We All Have It, But Do We Admit It?

Yes, I have mommy brain. So many of us have it, but do we admit it.  Some of us admit it and harness the mommy brain as an ‘excuse’ for our daily oops. Here are just a couple of ‘oops’ that stand out in my memory.

I had a speeding ticket trial.  I was going to plead not guilty.  I had
all of the paperwork in my car for weeks so that I wouldn’t forget to bring
anything with me when it came time to go.  I even had saved some work to do
“off-line” so that I could be productive while waiting my turn at the court
house.  The courthouse was near my son’s preschool, so I planned to drop him
off, then go to court, then be done in time to pick him up.  Well, I dropped
him off at school, went home did a bunch of work, left to go pick him up
from school and realized “OH MY GOD I FORGOT ABOUT MY TRIAL”  I almost died!
How does one forget about a speeding ticket trial!!  And what do I tell the
judge??  That I have “new mommy brain” – because that is really what it is.
My follow-up trial is coming up this month – let’s hope I remember to go!!

So that’s a huge oops of my mommy brain. It just didn’t hit me this one time though, it also happened to me at work regularly and I even had a email system in place to help prevent it as well.

When I was at work after my son was born, I would have to send myself
emails so that I would remember conversations that I had with people.  One
time I was in a meeting and they were discussing something that I was
supposed to have given feedback on.  I raised my hand and said “I don’t
think I have seen this yet.  Can you send it to me to review so that I can
give you my feedback?”  And they said “Judy, you already sent us your
feedback”.  I LITERALLY had NO RECOLLECTION of ever seeing the items! It was
pretty scary!  And it really made me second guess myself at work because I
was never sure if I had done something or seen something without first
checking my email history.

So there you have it! Two of the most recalling mommy brain stories that I have.  So if you shared these stories or the fact that you have mommy brain with friends, co-workers, etc what would they tell you?  I’m sure if you are like me you have heard more than one time that you just need to “deal with it”.  So how do you “deal” with mommy brain. Well, you could set up a email memory like I did for myself at work or you can check out The Mommy Brain by Katherine Elllison.  Katherine lets us know how as mothers we are actually smarter and our mommy brain is a good thing.

So tell me, what is your favorite “mommy brain” story?