Things we do - forgetting we do not have our children with us!

[ACL]

Today I waited for the green man to appear despite a clear road, and lots of people crossed the road whilst I stayed awaiting the green man's appearance!

I have also taken a lift when I could have used an escalator!

And yes I have been heard to say "wheee!" when pushing a supermarket trolley but without my child!

It is amazing what you can carry on doing without children, forgetting the protocol of adult life!

I have been known to rock an empty supermarket trolley to and fro.

I once waited in line at the butchers counter, shoogling my trolley and shoooshing my shopping.

I do that too PM, and I rock back and forth without dd in my arms, I must look like a loon.

I pointed out a fire engine to my DH.

Or when you say something like 'ooh an ambulance' or 'ooh a horsey' and you are in the company of adults only. Yep, done both those.

These are funny!

I've talked to an empty car seat and asked it "are you OK sweetheart?" .

I rock to and fro even without ds in my arms. Once at the checkout in the supermarket the lady told me the total and I said "Just let mummy look for the money" or words to that effect. Luckily dd was with me so I pretended I'd said it to her even though I was looking directly at the checkout lady when I said it.

Go to move cutlery/glasses etc out of arms reach in a restaurant and realise that you've gone out for dinner with adults, no children .

Drive at least 5 miles down the road listening to there Cbeebies cd!!

Bad enough but singing along!!!!!!!

I was never particularly maternal. Had my own dd, and now i can see why people have/like children. So it always amazes me when i go all 'ahh' over other peoples children, when i am out shopping , ie in a lift, snd there is a baby in pushchair.

I know it's not exactly something like you were talking about in your op, but it's soemthing I DO, when i don't have my dd with me, and then i miss her!!! Then i feel i am being thought of as weird, then have to go on to say 'oh i've got a dd...'

honestly it's like i have never seen a baby before. It's also exactly how my mother gets when she sees a baby. I used to think yrs ago 'why?' as she was never particulary maternal to us in that cuddly baby way!!!

got out of car, went round car, opened rear door, reached in for dd, realised she wasn't with me, pretended i was after something else
called dp daddy when dd not with us.

I do the rocking from side to side when I don't have DD with me, too. And if I happen to be driving without DCs in the car I always think "they're very quiet... wonder if they're asleep?" at some point before I remember.

Was out with my sister the other day who has no children of her own and my trio of little ones and was handing out drinks. After enquirying if my sister wanted a drink I proceeded to open the bottle for her and remove the lid. I did it so fast and routinely it was a few seconds before the embarrassment factor steped in for me. Mental note to myself - I need more adult company !

I remember stopping to watch a digger when not with DSs, and only realising after about half a minute that diggers weren't actually interesting to me.

threadworm thats v funny!!

Ran maddly accross a shop screaming I had lost my baby (in the pram), while she was safely at home with DH. Threadworm, I did that with Bin lorry, the binman kept on smiling at me and I could not understand why...

sod protocol!!!
i will lean on the trolley and push my feet off the ground to make the trolley wheel itself down the aisle!!!

Dont think theres any of these I dont do...

Must be parent thing turns your brain to mush I tells you!

[blsuh] i used to do the trolley dash before i was parent!!!

I have been out for supper, taken my husbands plate, cut his food up and returned it to him all before he had time to comment on more than one occasion

I followed the wiggly snake painted on the playgroung on the WAY to collect DS3.

onthewarpath- I can't stop laughing at that!

I too have done all these things- mostly waggling and shushing my shopping trolly and calling myself mummy to any and everyone. I also say 'You sleeping cheeky boy?' to my empty car seat.

Long ago at work, a senior male colleague turned to me and said "I'm just going for a poo". He was immediately mortified and I was bemused as I didn't know until later that he was potty training a toddler at home. I recently saw him at a conference and got the giggles, which of course I couldn't explain.

I suddenly realised the other day that I was cutting off the crusts for my own sandwiches.