Last week one of my favorite bloggy buddies wrote a post about motherhood. This is my take on it.
You know that you are Knee Deep in Mommyhood when…
… you get more excited about Gymboree coupons that come in the mail than Victoria’s Secret.
… you get asked by your child, “Mom, why is your tummy all big and squishy?”
… you are not fully dressed until there is snot smeared on your shirt and you are too pressed for time to change it or better yet don’t really care.
… you answer the phone and the person on the other end asked, “What is going on over there? What is with all the screaming?” To which you reply, “Nothing, just the same old same old.”
… you have at one point in time have been peed on, pooped on, vomited on, spit on, slobbered on, snotted on and you no longer get grossed out.
… you have been a jungle gym for a toddler.
… quiet makes you nervous and actually causes you to stop what you are doing and you much go see what is causing the quiet only to find a child who is stuffing clothes down the toilet or coloring with chocolate pudding on the walls.
… you know the morning line-up of Play House Disney better than you know the line-up of prime time TV.
…every time you talk to your girl-friends you talk about a mommy night out but 6 month pass before you actually are able to plan one of these nights.
… actually having a nap in the middle of the day become your idea of heaven.
But the sure fire way to know that you are knee deep in mommyhood is to be showered with wet, slobbery, open mouth kisses, squeezed in a ‘trying to pop your head off’ hug and told over and over again, “Mom, I love you. You are the bestest Mom.”
Because its those little actions from those little children that make all the other stuff seem, well, tolerable.
What about you? How do you know that you are Knee Deep in Mommyhood?
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