Have you lost a few brain cells since having kids??

[EmsMum72]

I read somewhere awhile ago that having kids makes women 'dumber' :thumbsdown: . Wouldn't be due to the fact that you don't get much sleep when you become parents and that affects your capacity to think like rational people :rolleyes: , must have been a guy who made up that statement :banghead: . I don't feel dumber, but I do feel a bit more vague than normal. Ever since having my DD (which was almost 3.5yrs ago) my mind sometimes tends to just wander off when people are talking to me. I have been having conversations with people and 1/2 way through it I'll think to myself 'what did she just say?' and then I'm like 'sorry, what was that?', or 'I missed that, what did you say?'. Isn't that awful? It happens when DH is talking to me all the time, but that's usually because he's talking about motorsport, or car engines (things that don't interest me at all) :no:. Also, since having my DD it feels like there is so much stuff going on in my head, I'm constantly thinking about everything - what DD will have for lunch, dinner etc., if I packed a drink/clothes/wipes etc. in her bag, what we'll be doing in the next few days, what i'll be cooking for dinner, where hubby is working, and lately how will my DD cope when I leave her at my g'friends house in 2 weeks time so daddy and I can have a night out. I know it's only natural to think about things alot more now because I am responsible for myself and a little person, but my brain feels like it's on overload lately.

What about you? Are you 'dumber' as a result of having kids?? Also, do you 'think' about everything alot more these days??

[Chickadee]

Dumber? Oh my goodness yes!

[greengables]

Yes - especially being pregnant at the moment! I totally agree that I am really random.

i wouldn't go so far as to say 'dumber' - but I do lose track of my thoughts. I get up to do something, and my DH finds me standing there saying 'now....what was I going to do?'

Also lack of sleep would be huge for brain stuff hey?

[Little Gorilla]

Yes, I feel the same and my son is 2.5 years old.

I actually did feel dumber the first 6 months after having my son...I just couldn't get my brain flowing properly if that makes sense.

[shed]

Yes, I am much dumber.

Sometimes I will say to DP "what did I just say to you?" and he will think that I am checking that he is listening, but I have actually completely forgotten what I just said :o :laughing:

Much much dumber.

I haven't had a full night's sleep for a while though.

Since early pregnancy actually. And DS is now ten months old, so that might explain part of it.

[Mrs AJC]

I think "vague" is the right term. I just find that I have zero concentration and memory - but I am 6mths pg again so that could explain it. But I never fully recovered from having ds (18mths), I don't think I got 'dumb' just that I think my mind is prioritising. I can't remember what I had for breakfast, but I know where ds's favourite toy was shoved last week by him.

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Who am I kidding? I can't concentrate long enough to finish a chapter of a novel, I'm luck to have enough brains to finish reading a quarter page article in Take 5 magazine.
It feels like the wiring up there is a bit off IYKWIM, like a couple of circuits need replacing :laughing:

[nats]

I have a placenta in my head :( I use that to think with buts it's still smarter than the "head" DH uses to think with :laughing:

[Tabby]

LOL Nats, That is so true here as well!!!

I agree with being more vague than anything and I blame it on the having to remember SO much more than usual. My brain never gets a chance to wind down so sometimes I feel overloaded and have to really think before doing something, I gather its because there is so much in there my head has to hunt for the right info first :laughing:

[Pinkbug]

dumber no but forgetful yes I am sooo bad at remembering things its driving me nuts!! I want my brain back!!!

[tootiredtosleep]

I lost a lot of brain cells..

When I was pregnant and forgot things i always used to say "Give me a break, my brain is working on growing a baby, nothing else compares to that"

Now I don't really have an excuse... I cant remember a lot of stuff, but anything to do with DD I can..

[ifoundmyglory]

I think i delievered my brain during labour as well as the baby & placenta.:p :laughing:

[OnceAMereHumanNowAMum]

We are not getting DUMBER!

We have just undergone some "improvements"..

For example..

Thoughts wandering is "Developing multi-thread thought capacity"!

The lack of attention span is "Synchronising with our child's attention capabilities to better understand their needs"!

Losing track of the conversation is just "Tuning out the unimportant chit chat so we can focus on what our child is breaking/destroying/trying to flush down the toilet"!

Forgetting what you did yesterday is "Embracing the present"!

We are just plain super, that's all there is to it. *cough*

:thumbsup:

[IheartOman]

I think i delievered my brain during labour as well as the baby & placenta.:p :laughing:

Ha ha ha. What she said!

I do think I am more vague and yes my mind is always wandering.. especially if DP is talking to me! lol.

I forget the small stuff all the time but still remember the important stuff.

[madreader]

Dumb Dumb and Dumber here. Where did my brain go?:detective: :cool:

[becstar]

I have just "dumbed" down to my husbands level. ha ha ha ha just kidding.

Seriously, yes I have noticed I am really vague and unorganized and forget to pay bills or turn up for appointments. I can't remember simple shopping lists and have to write EVERYTHING down.

Probably because from lack of sleep but also because life it just more chaotic in general that it used to be when you only had yourself to think of. he he he that is it, that must be the reason!!! I am the one that has to organize everything and everyone....hubby still only organizes himself......huh!

