I knew it all before I became a Mommy:)

I'm a first time mom, and I have to admit I was a bit judgemental of other parents before I had kids :blush: Well, that has all changed since my girls were born!! For example, pre-babies, a friend told me a story about how she and her husband were driving with their 8 month old and saw in their rear view mirror that his hat was in his lap. Well, on second glance, they realized his head was in his lap - they'd forgotten to strap him in! How is it possible to forget that, I thought to myself. Fast forward to last week. My DH and I were out for a walk in our neighborhood, and the girls were in the Snap N Go. We don't strap them into the car seats for walks. We got home and decided to run a few errands. We put the girls in the car, my husband dropped me off at the grocery store and he went to CVS with the girls. Five minutes later, my heart dropped as I realized we didn't strap the girls in before we put them in the car!! Luckily, my husband noticed pretty soon after he dropped me off and buckled them in. But I thought, NEVER will I judge parents (especially sleep deprived parents) again!
I could go on and on w/ examples like this (pre-mommyhood, I thought putting babies to sleep in car seats at night was crazy. Guess what? My girls did that exact thing until they turned 4 months old :FIFblush Parenthood has truly humbled me in more ways than one.
Anyone else have similar experiences to share?

 

Since I have two older kids I thought that having twins would be a breeze. I figured I knew everything already and I would be able to have everything under control. Who was I kidding!! Not only do I not know everything, but I can't even remember some things since it has been a long time since my older kids were this little. Sometimes I feel a little ridiculous because I feel like I should already know something and I don't even have a clue.

 

Ah yes... its called mommy brain!!

 

It certainly is called mommy brain and a little sleep deprivation will make one think that they are lossing their mind! I think we all could give a story of something that we thought we would NEVER let happen.

 

I have kind of a funny story like that.

When my oldest was 2 yrs old and brought a whole new level of meaning to TERRIBLE twos, he was throwing a huuuuuge fit at my MIL's house. I mean full on toddler melt down of insanity. Well my married but childless SIL was there with her DH and they both saw this... and heard it too. Later I heard her tell my MIL (when she thought she was out of earshot of me) "My kids will never act like that, I will teach them better!" I had to laugh and my MIL snorted. (You know that "yeah right" snort.) Fast forward 5.5 yrs later, her DD, who is 3 days older than my DD, is right in the throes of the terrible twos! Guess what? She's a normal toddler and throws fits! I guess you can't teach a kid not to be themselves.

 

welcome to mommyhood!! I used to do the same thing!! I can't tell you how many times I said "my kids will never..."
maybe that's why I am so fat - all the words I have eaten in the last 13 yrs!! having a baby (or two) changes everything
and in my case the mommy brain has only gotten worse with each kid - and I have 5 so as you can imagine - the stories I could tell!!

 

I just want to say that I am so glad you posted this...it made me feel better. We have the same car seat/stroller set up. Just today we walked in a 5k race and my DS started crying, so I took him out for a few minutes to calm him down. I did not strap him back in (no need to in the stroller right?). He had a blanket draped over him and when we got to the car, I just snapped the car seat in and away we went. To my horror, I didn't have to unstrap him when we got home!! Luckily we live in a fairly small town, so the drive wasn't too long, but I just kept thinking about how bad of a mom I was. I am sure it only takes one time to learn to double check that stuff (Hopefully)

 

Yes, I was one of those premommy women. But, let me tell you it stresses me out when we go places with them because I do not want them to be "one of those kids." I guess I need to relax and realize kids will be kids.