Being a mom is the hardest, most rewarding thing you will ever do. Thank goodness we don’t have to go through it alone, and thankfully humor helps lighten the load! Enjoy this post, mamas, you know you’re a mom when…
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You know you’re a mom when…
You don’t remember the last time you showered alone.
The cost of gas is nothing compared to the magical moment when your kids fall asleep.
Exercise? You mean chasing your toddler every day of your life.
The one time you’re early they cancel the event.
Your fridge is completely full and yet you still manage to fit in the 2 gallons of milk you just bought.
You cook dinner Every. Single. Night. and still have people hungry only 30 minutes later.
Sleep? What is Sleep?
Toast with an inch full of jelly served in bed is your favorite meal ever, because of the cute little delivery girl who has a grin from ear to ear.
There is old food turning into a science experiment in the back of your fridge but you’re so busy you just push it further back to make room for tonights leftovers.
You work 5 full time jobs: Cooking. Cleaning. Laundry. Mommy. & Wife!
You spend your birthday money on essentials for your kids.
Spray sunscreen was the most genius invention ever!
A dog?! Why would I EVER add another living being to my to-do list?
You put a towel over a pile of pee and go back to sleep.
Your baby spits up on you and you just rub it in so it’s less noticeable rather than changing clothes.
You’ve had a little one sitting on your lap while you pee.
You’ve picked someone else’s nose.
That moment when you realize your watching Dora the Explorer and your child’s not even in the room.
“You cut your own sandwich into 4 pieces and pour your wine in a plastic cup.”
“You know your a mom when you let your kid play with something that normally isn’t allowed, just to get a few seconds of peace.”
“You don’t even think twice before shoving your hands under a gagging mouth to catch puke.”
“Someone dribbles or spits up on the floor and you class rubbing it in with your sock as cleaning it up.”
“You’ve been thrown up on all over and the only thing you care about is making your little one feel better.” {Collective Aw! This is so true!}
“You wipe a nose on YOUR sleeve!”
“You go to sleep with baby vomit in your hair because you are too tired to shower.”
“You check your pants pockets for pacifiers when you do laundry.” {If only we had as much money as pacifiers!}
“You continue to watch cartoons after your kids are in bed because you are too exhausted to get the remote.”
“You know you are a mom when you are driving and find yourself excitedly yelling “look at the school bus (dump truck, back hoe, front end loader…) to an empty backseat and then feeling a twinge of sadness that your kids were not there to see whatever it was.”
“I was breastfeeding my baby and I was so tired, as you are when you have a newborn. My husband walked in the room and I had a complete freak out/panic attack and yelled, “Where’s the BABY!?!?!!” Meanwhile she was eating. From me. Literally ATTACHED to me.”
Some responses have been edited and/or condensed.
Being a mom is the hardest, most rewarding thing we will ever do. Keep on, keeping on mamas!
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You are eating and hear a child vomiting. You look and it is not your kids so you continue to eat.
You can rest on the couch with the dishwasher running, laundry running, tv on and your kids playing and laughing but unable to relax in quiet.
You hear a baby crying and immedietly look around for your children only to find out one is in the arms of your husband who is on the reclinder and the other is in your own arms and neither one were crying it was just the tv. – Mom of twin daughters.
LOL — Twins! You go mama!
Oh, I so love this post!! There is just nothing like motherhood! Tough, exhausting and yet without moms the world would really end! We are the glue.
Thanks for the laugh!
Natalie, The Educational Tourist
http://www.theeducationaltourist.com
Every. Single. One. Except “where’s the baby!” Not that it couldn’t have happened – just that it didn’t 🙂 It’s all worthwhile and I love looking at mothering with a huge dose of humor!