Only moms...

I have said many times that becoming a parent grants you membership to a crazy,fun and sometimes very bizarre club where poop on your shirt is hardly cause for concern and you and your spouse often eat dinner "in shifts."  The membership dues are free time and sleep which you pay daily and everyone in the club is in for life.  If you are a member of this organization you know that there are some things that only other parents understand. 

I am pretty sure that only moms....

... always try to park near a cart return at the grocery store so that they don't have to lug kids back and forth or leave kids in the car to go return your cart.

... eat soggy Cheerios and wet cheese out of sticky little fingers and smiles about it. You know how much joy  it brings the baby to feed you.  How could you deny them that?

... know that they can only run one or two errands per day and have to plan their life accordingly.  Gone are the days of running from place to place with no plan.

... have poop, vomit or urine on their shirt and forget all about it AND go out in public.

... volunteer happily to run an errand across town during rush hour just to get out of the house, in the car, ALONE.  Traffic almost sounds appealing as it might prolong your alone time with the radio.

... consider it a vacation to go a day without watching a single animated television program.

... have a specific time of day (whatever time that the kids nap) which they look forward to all day and around which they plan their entire daily schedule.  Lunch, dinner, errands, chores, EVERYTHING revolves around this time of day. 

... utter the phrase, "Did you poop?" about a dozen times per day.

... pick another person's nose without a thought.

... can't finish one quick blog post without stopping repeatedly to change a diaper, make a bottle, console a toddler who banged their head and clean up vomit.


There are probably hundreds more BUT it's time to get ready for nap and, in this household NOTHING is more important or more sacred than nap time... so add your own.  I am sure I would get a kick out of what others had to say!