I thought “pregnancy brain” was bad… becoming forgetful, using the wrong word during conversation (or not being able to think of it), and being generally ditsy-like.
Baby brain is worse. Is there a term for that? There should be. Never have I mistaken “there” for “their”… but I find myself doing it now all the time. And it’s one of my huge pet peeves. I seem more spacey – as in, forgetting major events, not paying attention to anything going on outside my home. I blame it on being super busy.. I’m just in a hurry all the time! You’d be amazed at what a mom (or dad) can get done in the 10 minutes the baby is quietly playing in his bouncer.
Baby brain, unlike preggo brain, is not limited to mom. I experienced this on Saturday with my husband: We had a pediatrician appointment at 10am and an appointment with the groomer at noon for our car. We talked about both of them Friday night before bed. Steve gets up at 4am to go to work Saturday morning and starts telling me about his plans…
Me: “What about our appointment?“
Steve: “You mean Oscar? At noon? I’ll be back.“
Me: “Uh, no, your son. At the pediatrician. At 10.”
Well clearly I ended up going solo with Ryan to that appointment, haha. Then.… after the appointment… Steve called me from our old apartment:
Steve: “Want to meet me at the apartment to help clear out the rest of the stuff?“
Me: “I don’t think we have time for that.“
Steve: “What are you talking about?“
Me: “Umm.. your cat… the groomer… at noon.
Now, either of those events occurring singly wouldn’t be so weird. But both — on the same day — within hours of eachother? Hilarious. Daddy is losing his mind. And mommy is glad she isn’t the only one.
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“We had a pediatrician appointment at 10am and an appointment with the groomer at noon for our car.“
Haha, you just solidified your point. So how is that car grooming going? Let me tell ya, my son is 19 months old and the baby brain is still happening. Daily. At least that’s my excuse.
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hahaha. what? you mean everyone doesn’t get their car groomed??! LOL. it’s bedtime, haha.
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Oh dear. At my stage (24 weeks) my hubby actually has empathy pregnancy brain WAY WORSE than my own preggo brain. I really can’t stand for him to get worse.
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so I was really confused till I pretty much got to the end of that blog. you said your CAR was getting groomed… then I realized you meant cat. lol. Crazy girl
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Oh man I have Mommy Brain bad… I was hoping that my “pregnant stupids” were limited to just that — pregnancy — but sadly.. No dice. I have a theory that when the baby is in utero and their brains are developing they just steal the cells from mom.
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I should get my sister-in-law to send you a copy of her book, Momnesia: A Humorous Guide to Surviving Your Post-Baby Brain. It will make you laugh out loud! Here’s a link to the Amazon page:
http://www.amazon.com/Momnesia-Humorous-Guide-Surviving-Post-Baby/dp/0740779176/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267561127&sr=1 – 1
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Haha! I have major baby/mommy brain too!! I was hoping that would end when the baby was born, but yea it is def more amplified!
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Okay, I love this post! And it totally explains a lot about my parents!
By the way, I have nominated you for the Sunshine Award! Please visit http://journeytowardmotherhood.blogspot.com/2010/03/award-for-moi.html for more info!
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I just cracked up at taking our car to the groomer, lol!
I do that all of the time. There’s just so much to remember all of the time!
xo
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I have Baby Brain to the MAX! It’s horrible! And I’m not even back at work yet so I can only imagine. I’ve been trying to write everything down. It’s funny cause I was just talking to my little brother about this. I told him I felt so bad for all the times I got mad at my Mom for forgetting something. She has had SEVEN kids so I can only imagine how much she forgets lol.
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HAHA LOVE IT!!! I’ve forgotten what’s it like to have a sane mind! Hopefully it can’t get worse with more kids!
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The official term is “Momnesia”
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