Of all the stupid things to do...

[musica]

I just thought I'd share this with you - last night, I got up in the middle of the night to toddle through to the bathroom, and fell asleep in the bathroom. I have a tendency to sleepwalk, so this would not normally cause too much of a problem - I would just wander back to bed. But dh was up, and he said he watched in amazement as I calmly walked smack into the wall, whacking my head off it! I woke up at that point with a real pain in my head! And I have a good bruise this morning. Anyone else done anything stupid?

[ames]

Being pregnant is giving me a terminal case of stupidity! In the last couple of days I've left the tap running, with the plug in the sink causing a nice puddle in the kitchen, went out with my slippers on, have taken to keeping the foil in the fridge, left my teabag in the cup and nearly choked on it, I also took dd out to the car without her carseat and pondered how to strap her into the base for quite some time before it clicked what I was missing.... the list goes on and on. And to think that I'll soon be reponsible for 2 children. Hopefully sanity will return soon - not holding my breath though!

[Ghosty]

When I was a teacher, a mum turned up at school at the beginning of the day having forgotten to put her son in the car - he was still at home watching the telly!

[IDismyname]

Musica
I walked straight into a wall at about 3 am this morning, too!!. Had decamped into spare room to escape dh's snoring, and decided to go to the loo. Except was heading in wrong direction.
And, no, I'm not pg - I have a 4 yr old!!

[SofiaAmes]

ghosty, i laughed so hard at your post my dh has just come upstairs to see why!
I am currently suffering from pregnancy brain...but it mostly consists of tedious things like asking my work colleagues the same question 2 or 3 times before remembering the answer. And forgetting what day it is.

[WideWebWitch]

Me too Ghosty. Can imagine doing it myself

[SueDonim]

My grown son gave himself concussion when he hit his head on a low doorway in Waterstones that had a large sign saying "PLEASE MIND YOUR HEAD"!!

[bossykate]

i recently turned up a week early to meet friends for dinner! luckily it was at a restaurant and not at their house! doh! and i'm not even pregnant!

[Clarinet60]

Last night I went to the cupboard to take out my vitamin pill. I took a mouthful of water intending to pop the pill in afterwards, then spent a couple of seconds snipping into the foil wrapping of a bottle sterilizing tablet, thinking all was well. I put it in my mouth and luckily, realised something was wrong when it started fizzing. I rushed to the sink and spat it out, but was shaken up for a while as I had been on the verge of swallowing.
DS2 is 4 months old, so I can't blame pregnancy brain.

[Chinchilla]

Droile - yes you can blame pregnancy brain - my ds is nearly 14 months, and I'm still convinced that my sieve brain is a remnant of my pregnant days! That is what I am sticking to - It's nothing to do with me being an idiot!

[Joe1]

I firmly believe that you donate part of your brain to every child you have. Ask my dh he cant believe the change in me since having ds and Im getting worse now No2 imminent.

[Willow2]

I firmly believe that my brain was attached to the placenta as there's been no sign of it since March 2000.

[CAM]

Yes I gave half my brain to dd1 and the second half to dd2. So I'm now completely brainless.

[Fionn]

This is very embarassing, but you lot will understand...when my youngest was a few months old we were staying with friends in the US. While there I had my second period since stopping breastfeeding. I went to the loo to change my tampon, baby started crying, toddler wanted something, and I suddenly got confused and couldn't remember if I'd taken my tampon out. It seems daft now, but I couldn't face "checking" myself, far too squeamish. To cut a long story short, I went to A&E and waited for 3 hours (just like home!) before being examined, and of course it wasn't there. I felt so stupid! The doctor said it happens all the time. Having to fill in "nature of illness" on the form for my travel insurance was the worst bit!

[crystaltips]

asbf

[FrancesJ]

Ermmm, took driving test (second one) a couple of weeks ago, and promptly (within two minutes of the test starting) drove the wrong way down a one-way street. Am blaming pregnancy, as otherwise will not be able to show face in test centre ever again. Unless I go in disguise or something.

[anais]

Lol, I took my (1st) test about a month before giving birth. I did everything wrong and knew I'd failed within just a few minutes. It was hell. I will hopefully be taking another one within the next couple of months and I'm veeeeeery scared!

[SofiaAmes]

3 mo. into my first pregnancy I went for a job interview in an architectural office (i am an architect). I showed up without my resume AND without my portfolio (basically an architectural job interview consists of showing them your portfolio). It was't that I forgot them at home. It just hadn't even crossed my mind to bring them with me. It did't help that I had to run out in the middle of the interview to puke in the toilets. Needless to say I didn't get the job. I never did get my brain back after having my ds and this time around (i'm 37 weeks) I don't even try to remember things or sound intelligent.
Ks, I don't believe you didn't get pregnancy brain. We're going to have to have a word with your dh about this. Maybe you had it so badly you didn't even realize.

[Mopsy]

LOL Sobernow and Sofia

[joben]

Hate to alarm you but it doesnt get any better when you've had the kids! I smugly left the house at 10 am this morning, having made the evening meal and left it an oven proof dish on top of the oven. I returned 5 hours later to find that I had left the gas burner on which had cracked the dish spilling the contents which had put out the flame leaving gas escaping for 5 hours. I had to dive on top of my 3 year old to stop him turning the t.v on and shove him and my 2 year old in to the garden while I turned of the gas and got transco out to say we were safe! could have been nasty. The previous day I'd got home after a twenty minute walk in torrential rain with both ds to break my key in the front door. i had to take refuge at neighbours with two hungry tired boys for almost two hours and then pay locksmith £50 to get back in.Can't wait till tomorrow

[threeangels]

One of the most stupid things I done recently was turned my inside oven on and not noticing I had placed a large plastic mixing bowl on a burner. I went to pick it up and the whole bottom was melted into the burner. So now I cant get the melted bowl off and will have to buy a whole new burner plate. Their not too cheap either.

[threeangels]

Joben, what a rough couple of days youve had.

[badcat]

obviously joben you have just not got the hang of being organised.personally i keep my household running with military precision,also,having a nice clean house leads to an ordered mind avoiding these sort of mishaps.may i reccomend the "reckitts and colemans guide to perfect housekeeping" circa 1930, a real boon to every housewife.(i also hope you are who i think you are)