Mommy Moments

I'm sure those of you that are moms have had some "mommy moments". I have had my share over the past almost 3 months. I thought I would share a few with you (and only a few because the other part of being a mom for me is my memory is gone and I can't remember any other ones... These are just silly ones, luckily, mommy minds are equipped to never forget the really important stuff!

Mommmy Moment #1
This one is the most embarrassing for me and I can't believe I am actually posting it. It made me immediately question my mothering-ability. This one takes place at the pediatrician's office when Wally and I took Lucas to his first pedi appointment a few days after he was born. We were in the waiting room, and Lucas was sound asleep in his carrier. Wally asked me if I brought the diaper bag. I said "No, why would we need it? We are just going straight home after the appointment." He just shook his head at me. So we get called in by the nurse. We go into the exam room, and she asks us to strip Lucas down to his diaper. Luckily we had a blanket over the carrier that could be used to cover him (we would have had a receiving blanket though - in the diaper bag)...so we need to go down the hall to the big scale to weigh Lucas. I lay him on the table, and the nurse starts to take his diaper off to weigh him so that they can compare it to his birth weight. Well, of course, Lucas starts peeing! The nurse covers him with the diaper and said "Don't worry this happens all the time. Do you have another diaper?" I think my face turned red and Wally, again, shook his head at me (would have been nice if he would have asked about the diaper bag before going out the door). I had to tell her I didn't. The pedi had diapers but none small enough for Lucas so he had to have the wet diaper put back on. Oops...Lesson learned: ALWAYS carry the diaper bag with you!!

Mommy Moment #2
This one takes place at our house my first day back at work. After 8 hours of being away from Lucas, I can't get home fast enough from work. I am so excited to pull into the garage and go in the house to see him! The next morning, I am looking all over for my car keys. Not in the basket on the counter where I usually put them, not in my purse, not in my coat pocket. I think to myself "where else could they be?" Sure enough, they were still in the ignition...at least I turned the car off. I was just THAT excited to get inside to see my little guy! Lesson learned: if the keys can't be found, they are most likely still in the car!

Mommy Moment #3
We subscribe to Netflix. We have the package where we can only have 2 DVD's at a time. So I wanted to return one of the movies we had ("Into the Wild") so that I could have the "30 Day Shred" sent out to me (yes, I am going to do it...I did it once from Comcast OnDemand and thought it was great, but of course never did it again. I have been very lucky as the baby weight has pretty much just fallen off, but it is time to tone up!). Those of you that also subscribe to Netflix will know what I am talking about - I was at the mailbox, DVD in between my fingers, getting ready to drop it in when I realize I only have the DVD in the sleeve not in the envelope you have to send it back in - which is still at home. I don't know what would have happened if I had dropped it in (I'm sure nothing earth-shattering), and I don't know what made me stop myself. So needless to say, I will now have to wait one more day to start "the Shred".

Mommy Moment #4
This one takes place at work - Day #5 back. Mind you - I am exhausted...not a whole lot of sleep going on these days...I have to send a fax so I get out of my chair, papers in hand, and where do I end up....the bathroom! Lesson learned: You can't send faxes from the bathroom!

Hope you enjoyed!