You might be a mom if...

[hepmommy]

You might be a mom if the following happens or has ever happened to you:

• You have a favorite children's television show, and you get a little miffed if your child would rather watch THEIR favorite show.
• You've ever been at the same table with another family and had their child vomit everywhere and you weren't phased at all.  You just jumped right into action with helping and cleanup.
• You carry a handbag costing more than $400 and you have Binkies and sippy cups inside it.  (ETA:  it was a gift from Harrod's in London from my awesome little brother.)
  
• You went ahead and bought the M&M Minis just this once because you knew your day would be a living hell otherwise.
• You prefer a Christmas ornament made of popsicle sticks and pipe cleaners to your expensive Waterford crystal ornament which commemorates your first Christmas together.
• You've ever had to eat a meal off a plate with Elmo staring back at you.
• You child has cuter and trendier clothes than you do.
• You have largely converted to using plastic "glassware" instead of the real stuff because it just gets dropped and broken all the time.
• You know the words to "Goodnight Moon" by heart and could recite it word for word if your life depended on it.
• You've just changed a wet diaper only to have the new one soiled within five minutes.
• You are well versed in the differences between 24 months and 2T.
• You've ever had to pray that the washer and dryer would hurryhurryhurryhurryplease! so that someone could get their special friend back.
  
• You've ever kissed someone's tiny toes and feet on purpose, and thoroughly enjoyed doing so.
• You've ever prayed/hoped/wished time would speed up just a little bit so your little one could feel better faster.
• You've ever applied Monster Repellent to a child's bedroom.
• You know what Sippy Cup Cheese is.
• You can find one of the following in your vehicle:  broken crayon, rotten sippy cup, spare binky, spilled french fries, discarded juice box(es), permission slip that was due last week.

JLS © 2010

[MelanieLouise]

Jan. 15, 2010 at 3:55 PM

So true.

[TimandMely4ever]

Jan. 15, 2010 at 4:56 PM

 Yep, it's official...I'm a mom!

[parrishsky]

Jan. 15, 2010 at 5:46 PM

Oh the sippy cup cheese... NoOOOooooo!

I concur with all but the purse.

[candyland204]

Jan. 15, 2010 at 9:41 PM

Yep true!

[bsymom]

Jan. 16, 2010 at 9:49 AM

I've never had a $400 purse, but to most of the list...YUP!!! We may have gotten passed the sippy cups, but ahhh I remember them well!!

[caitxrawks]

Jan. 16, 2010 at 10:44 AM

LMAOLMAOLMAOOO! I was dying through this and my 12 month old daughter was just staring at me like I'm crazy. She then started laughing back at me, hahaha.

Just yesterday I put a brand new diaper on her. Within fiften minutes she'd pooped like nobody's business. She strains really hard and turns beet red when she poops, she's always done it like that. It's high-larious, but I was so MAD that I had to go change another crappy diaper, augh!

[caitxrawks]

Jan. 16, 2010 at 11:01 AM

Oh, and I've just recently been inducted into the Sippy Cup Cheese Club :D

[evwsquared]

Jan. 16, 2010 at 11:58 AM

Yep, yep, and yep!

[Lb128f]

Jan. 16, 2010 at 12:29 PM

Very cute!

[clarewillow]

Jan. 16, 2010 at 12:38 PM

So true, though I have graduated from binkies and sippy cups in my purse to matchbox cars, suckers, and small animal figurines. :-P