You know you're a mummy when...

[finallyready]

What has been the moment that made you sit up and say "OMG, I must be a mum, I'm not thinking so much about myself anymore!"


I had this revelation whilst at the gym on Tuesday...


I knew that my priorities had changed when I looked in the mirror at the gym and realised that I couldn't remember the last time I shaved my armpits :eek:

[Aka]

When DS did he first poo in the bath!

[mumma2ajem]

when conversations wiht your circle of friends turns from clothes,accesories and holidays to poop, food and tantrums :yes:

[Aka]

^yeah its funny how much you can actually talk about poo!!

[TripleTime]

When spew is the fragrance of the season

[Slapmyelbow]

When you start rocking the shopping trolley on a rare kid free day out thinking it's the pram.

[Myztiks#1Fan]

i know i am a mum as every second word that comes out of coops mouth is mum and it eventually gets louder and louder and louder until i respond :laughing:

[Myztiks#1Fan]

When spew if the fragrance of the season

:laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

[Boobycino]

When you call your bestfriend from highschool and she's so excited to talk to you but the reason you haven't called is dreading this question : 'what have you been up to?'


Because you cannot think of a single thing you've done .... Errrrm..... 2 years.... That would vaguely interest a 22 year old party girl who chatters inanely about bands, raves and occasionally says 'i can't believe you gavent heard of 'like-I-remember-anyway'

I did call her today and when she asked that question I proudly announced 'i bought a new pram today!'

The crickets cheeped in the background....

[danni3]

when you havent been able to go to the toilet by your self in a rrreeeaaallllyyyyy long time...

when you have the rare friend over and your making lunch for everyone and accidently cut their chicken and brie sandwich into squares...

when having a quick shower means your gonna jump in get your head wet then jump out before the house descends into chaos...

When you want something that your other half has and you say TAA (you know the voice)...

When you utter sentences you never thought were possible like "please don't stick the electical cord down your undies..."

[TripleTime]

When you call your bestfriend from highschool and she's so excited to talk to you but the reason you haven't called is dreading this question : 'what have you been up to?'


Because you cannot think of a single thing you've done .... Errrrm..... 2 years.... That would vaguely interest a 22 year old party girl who chatters inanely about bands, raves and occasionally says 'i can't believe you gavent heard of 'like-I-remember-anyway'

I did call her today and when she asked that question I proudly announced 'i bought a new pram today!'

The crickets cheeped in the background....


:laughing::laughing:

BWAHAHAHAHA

I found that rather amusing.

[robsgirl]

When your child is sick and all they want is mum.

Or when you are up at 2am with one kids just get back to sleep and the other one wakes up.

When you can't have a bath by yourself anymore without being interupted.

or you are eating something really yummy going to eat the last piece when a little voice says can i have some of that too.

[Entropy]

When you utter sentences you never thought were possible like "please don't stick the electical cord down your undies..."

That made me LOL.

I had one of those moments tonight actually. I went to the shops BY MYSELF for the first time.... well - in a reaaallly long time... and I felt a bit lonely. I needed a pram or at least a hand to hold!

[Areca]

When you get ten minutes in to your gym class, look down and realise it's on inside out...contemplate running out to the changeroom to change it and thinking 'f it. I'm only getting an hour of me time, I'm not wasting two minutes of it putting my shirt on the right way' and leave it as is.

[mumma2ajem]

when your at the shops and you hear a cry or the work mum and you automaticcly turn around to the direction it came from even if you are kid free and so does every other mum in the shop :D

this always makes me laugh

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when you go to the toilet and can see wee lil fingers under the door is another one

[DummyMummy]

For me it was the first time I picked ds's nose! only a mother could do that and not b grossed out

[Beck13]

For me it was the first time I picked ds's nose! only a mother could do that and not b grossed out

he he! or lick your hand like nanna used to and pat down that flyaway hair

when u duck down the shops and realise the shirt ur wearing has baby spew and toddler snot on it and a lovely wet patch from a leaking boob! - happened to me the other day - didnt even have bub with me to cover leaking boob

[sarsjovi]

When i started wiping my DS saliva off his face with my hand and then wiping it onto my own clothes.

Everytime you change a nappy you feel the need to closely examine/inspect the poo!

When my DH and i were sooooo eager to get out and have a night alone. We got DS babysat and went out for a nice meal. Then we spent the entire night at the restaurant talking about DS!!