[tyler's mum]

Sorry i dont get the question:laughing: :laughing:









I think that answer ur question:D

[Emily 85]

brain cells what brain cells .. i went out the other day with 2 diffrent shoes on lol

[madreader]

Emily85- :laughing: I have done that before.

[StormAngel]

The more babies i've had the more forgetfull I am getting! LOL!

[GraceUnhearing]

i dont have a brain anymore at all :(

i'd agree with having kids makes you dumber for sure!

im so absent minded now and i never was before

[Lastcenturymum]

Wait till you have teenagers - they will TELL you that you don't know anything! Just don't believe them, cos one day the will finally admit you were right!!


(Like that car sticker, 'Hire a teenager while they still know everything'!!

[mum2bubba]

Me lose brain? Uh oh. :p

[squiglet]

We are not getting DUMBER!

We have just undergone some "improvements"..

For example..

Thoughts wandering is "Developing multi-thread thought capacity"!

The lack of attention span is "Synchronising with our child's attention capabilities to better understand their needs"!

Losing track of the conversation is just "Tuning out the unimportant chit chat so we can focus on what our child is breaking/destroying/trying to flush down the toilet"!

Forgetting what you did yesterday is "Embracing the present"!

We are just plain super, that's all there is to it. *cough*

:thumbsup:

That's great:D

Well I have to say I started loosing it when I was pregnant, and now after having dd I'm a toatal wreck in the brain department.
Honestly I'm so foggy these days that I actully find myselfe getting frustrated because I can't remember the right word for a conversation, or I go into a room to get something and then stand there trying to remember what in the world I'm doing in the room.

Dh jokes that I will leave the baby at the shops if I don't put her on my list of things to do:cool:

[Silvana]

Since I have fallen pregnant to now, where DD is 6 months I forget absolutely everything. Mostly, I forget where I put stuff. Things like receipts (had a post yesterday where I lost a layby receipt), documents, uni stuff. I remember thinking at the time, "I should put this somewhere safe" and I totally forget where I put it! It peeves off my DH to no end.

I forget what I have to say, halfway through saying it. But my thoughts are completely consumed with DD. Everything she eats, poos, when she sleeps, what she is to wear, what the weather is like for her, what that cough meant blah blah blah. Can't help it, but I think it is natural for mothers to think this way.

[ThreePinkFaireez]

I'm still looking for my brain cells... anyone found them? God help me after number 3!!!

[Pinkbug]

That's great:D

Well I have to say I started loosing it when I was pregnant, and now after having dd I'm a toatal wreck in the brain department.
Honestly I'm so foggy these days that I actully find myselfe getting frustrated because I can't remember the right word for a conversation, or I go into a room to get something and then stand there trying to remember what in the world I'm doing in the room.

Dh jokes that I will leave the baby at the shops if I don't put her on my list of things to do:cool:

That is funny :laughing: about the part of when in converstations!! I am exactly the same and sometimes people will say to me are u alright when I am in deep though and funny look on my face!!!! :o

[SamanthaJane]

I don't feel as smart as what i used to. I really noticed it when trying to do my assignments... it's like i can't think of the right words anymore... I still feel as though i am intelligent though. Definitely wouldn't call myself a dumbass :D

Wait, did i just spell definitely wrong? :laughing:

[Mokar]

LOL...

I have most definatly lost all capacity to think clearly!

[kiah]

I sometimes forget the simplist things...is that even a word?

I eve forget my age...i think I'm 22..23...better check my signature.:D

[greengables]

We are not getting DUMBER!

We have just undergone some "improvements"..

For example..

Thoughts wandering is "Developing multi-thread thought capacity"!

The lack of attention span is "Synchronising with our child's attention capabilities to better understand their needs"!

Losing track of the conversation is just "Tuning out the unimportant chit chat so we can focus on what our child is breaking/destroying/trying to flush down the toilet"!

Forgetting what you did yesterday is "Embracing the present"!

We are just plain super, that's all there is to it. *cough*

:thumbsup:

haha - you should be in PR...or the Public Service...or both!! :)

[SassyMummy]

I think I lost about half my brain cells. I'm WAY dumber than I used to be...

[viperpt]

Me fail english? thats umpossible
I tend to forget what I do with things or where I put stuff... Not because I got dumber but because Im thinking about other stuff while Im doing it and not concentrating on the the task at hand

[Mumof6]

Vague and forgetful here... Never can find my car keys...

You start to pick up again when they hit school... You have to learn all that hard year 1 stuff... LOL... (Well I find parts of it hard ) haha

[Minke]

I remember reading somewhere that when you have a child 20% of your brain is basically dedicated to child rearing tasks... Now I want to know is that 20% each child??? Sure feels like it :laughing: . Why does no one tell you pregnancy vagueness doesn't go away EVER???

[Mumof6]

I remember reading somewhere that when you have a child 20% of your brain is basically dedicated to child rearing tasks... Now I want to know is that 20% each child???

Oh god I hope not :) :eek:

I'm in the negative for everything else now :laughing: