather sleep than have sex with your husband.
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When you realize your mother knows what she’s talking about.
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When you do the “sniff” test for the first time.
Just for fun complete this sentence ladies…
“You know you’re a mom when… ???”
I bet you all have some amazingly funny answers and the rest of us moms would love to hear it.
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- You can’t take one step into a room in your house without stepping or tripping on a toy
- When you can’t leave store without a pack of diapers, formula, and a cheap toy
- When you get to work and realize you have a binkie in one pocket and a cookie in the other
I love your list! So funny, and so true! Especially the wrinkles one.
You go to the bus stop in your robe and pig slippers just to embarrass your tween boys who beg you not to get out of the car
These are so true! I am a 39 – almost forty year old with a three year old and I don’t think I had a wrinkle or a gray hair until I had him – all worth it though of course. I think some can be attributed to World of Warcraft though and my husband’s addiction!
You know you’re a mom when the first time you hear it (even me who said NEVER) you cry…
Such a cute list….adorable.
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You know you’re a mom when you carry around a bottle of clorox wipes in your purse.. or when you are in a meeting at work and you need a pen, but instead pull out a hot wheel.. oh yes! The joys! I wouldn’t trade them for anything.
OK those are seriously awesome and oh so true!!
Such a cute list….adorable.
You know you are a mom when the only privacy you have is in the shower in the middle of the night when the kids are asleep.
these are funny and true
You know you are a mom when….You have to sneak out the house. Not from your mom but your toddler who will scream MOOoooMMY at the top of his/her lungs if they see you leaving.
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You know you’re a mom when you catch yourself carrying on a play-by-play in the grocery store (“Okay we need a some sour cream. Where’s the fat-free? It looks like they ran out of it again! Rats. I guess we’ll get the low-fat version this time and just not use as much…”) all to realize you’re by yourself for once and chatting with nothing but a dairy case, much to the amusement of your fellow shoppers.
Yeah, been there, done that. I think I ought to always wear a bluetooth headset just so people don’t know how insane I have become.
On the same line of thinking — You know you’re a mom when you announce every train, cow, and piece of heavy machinery even when you’re out on a night on the town with friends or a date with your husband.
I just love it when I see big tough men wearing like a pink My Little Pony bandaid.