This title is kind of ridiculous because once you’re pregnant, you can’t really be in denial any longer. With that being said, there are a few funny tell-tale signs that signal a giant shift from life without kids to life with kids that all moms will appreciate. So without further ado. Here’s how you know you’re a mom even when you’re not with your kids:
- You tune in not out to the sound of a wailing child.
- Your morning routine has dwindled down to taking a quick glance at your shirt. You want to make sure it’s relatively snot and milk free. Oh and make sure your button and bra is on if you are a nursing mother.
- Your idea of a wild time is going out late at night, which is any time after the kids are asleep.
- Having free time makes you overwhelmed with options. Should you do the laundry or flip mindlesly through a magazine?
- Going to the market kids free feels like a shopping spree.
- You don’t remember what you did with all your free time before kids. But you kind of wished you saved some for now.
- You don’t know if your memory loss is due to lack of sleep or age.
- Sleep feels like a fairytale just like unicorns and gold at the end of the rainbow.
- You’re suddenly extroverted and can make friends with anyone who has kids.
- You’re as excited about going to a wedding as you used to feel on date night.
- When you go out to eat, you automatically check the menu for entrees your kids will actually eat. And you do this even if they aren’t there.
- You feel the urge to blast the radio when you’re in the car alone. Anything that’s not nursery rhymes is literally music to your ears.
- You can’t pass a store without thinking about what to get your kids.
- You cut all your food into small pieces.
- You find yourself humming to kid songs like da-da-da-da-da-da two and four and six and eight…(Bonus points if you know what song that is.)
- If you’re a stay at home mom, your day is broken down to: how many hours until my partner gets home.
- You can’t remember what you did that day, but by the end you feel like you’ve been run over by a truck.
- Your nightstand is about to topple over under the weight of all your parenting books.
- Food floating in water, boogers, poop and pee doesn’t disgust you like it used to.
- You know more about characters on Sesame Street and Mickey’s Clubhouse than what’s going on in the news.
