You Know You’re a Mom When…

I was laughing with some friends the other day as we compared baby notes. We were in hysterics over how we run towards vomit instead of away from it like we used to. It got me to thinking about all the ways you know you’re a mom. So here, presented in good humor, are 25 clear signs you’re a mother…

1. You’ve been washing the same load of laundry for three days because you forgot to dry it.
2. It’s not only normal that you pick up another human to smell their butt, it’s a necessity.
3. You only shower when you know you’ll be leaving your house, or when you’re expecting company.
4. All of your fantasies involve sleeping uninterrupted.
5. Going to the grocery store by yourself feels like a vacation.
6. You have the ability to hear a sneeze through a closed door, down the hall, in the middle of the night, while your hubby snores next to you.
7. You wish there was drive through EVERYTHING.
8. When you don’t even flinch after realizing that you’ve gone the whole day with a mystery stain on your shirt that suspiciously looks like poop or puke, or both!
9. You get excited about picking someone else’s nose and/or sucking their snot.
10. Whenever you take a shower, you can swear you can hear your child crying, but when you turn off the water, there’s only silence.
11. Your kids are dressed beautifully and ready to go, and you’re still in pyjamas.
12. You make the baby an organic meal, and you’re surviving on coffee and cookies.
13. You realize you’re swaying, without holding your baby!
14. You will literally strangle whoever rang the doorbell while your child was napping.
15. You find yourself talking about poop in public, again…
16. Your idea of working out is lugging the baby carrier, diaper bag and portable activity center in and out of the car.
17. You cry at every diaper commercial.
18. You have entire Pinterest boards devoted to crafts and DIYs and you never actually get around to doing them.
19. You take it personally when a stranger doesn’t wave back to your baby.
20. Coffee is now one of your love languages.
21. You find yourself humming “Old McDonald Had A Farm”, or “Twinkle, Twinkle”.
22. You know all the words from your kids’ talking toys (“Have you met my friend the red fish?” or, “thanks for calling!”)
23. You deleted apps on your phone so that you can take more pictures of your kid.
24. Being in the car alone is exciting.
25. When CEO’s can learn a thing or two about how much you can multi-task.

REAL TALK: Add your own! What are some of the ways that you know you’re a mom? Share below!