I have been pregnant or nursing since September of 2004 and will be continuing to be doing one or the other into the year 2009. That is about 5 years of continuous hormone changes. This is bad news for my dear husband, Daniel, who has to put up with the mood swings (not to mention the constant whining about the discomforts of pregnancy). Something that he seems to harp about quite a bit is how I can never remember the things he tells me. I always tell him that he had better write it down because I don't ever remember.
I was very excited when I heard on NBC yesterday that I am not alone and that "momnesia" is actually a real thing! I always forget simple tasks that Dan asks me to do or what I am actually going to the grocery store for. Or the many times that I have forgotten to pack a sippy cup or diapers for that matter. This has caused me to feel really crazy at times.
In fact, I think it has caused me to have a bit of paranoia. Maybe you other moms can relate, and if you can... let me know so I do not continue thinking I am crazy. For example, I find myself checking the back seat constantly when I go somewhere by myself because I am frantic that I have a child with me and I will forget them in the car, or checking the car in the garage during nap time just to make sure I didn't leave a child buckled up in their seat... they are always in their beds napping happily. Even simple things like checking the diaper bag half a dozen times before leaving the house or reminding Daniel about the same thing 400 times until he tells me to stop nagging him... It's all momnesia... it isn't nagging... just momnesia.
I have been lucky in that I have never left a child anywhere or lost a child so far. Ellie would never let me. She screams for me at the top of her lungs in public when I am not in her direct vision, she would never lose me!
Owen has survived the momnesia so far. He is such a self-entertained kid that I do make sure to spend extra quality time with him. So far, the momnesia has not made it difficult to remember to do that! Though I think he has learned from his sister that a bit of whining really does get you some good attention so he has been trying that one out for a little while now. So, there you go. If I forget a birthday, anniversary, date, meeting, email reply, favor, or even a child... it isn't my fault... it is the momnesia.
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I totally have momnesia. Jon was teasing me about all the notecards with notes/lists written on them that he finds laying around the house. I told him that I HAVE to write things down so that I don't forget and a note card is harder to lose than a random scrap of paper. I used to be an actual functioning person that could remember lists of things to do at work. Now, I would be going through packages of post its every week.
Oh how I hate having momnesia.
I have momnesia too! I have never felt more forgetful about things in my life! I mostly forget things Corey tells me esp stuff he might need at the store. It stinks to be forgetful but probably thing I lose or forget the most is where I put my keys or sunglasses. I have to say I wish it never happened to moms.
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