You know you're a parent when...

[AFWife]

I tried searching but I couldn't find the other one! Merge if it turns out I'm just an idiot


Back story: We use the bathroom with the doors open right now because my DS thinks it's HILARIOUS to crawl in there and "get us" while we're doing our business. And he's used to me doing whatever with the door open so I can watch him...

- You overhear your DH explaining to your 11 month old that toilet paper is not for play. Actually, when you're done pooping you take the toilet paper and wipe your butt to get all the poop off...just like Mommy does with your washcloths.


I giggled.

[curiouscanadian]

Ooh, fun!

You reach into your jacket pocket and find one teething toy, one soother and a half-eaten mum-mum (luckily still in a package), but no keys. This also applies to a purse.

And on a rather grosser note...
Your purposely angle your vomiting child towards you so they puke on you instead of the floor, since you know you'll be changing your clothes anyway and would rather not have to clean up the floor as well.

[shanniesue2]

-your day to yourself is spent doing chores that are hard to get done with a 2 year old hanging onto your ankles... (and you actually enjoy it!)

[BarnMomma]

-you no longer sit down to eat a meal

-you can't imagine what it's like to do something to your hair other than toss it up in a pony tail

-the only songs you know the lyrics to anymore are children's songs

-you haven't seen an R rated movie in who knows how long

-you begin to encourage complete strangers to say please and thank you

-you don't enter a bathroom alone...ever

-you can't see your toes in the shower because they are burried under a backhoe, a tractor, three buckets, a fish, a pig, and a boat

[moondiapers]

You no longer notice if someone touches your breast accidentally or on purpose....it's not any different than being tapped on the shoulder.

[AFWife]

Originally Posted by BarnMomma

-you no longer sit down to eat a meal

-you can't imagine what it's like to do something to your hair other than toss it up in a pony tail

-you don't enter a bathroom alone...ever

- You eat on the floor because that way you can share while your child plays

- You own a blowdryer, a curling iron, and a flat iron and they're all collecting dust.


-see my first post

[laughymama]

Originally Posted by moondiapers

You no longer notice if someone touches your breast accidentally or on purpose....it's not any different than being tapped on the shoulder.

This is exactly what I was going to say. Same with my butt too. If a hand grazes my backside on accident, I don't even register it like I did pre-kids.


- You hear your husband declare a new family rule, "You don't kabob daddy with anything!"

[ernalala]

When on a rare occassion you're out on some errands without any of the kids, you feel something of your usual aura is 'missing' (as if you forgot your handbag and you do not feel it's presence/weight on your body), actually, when you suddenly experience this emptiness to it's full extent, you're in total shock for the first nano-second because you think you lost your child! (cfr. handbag).

[BlueWolf]

Originally Posted by AFWife

- You eat on the floor because that way you can share while your child plays

- You own a blowdryer, a curling iron, and a flat iron and they're all collecting dust.


-see my first post

I can't remember the last time I used the bathroom with the door closed, let alone styled my hair. And I do eat dinner on the floor so I can share with the baby. Too funny!

Originally Posted by laughymama

This is exactly what I was going to say. Same with my butt too. If a hand grazes my backside on accident, I don't even register it like I did pre-kids.


- You hear your husband declare a new family rule, "You don't kabob daddy with anything!"

Daddy kabob! LOL Makes me wonder what they were trying to do!




You know you're a parent to a baby when you swish and sway even when you're not holding a baby. Same goes for bouncing!

[Learning_Mum]

When you have a pinecone, a plastic hammer and several seed pods in your handbag.

When you rock the shopping cart back and forwards, even though you don't have any kids with you.

When you hear "Mama!" yelled from across a room and you turn to look before remembering that you are out alone.

When you pick up the cat and suddenly realise that you are rocking it like a newborn baby.

When you hear yourself saying 'that's what happens when you put tea up your nose' (got to say that one the other day!).

When you go to make your bed and find four toy cars under your duvet.

When you can do anything with a baby on your hip.

When your back is actually slightly crooked from having a baby on your hip all the time!

