Oy, my aching Brain ~ 2007-03-11
The Scene:Â My living room, I call my college roommate to wish her a happy belated birthday.
Me: Hi Allie, Happy Belated Birthday, I’m so sorry I didn’t call yesterday. I completely forgot.
Allie:Â You called.
M:Â I did?
A:Â Yah, you left a message.
M:Â When?
A:Â Yesterday morning.
M:Â Are you sure?
A:Â Yes!
M: No way. I have zero memory of doing that.
A:Â Welcome to motherhood.
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Sheree says:Yes, that’s called “mommy brain”. It starts while you’re PG and I don’t think it ever lets us. My oldest is nearly 5yrs and I still have Mommy Brain.
Comment - March 11, 2007 : 10:57 am
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Sheree says:Ugh, see the Mommy Brain in action: I meant “I don’t think it ever lets up”
*snork*
Comment - March 11, 2007 : 10:58 am
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Elinor says:I think it gets better. Postpartum brain is hard. At 6 mos PP, I feel more like my old self. Still spacey, but not totally checked out.
Comment - March 11, 2007 : 11:04 am
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Kathy says:Isn’t sleep deprivation fun! It does get *somewhat* better, honest. Only somewhat, though. Mommy brain is a bit fuzzy from there on out.
Comment - March 11, 2007 : 11:39 am
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JulieFrick says:Hahahaha! Love it- thanks for sharing!
Comment - March 11, 2007 : 11:51 am
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Susan says:Hahaha! My daughter turns 3 in two months and I still have Mommy Brain. Not that bad, but I still have it!
Comment - March 11, 2007 : 12:08 pm
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katie says:LOL. Just wait till you start putting the milk “away” in a cabinet. It happened to me, true story. And well beyond the newborn years, too. I don’t think we ever regain complete use of our faculties after the kids are born.
Comment - March 11, 2007 : 12:26 pm
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Meg says:I swear the hormones during pregnancy re-wire women’s brains.
I sleep differently, I think differently… my brain doesn’t hold onto certain things that it used to capure like a steel trap.
My daughter is five now, and I have learned that my best defense against the perils of living in the world while suffering from Mommy Brain is a small notebook and/or a calendar. If I don’t write it down these days, it never happened, or will not happen.
Mommy Brain is also why the refrigerator door has become the center of all things- I have to open the refrigerator at least once a day. Chances are, if it’s important, it’s on the fridge- because anywhere else (yep, including my forehead), I might miss it.
Comment - March 11, 2007 : 1:30 pm
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Katy says:This reminds me…
My husbands bday is on 11/14. My first daughter was born on 10/22, and that year I planned a special surprise bday dinner for my husband. In my head I was like “Oh, see, I may have just had a baby but I am SUPERWOMAN, and I can do everything else as well.” I had everything all set to go; and then, the night before his birthday, his mother called…to wish him a happy birthday. And I realized that it was actually his birthday THAT day, not the next day…and I was mortified! He had not said a word, he just assumed that I had forgotten about his birthday! So we celebrated a day late. Oops!Comment - March 11, 2007 : 2:01 pm
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Carol says:Wait! It gets better!;)
Comment - March 12, 2007 : 5:25 am
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samantha says:I got better after a few months PP with kid #1, but #2 is 3.5 now, and, well, I’m a LOT more forgetful/absentminded/etc. than I had ever been before… Meg is right- writing things down is a godsend!
Comment - March 12, 2007 : 9:25 am
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Jane in London says:Oh dear. Heaven only knows what I’ll be like as a Mother. I’m like that *now*. ~x~
Comment - March 12, 2007 : 10:13 am
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Monica says:You mean that period when I couldn’t remember my phone number… will come back with a vengeance???
Comment - March 12, 2007 : 3:09 pm
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Patty says:De-Lurking to congratulate you and welcome to motherhood. 16 years ago 4/14/91 began the era of “puddin” which is what my brain became. It does come back eventually, just different!
Comment - March 13, 2007 : 8:01 am
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Wendy says:I woke up about a year after my first was born, but the faculties have never been the same. It amazes me that I used to memorize giant operas filled with recitatives in foreign languages (that I don’t even speak)! Now I worry if I will remember the second verse of the song I’m singing in church without staring at the music.
And there’s the time I put the TV remote in the fridge.
It does get better, just maybe not the same!
Comment - March 13, 2007 : 7:49 pm
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frecklegirl jess says:hehe! That is too cute, Wendy!
I just finished ‘the historian’! Thanks for the recommendation- very good. Supernatural without being totally lame.
Comment - March 13, 2007 : 10:22 pm
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nat says:When I was in that state, I put the cordless phone in the freezer. Don’t worry, you are perfectly normal! It’s just a new (and temporary) kind of normal!
Comment - March 14, 2007 : 6:26 am
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Risa says:Welcome to motherhood. While it does get a little better, still, my twins are 3 yo and things like that still happen far too frequently.
Comment - March 15, 2007 : 11:35 am
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wenders says:I like hearing these ‘real’ stories about being a new mom. I can’t wait until it’s my turn (in a few years, at least!)
Comment - March 15, 2007 : 2:01 pm
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Kristina says:I just stumbled across you blog and have been reading past months. I was looking at your post about rock bands with kids books. I would very highly reccomend “Bed, Bed, Bed” by the band They Might Be Giants. It comes with a companion CD. It’s like 15 minutes worth of child geared songs starting out very up beat and dancable gearing down and down to a near droaning lullaby at the end. It has magical powers on toddlers
Comment - March 16, 2007 : 10:37 am
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PainterWoman says:Good news/badnews. Mommy brain subsides as soon as all children are in school. So if you have a kid every three years for 9 years, it could be 12 years. And then a no-estrogen brain kicks in with menopause where you forget things. Wheeeeeeeeeeeee! The joys of female living. Thanks for posting the flicker pix. Sophia is a charmer. Glad motherhood is working for you!
Comment - March 17, 2007 : 11:34 pm
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