[Savingfishfromdrowning]

When someone tells you "your baby spewed on you" and your first thought is "...so?"

[jaq]

When you make yourself a crumpet, and are so looking forward to the butter and the honey and ... "mummy, you made us crumpets! Yummy!"

And you look and its the LAST TWO in the house and .... of course you give it to the kids.

(Martyrdom's reward? Five minutes of PEACE!)

[Leisa21]

When you answer the door with your boob hanging out your maternity bra :laughing:

[shockinamillion]

You find yourself rocking a random object that is NOT one of your children. I have rocked a bag of potatoes and my cat, not sure if he counts though, is my first baby!

[delirium]

When you bathe at 9pm at night just to be able to stand under the shower alone without kids banging on the door or undressing themselves and getting in.

When you automatically wee with the door open bc having them in the toilet with you is easier that listening to the MUM MUM MUM on the other side.

When the words soon, later and stop hitting your sister become the most used words in your vocab :p

When getting bread and milk is the highlight of the day bc it means 20 mins of peace.


when your at the shops and you hear a cry or the work mum and you automaticcly turn around to the direction it came from even if you are kid free and so does every other mum in the shop :D


Yep I do that too. Especially when I hear a little boy screech MUMMA, I always look around until I remember OMG I'm on my own :laughing:

[kwc]

I am sitting here in tears of laughter at what people have wrote :yelclap:

[Pinkzy]

When you talk to your husband in a mummy tone without even realising you're doing it....

Eg: He walks in at 6pm after a hard day's work, and in my baby-talk-voice I say without thinking: "did somebody have a good day today?"...:doh:

[Boobycino]

Haha pinkvanillaz I've done this to randoms.

Or saying 'taa' to your partner.

[ICanDream]

I just wanted to say thank you, I have had a rotten day and this has given me the best laugh - so many true things that just are too funny.

[Boobycino]

You find yourself rocking a random object that is NOT one of your children. I have rocked a bag of potatoes and my cat, not sure if he counts though, is my first baby!

When shopping alone I rock the shopping trolley ;)

[dillydAlly]

When you no longer have to set an alarm to get up....... because I can rely on DD to wake me up every morning anyway :D

When you have a sore throat, headache and runny nose and you take your child to the doctor for the same thing.... You child gets Anti biotics and you didn't even mention your own illness (despite blowing your nose 17 times)

[MyCheekyMonkey]

When you refer to yourself as 'mummy' when you're nowhere near your children!

"can you please pass that to mummy - uh - I mean, me"

[Leisa21]

When you refer to yourself as 'mummy' when you're nowhere near your children!

"can you please pass that to mummy - uh - I mean, me"Haha yes or when you feel strange when someone calls you by your first name :laughing:

[WorkingClassMum]

When you go to get something out of your hand bag and you pull out a dummy, a matchbox car, a mylittlepony with a paperclip stuck to its magnetic foot, a used tissue and a piece of dried fruit (well you hope it's dried fruit)

You no longer think twice about vacuuming up lego or a polly pocket shoe

Odd socks are enduring

When toast is served up on a Thomas the Tank Engine plastic plate, and you drink OJ from a McDonalds changing color cup

[finallyready]

So glad I started this thread. I've had such a great laugh (along with nodding my head in agreement!).


When you are trying to meditate in your weekly yoga class and get a wiff of the chuck that you didn't know was on your shoulder...

Keep em coming ladies! We all need a good laugh to keep things in perspective!

[Boobycino]

When you refer to yourself as 'mummy' when you're nowhere near your children!

"can you please pass that to mummy - uh - I mean, me"


Hahaha yea

[Sadaussiemum]

when personal things are constantly announced to the world in a very big voice "mum I farted!!!" "mum I got to wee" "hahaha u farted really tiny". when snot doesn't bother u. when u tell ur loud friends to use there inside voice.

[Hollywood]

......you love time to yourself more than you ever thought you could. I seriously took 'me time' for granted before I had a child.

[Jemima J]

I havent read all the other answers yet..........On the rare occasion i didnt have DS at the shops id rock the trolley like i had a baby in it....and i knew i was a mum when i caught his vomit in my hand without flinching lol..............