When having someones hand down your clevage doesn't even frequent on your radar.

[rightkindofme]

When you find yourself saying, "We do not put raisins in our vulvas!"

[lifeguard]

Great thread!

When having your breast exposed in public feels natural.

When you're alone in the car & find yourself checking the mirror & babbling away to an empty carseat.

[mummyofan]

Yippee

... When someone asks you what you read last, you think awhile before sighing then answering 'Curious George/Rumble in the Jungle etc.... because you can't remember the last 'adult' book. Actually, now I think harder it was 'Half the Sky' (excellent book) back at christmas as I was at my Parents' house (which means TIME to read!)

When you're standin in line to checkout, and you see a struggling Mummy, and you see yourself in her, then let her in front. I'm embarassed to admit i can't remember doing that before I became a Mummy.

[boysmom2]

Originally Posted by Learning_Mum

When you pick up the cat and suddenly realise that you are rocking it like a newborn baby.

When you find yourself cradling a large plastic Ironman as if you are nursing him...

When you find dried snots on the insides of the cups of your bra...

When you can go from a dead sleep to totally awake, sitting up, sit up the toddler and catch the puke in your hand without getting any on the bed in less than 2 seconds...

When you think it's appropriate to tell anyone who will listen, including your childless friends, the above-mentioned puke-catching story because you are so darn proud of yourself...

When you get to go away for the weekend with your girlfriends with no husband or kids and sleep in a bed all by yourself, but then need to pack the bed with extra pillows because you can't sleep without feeling like you're smooshed between your sweet children...

[Icehockey18]

...(of a baby)
when your 'purse' is a diaper bag
when going to the grocery store is a big deal. And if DH is there, it's a date!

[meemee]

... when you have the tiniest purse in the whole world so you dont have to carry your 7 year olds rocks, acorns and treasures.

... when you suddenly burst into smiles lost in your own thought.

... when your friends tell you you are the only one who thinks of such details.

... when "I" look forward to the release of madagascar II. premom i did not watch cartoons.

... i know what/who dora is.

... aaaaah the car. i love looking into others back passenger seats. pre and post baby my car looks sooo different. it has now an added stash that has been there since she was a baby. it just changes and looks different.

.... and oh yeah when you are caught reading children's books because they are sooo fun. the other day as i waited to pick up dd from school my friend told me she didnt want to disturb me because i was so engrossed reading. yeah black beauty and i was loving it.

[COgirl19]

You have at least 2 "poop incidents" a week. This number increases exponentially with number of children.

[anj_rn]

...when you are more worried about your baby than the puke filling your nursing bra.

...when your child declares to the whole grocery store check out line that god gave girls boobies to feed babies and you are so proud

... when you get to say, "yes I know dinosaurs are carniverous, but it is not OK to bite people when you are pretending to be a dinosaur."

... when you make a quick run to the store and pray no one has a crying baby because your really full and you don't want to let down, but your son is out of cheese and has declared it a national emergency.....

[Phoenix~Mama]

Originally Posted by ernalala

When on a rare occassion you're out on some errands without any of the kids, you feel something of your usual aura is 'missing' (as if you forgot your handbag and you do not feel it's presence/weight on your body), actually, when you suddenly experience this emptiness to it's full extent, you're in total shock for the first nano-second because you think you lost your child! (cfr. handbag).

This happened to me the other weekend, and I could not shake the "off" feeling. lol

Originally Posted by BlueWolf

You know you're a parent to a baby when you swish and sway even when you're not holding a baby. Same goes for bouncing!

My H and I both do this all the time. lol

Originally Posted by lifeguard

When having your breast exposed in public feels natural.

This! I realize I used to be so much more discreet while nursing, now I could care less, I'm just feeding my kid. lol

Originally Posted by Icehockey18

...(of a baby)
when your 'purse' is a diaper bag
when going to the grocery store is a big deal. And if DH is there, it's a date!

Yup and yup!


And the other day I found a soothie in my coat pocket. lol

[~Charlie's~Angel~]

When this happens. I made it through half the day before I even noticed.

No, I was not trying to make a fashion statement.

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