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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 547324" data-attributes="member: 1246">THE SIGNS OF &quot;ADVANCED MOMHOOD&quot;&nbsp;Maybe it starts when you realize rock concerts give you a headache. Or that you&#039;re offering to cut up other people&#039;s food. Or you catch yourself ending a discussion with, &quot;Because I&#039;m the Mother, that&#039;s why!&quot; You&#039;ve reached a new level of motherhood. All the warning signs are there. You know you&#039;ve crossed the threshold into advanced &quot;Mommydom&quot; when:&nbsp;You count the sprinkles on each kid&#039;s cupcake to make sure they&#039;re equal.&nbsp;You have time to shave only one leg at a time.&nbsp;You hide in the bathroom to be alone.&nbsp;Your child throws up and you catch it.&nbsp;Someone else&#039;s kid throws up at a party and you keep eating.&nbsp;You&#039;ve mastered the art of placing large quantities of pancakes and eggs on a plate without anything touching.&nbsp;Your child insists that you read &quot;Once Upon A. Potty&quot; out loud in the lobby of Grand Central Terminal, and you do it.&nbsp;You hope ketchup is a vegetable because it&#039;s the only one your child eats.&nbsp;You can&#039;t bear the thought of your son&#039;s first girlfriend.&nbsp;You hate the thought of his wife even more.&nbsp;You find yourself cutting your husband&#039;s sandwiches into unusual shapes.&nbsp;You become a member of three aquariums because your kid loves sharks.&nbsp;You obsess when your child clings to you upon parting during his first month at school, then obsess when he skips in without looking back the second time.&nbsp;You can&#039;t bear to give away baby clothes...it&#039;s so final.&nbsp;You hear your mother&#039;s voice coming out of your mouth when you say, &quot;NOT in your good clothes!&quot;&nbsp;You stop criticizing the way your mother raised you.&nbsp;You lose sleep.&nbsp;You use your own saliva to clean your child&#039;s face.&nbsp;You read that the average five-year-old asks 437 questions a day and feel proud that your kid is &quot;above average.&quot;&nbsp;You hire a sitter because you haven&#039;t been out with your husband in ages, then spend half the night checking on the kids.&nbsp;You say at least once a day, &quot;I&#039;m not cut out for this job,&quot; but you know you wouldn&#039;t trade it for anything. </blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 547324, member: 1246"] [FONT=Times New Roman]THE SIGNS OF "ADVANCED MOMHOOD"[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]Maybe it starts when you realize rock concerts give you a headache. Or that you're offering to cut up other people's food. Or you catch yourself ending a discussion with, "Because I'm the Mother, that's why!" You've reached a new level of motherhood. All the warning signs are there. You know you've crossed the threshold into advanced "Mommydom" when:[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]You count the sprinkles on each kid's cupcake to make sure they're equal.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]You have time to shave only one leg at a time.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]You hide in the bathroom to be alone.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]Your child throws up and you catch it.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]Someone else's kid throws up at a party and you keep eating.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]You've mastered the art of placing large quantities of pancakes and eggs on a plate without anything touching.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]Your child insists that you read "Once Upon A. Potty" out loud in the lobby of Grand Central Terminal, and you do it.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]You hope ketchup is a vegetable because it's the only one your child eats.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]You can't bear the thought of your son's first girlfriend.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]You hate the thought of his wife even more.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]You find yourself cutting your husband's sandwiches into unusual shapes.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]You become a member of three aquariums because your kid loves sharks.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]You obsess when your child clings to you upon parting during his first month at school, then obsess when he skips in without looking back the second time.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]You can't bear to give away baby clothes...it's so final.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]You hear your mother's voice coming out of your mouth when you say, "NOT in your good clothes!"[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]You stop criticizing the way your mother raised you.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]You lose sleep.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]You use your own saliva to clean your child's face.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]You read that the average five-year-old asks 437 questions a day and feel proud that your kid is "above average."[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]You hire a sitter because you haven't been out with your husband in ages, then spend half the night checking on the kids.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]You say at least once a day, "I'm not cut out for this job," but you know you wouldn't trade it for anything. [/FONT] [/QUOTE]

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