Or when your alone with hubby in the car and say oh look at the horsies! (um dear they are called horses)

I returned a toy only today and told the lady the fishies didnt work properly :laughing:

[Hollywood]

.....you are at work on a Saturday, see scissors on a desk and think "ooh, should put those out of reach". Not a child in sight :no:

[Hollywood]

.....you're alone in the car, and get excited when the boom gates go down on a railway track, and *almost* say "ooh, train!"....but quickly realise that your child isn't actually in the car :o

[sarsjovi]

When you finally decide to go shopping to buy yourself a decent pair of jeans, but instead you end up coming home with half a dozen new outfits for bubs and nothing for yourself!

[lizzieiscontented]

...you catch yourself swaying while having a conversation with another adult.

...you look forward to the evening when you have a bit of time to yourself but you don't know what to do with yourself!

...you can sing all the songs on play school, the wiggles, sesame street.............

...washing becomes the bane of your existence and you don't care how much food you are wearing on your clothes and in your hair

and lastly for me,

...you can't recall your life before your little one(s) came along and can't imagine life without them!

[JetGirl]

...you get poo on your jammies in the middle of the night and you just go back to bed in them!!! (baby poo not your own poo!!)

[Blue&Pink]

Everything you all said!

Especially when conversations are about poop, spew is the fragrance of the season, and you can't remember the last time you shaved your arm pits and when kid-free you find yourself subconsciously rocking the trolley, or in my case sometimes just standing there rocking!

Totally me! :laughing:

[finallyready]

...when you're not so worried about breaking a nail, but the fact that it's your best booger picking one that really upsets you...

[hakuna matata]

When your excited to exercise as it means you get that little bit if time away from them!

Or when 7 is considered a sleep in! When did that happen!?

[Raising Leprechauns]

You understand that the term "sleeping like a baby" is a BIG FAT LIE!!! :sleeping:

[weazel]

You understand that the term "sleeping like a baby" is a BIG FAT LIE!!! :sleeping:
:iagree:Who came up with this saying?????

[*Chels*]

.....you're alone in the car, and get excited when the boom gates go down on a railway track, and *almost* say "ooh, train!"....but quickly realise that your child isn't actually in the car :o
:laughing: I do this aaalll the time.I almost turn to DH and say "wow,look a truck!!"

I also really enjoy picking the kids boogers,cleaning out earwax and cutting nails:o
I also lick my fingers,then clean the kids face:laughing:

[ElizaDoLittle]

When poop under your fingernails illicits the response .... "meh" instead of horror!

[Piffle]

You find yourself rocking a random object that is NOT one of your children. I have rocked a bag of potatoes and my cat, not sure if he counts though, is my first baby!

:iagree:

:laughing::laughing::laughing:

My handbag gets rocked all the time. :o

[Hollywood]

When your excited to exercise as it means you get that little bit if time away from them!

Or when 7 is considered a sleep in! When did that happen!?

...and if you sleep until 8 or 8:30, it feels like the middle of the friggen day! :laughing:

[Hollywood]

...when you're not so worried about breaking a nail, but the fact that it's your best booger picking one that really upsets you...

:laughing: :D

[iMischa]

When ur kids are in bed and u realise you are still watching the cartoon channel an hour later...

[delirium]

haha misch. Same here. The kids are in bed and the cartoon network is still going :laughing:

[kasielee]

When your baby girl projectile vomits while you are breastfeeding and it all goes down the back of your underwear!!!!! Gross I know.. and of course you have to change and settle her before you can change yourself!

Also when you get vomited on when you are out and it lands square in your lap and you walk around looking like you have wet yourself because you didn't bring a change of clothes!

[Izy]

when half way through a work meeting (6 hrs after you drop your child off at daycare) suddenly think 'OMG I haven't changed his nappy in ages'

When as soon as you hear a baby crying you start singing regardless of who's child it is :o

[Mrs Molly Coddle]

When you hit your head searching for somthing in the back of the cupboard and tell DS (who is sound asleep in the other room) that it's not nice to hit Mummy.

[Shananaaah]

When ur kids are in bed and u realise you are still watching the cartoon channel an hour later...

Or the Wiggles/Justine CD is playing in the car and you've dropped the kids off already - yet you're STILL heartily singing away to it. I do this frequently!

[tinkerbell87]

When you go through loads and loads of washing for one 6 weeks old boy and realize he's also managed to wee on you twice In one week. When your realize you've been to the doctors and called health direct, aba and poisens info multiple times in a week. That your new favorite saying is coming sweet heart won't be a minute. That you haven't been able to shave or wash your hair in near a week and make up seems to be in the past. That all you seem to talk and think about is the little one lol.

