Mommy Brain Moments

I had never even heard of the “mommy brain” phenomenon, until after the birth of my daughter.  A couple months after her birth, my husband started claiming that our daughter had done something to me, and that I used to be smart.  Thanks honey, I love you too.

I do have to admit that I have had a few more air headed moments, than in the past.  The vast majority of those moments, especially in the first year or so, I would blame on the shear quantity of items required to take a baby anywhere.  You have to plan for every contingency, and a mom can’t just assume the diaper bag is all set.

My daughter is now a toddler, but I still have my moments.  A few weeks ago, I completely forgot about one of my daughter’s therapist appointments.  There was the therapist on my doorstep, for the predetermined appointment… there was me, still in my pajama bottoms and a T-shirt (my hair wasn’t exactly styled for company either).  The mommy brain had struck again.

This incident was partially due to the beginning of the year calendar changeover.  I didn’t pick up a new date book before year’s end, so I had quite a few January appointments jotted on pieces of easy to misplace paper.  Of course if I had one of those handy new smart phones, calendar change over would not have been an issue.  Maybe cupid will bring me one for Valentine’s Day.