Here are a few things I have learned or noticed since becoming a mommy:
- The amount of spit-up in my hair or on my clothes will determine if it is wash-worthy.
- The amount of spit-up in my baby’s hair or on her clothes will determine if it is wash-worthy.
- I will eat something that has fallen on the floor if it means getting out the door faster.
- My reaction to being peed on: “Pee is sterile.”
- I can do all the animal sounds during one feeding of solids. Twice. And a song. Or two.
- I stopped saying, “My child/baby will never . . .”
- When people without children say, “I understand . . .” I laugh in their face. Or in my head.
- I appreciate SILENCE.
- I have become a neat FREAK.
- My new hangout curfew is 7:30 PM.
- I have learned that poops-up-the-back most often happen right before work or in a public place.
- Boogers, sharts, pooplosions, and projectile vomit no longer faze me.
- I have learned to do things one-handed.
- I think anyone who is pregnant or has baby urges before her child turns one is crazy. Or super. But probably crazy.
- I cherish sleep. I will never complain about only getting five hours of sleep again.
Mommies out there, would you care to share your Mommy-isms?
blogger / nectarine / 2687 posts
‘oh my gosh, i totally say and think, “pee is sterile!!!” all the time. sad and gross and a little pathetic, i think, but so necessary when you’ve just recently potty trained a little boy and are transitioning him to peeing standing up! haha!
love these! all SO true.
clementine / 878 posts
Yesterday these words actually came out of my mouth when a friend offered to wash my pants for me, “Nah, that’s okay. It’s just a little poop. I cleaned it off with a damp paper towel.”
Yuck!
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
@Mrs. Cowgirl: ahahaha meeee tooo!!! I always say, ahh he’s breastfed – he’s sterile. You would not believe the number of people who say, “Oh really?! I’ve never heard that. That’s so cool.” D’oh.
My latest mommy-ism that NO ONE understands the importance of their baby’s sleep until they have a baby. I know if I was baby-less I would think I was crazy for telling someone I couldn’t hang out after 7pm… I would think what’s the big deal with a later bedtime… but oooh… it is SUCH a big deal.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
hahaha i can hardly wait to add to this list in a couple of months!
GOLD / squash / 13576 posts
Mine is that, showering is a luxury. And boy is it great, I love my shower time! I judge jeans by how stretchy they are so I can be on the ground playing with LO. I was buying jeans and I judged them on the fact that I could be down on the ground with DS and they were still comfy.
blogger / persimmon / 1220 posts
@Goldilocks1107: I have totally done that with poop. So sad.
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i love this post!
how about when someone without kids tells you to “just get a babysitter” so you can go hangout with them. they don’t realize how hard it is to find someone to babysit my 5 and 3 year old and 5 month old baby.
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
I have a guy friend who loves to tell parents “he understands” and he gets annoyed when the parents tell him “just wait till you have kids”. Which is annoying too but really. You can’t really complain of your lack of sleep b you stayed up watching a series to my lack of sleep because my baby was up every hour, all night long.
cherry / 186 posts
First two bullet points ring so true to me. Friends/family would come over and point out the small wet spit area on LO’s clothes and ask if I want to change him. Umm no.
persimmon / 1205 posts
OMG, I have totally become a total neat FREAK too! Much to the delight of my husband. lol
honeydew / 7968 posts
lol@mommy-isms. didn’t really turn me into a neat freak though. to my husband’s disappointment. haha.
in the beginning, after a big poop, i’d always wash the babies. now, after a big poop, i’m like good job (since they were constipated a lot before) and i’ll bathe you tomorrow (if they pooped after the bath)….
guest
Oh I so agree!! Although I’m not a neat freak though, should I? He will just “tidy” up the toys again in a minute…
grapefruit / 4819 posts
Wow, the first two are SO TRUE for me! The amount of laundry we have is proportional to how much LO has been spitting up.
The other mommy-ism for me is that modesty has gone out the window! If DD is hungry, I’ll just whip the boobs out anywhere, anytime, regardless of who’s around, and give LO a feed (with a blanket covering of course). I used to be shy about baring too much skin in public, but now I couldn’t care less!
pomelo / 5866 posts
Fun! My new hangout curfew is 7:30 PM. And yes…and bodily function humor used to make me cringe. Now, it’s hilarious.