[MissWinter]

When you love this little creature more than you thought you were ever capable of loving anything...

When you don't think twice about being spewed on, and are glad for it, cause it means she's feeling better...

When you're so glad to see her stay in bed cause it means she's getting sleep, but you also hate it cause it means you don't get baby cuddles until she wakes up...

When your heart breaks every time you hear her cry, even if you know you're working on the solution to the crying...

When you know you'd do absolutely anything to keep her safe, healthy and happy...

When you sit there and watch her sleep just to watch her cute sleepy expressions...

When you could cry tears of happiness just by thinking about her...

Hehe, when you're out to lunch and your sister points out that you're rocking from side to side :D

[MissWinter]

Oh, and when you experience a new capacity of grief for the poor mum's and dad's who have lost children, or have missing children :(

[Hollywood]

Oh, and when you experience a new capacity of grief for the poor mum's and dad's who have lost children, or have missing children :(

:iagree: It feels so different now when I hear about children hurt/missing/etc, can't help putting yourself in the parents' shoes and imagining how horrible if it were your own. Even grown up children, I imagine how it would feel if DS was older and in that situation.

[finallyready]

:iagree: with PP. I am so much more emotional now when I hear stories about kids...

And for another funny one...


... when all of a sudden cellulite is cute (as long as it's on a baby's bum and not your own)

[CluckySC]

Thank you for this thread, I cried with laughter while reading it on my phone (BFing DS to sleep).

Some of my moments -

When i went to get my first decent maternity bra after having DS, was at the shops by myself feeling very normal, then I took off my bra to try on the new one and momentarily thought of DS - had a massive let down and showered the mirror with milk. Delightful!

The first time DS had a vomiting bug which came on suddenly and I found myself saying "it's ok baby just throw up into mummy's hand." :rolleyes:

The first time I walked around target breastfeeding so I could get a moment at the shops without screaming.

When I find myself uttering things like "No darling you can't dig your willy with your metal backhoe. Well because it would hurt. No it's not the same as a big pile of mud." or "honey please don't spit all on the cashews before you put them in mummy's mouth." ('I'm softening them for you mummy')

When I call DF "Daddy" after DS has gone to bed, and not in a sexy sense either :laughing:

When I would trade any amount of money, or even a kidney, for a full nights sleep (DS just started sleeping through occasionally in the past two months... age 2 years 2 months :p )

When I have unbogged a minature digger out of the playdough mud around 237 times in the period of a few hours.

And when I'm shopping with DS in the trolley, making car noises or singing and dancing to amuse him and people stare at me.... and I just think "what??"

And when I realise one day he will grow up... and all this is gold :D

[lovemythreechildren]

When you tell your children that they cant drink your Coke because its yukky beer, and then you go out to a restaurant and let them have coke and my DS announces to the whole restaurant ''GUESS WHAT MUM IM DRINKING BEER'' I almost died in my chair :laughing::laughing:

[finallyready]

... when you worry because they wake frequently during the night, but worry more when they don't wake...

cluckySC - :laughing: I had the same thing happen but I had to buy the bra I was trying on because of the let down (and I dripped on their carpet!) :o

[DaughteroftheForest]

When you start rocking the shopping trolley on a rare kid free day out thinking it's the pram.

:laughing: I do this all the time!

My first big 'Mummy' moment was when I realised I care more about what my son thought of me than anyone else. After I had my daughter I was kinda self conscious about my strecthmarks (but way more 'eh, it's what happens' than after I had DS) and Ds came up to me while I was lying down feeding DD and rubs my tummy and exclaims with delight 'Wow Mum, your tummy's so soft!' :goodvibes:

[Blue&Pink]

When you tell your children that they cant drink your Coke because its yukky beer, and then you go out to a restaurant and let them have coke and my DS announces to the whole restaurant ''GUESS WHAT MUM IM DRINKING BEER'' I almost died in my chair :laughing::laughing:

:laughing::laughing: I can do better, try being in the office of your local child protection agency, surrounded by three child protection workers who are in the process of assessing you, and having your DS turn to one and proudly announce "Mum takes me to the pub every Wednesday!"

:banghead: Lucky they had a sense of humour and I was easily able to explain that we have lunch every Wednesday at the local with my Dad & Grandparents! :laughing: