Must be mother-brain syndrome

[LiamsMum]

Just thought someone might find this amusing... I came home late this afternoon, after having taken ds to his grandparents' place for a few hours. I don't know why, but his behaviour seems to take a turn for the worst when we go over there (!!!), and when I finally got home I hurried to get dinner on. The phone also rang a couple of times while I was cooking and ds was weaving in and out of my legs in the kitchen. Anyway I was making hungarian goulash so I proceeded to put the meat, sauce etc etc in the saucepan, then added a couple of tablespoons of paprika. When I put the paprika back in the cupboard, I happened to notice the label on the bottle, which said - can you believe it - GROUND CHILLI. Two tablespoons of it. Even after I strained the whole lot through a colander (sp?), it still had a real bite to it...

LiamsMum
I can really relate to this. I've put washing powder in the dishwasher and a cake to cook in the washing machine before now.

My ones the fridge! I've put my keys, the remote control and the phone in there before! And I wasn't pg with the last two!!

When dd was just a few weeks old, dh was looking all over for the milk. He kept asking me what I'd done with it, and I was getting upset because I'd put it away! He was confused because he'd found a box of cereal in the refrigerator. Finally it dawned on him to look in the cupboard and there was the milk! Mommy had put them away in reverse order.

I also once searched my house high and low for my car keys only to give up and use my spare. I later found the keys in the freezer.

My friends still tease me about this story. When I was pg, my vision got very bad. One day I was sitting here at the computer and noticed out of the corner of my eye that my black cat was on the kitchen counter again. We had been trying so hard to break her of this habit, and she was being such a pill about it. I happened to have the spray-bottle on the table next to me so I grabbed it and gave her a good spritzing. Would you believe she ignored me! I sprayed some more. No reaction! Now I'm getting mad. I got up and walked over, spraying energetically the whole way. When i got to the counter I found not an angry cat but an extremely wet black leather purse.

I don't often put things in strange places - my problem is setting off upstairs or into another room to fetch something and forgetting what it was before I get halfway there.

i nearly posted me purse today! had the letter in the other hand was a very near miss
and i have no excuse as my kids are all way older.

Lol Corbin love the handbag story.

Not having a good night. I was standing talking to DH in the kitchen while loading the dishwasher I went to put the tablet in, opened the packet, chucked the tablet in the bin and proceeded to try and put the empty paper in the dishwasher before I noticed. I was then on the phone shortly afterwards making an arrangement to meet my mum and before I came off the phone I said to her "OK I'll see you tomorrow between half past twelve and quarter to eleven then". I don't think I should go out tomorrow let alone drive!

Did you know a big study has just found that having children makes women cleverer (actually all females). It has profound effects on the brain, making women more intelligent and efficient. And the effect increases with children, so women with two are made cleverer than women with one. Saw it on the bbc website so it must be true. So all power to the mother-brain!

aloha, when you say "a big study has just found that having children makes women cleverer (actually all females)" is this another example of just how clever having children makes female women? Or did you mean that female children make women clevererer than male children?

(I have 4 so am obviously cleverererer.)

I mean all females - as in rats & mice, and wildebeest presumably. Mice who had spawned could find their way round mazes more easily etc. Not just female humans. The researcher started studying this after noticing how much more efficient etc his wife was after having their first child!

Ah - I get it now - thank you, aloha - shall slink off quietly and put paper bag over head! (I am very surprised though, I have always felt as if having children removed 50% of available brain cells each time!)

Is it more clever, or just that we are more able to multi-task than before?

Much more efficient!!! After last night's little episode I got up this morning at least expecting a dishwasher full of clean dishes ready to be emptied and discovered that I hadn't switched the machine on!!!

Corbin, that's not just a mummy story. A few years ago, my bf was having a Mexican themed dinner. We carefully prepared all the food, including all the makings for a lemon meringue pie which apparantly is very popular in Mexico, then went off to indulge in marguritas and chat. Later that evening the pie was assembled and really wasn't up to her usual standard, too sweet. An hour or so later bf located the magurita she had misplaced earlier that evening, took a great swig and realised it was pure lemon juice. The missing magurita had gone in the pie.

I can't believe I'm posting on this thread again! It is now time to call the little men in the white coats in the yellow van to take me away!!!!

This morning, being woken nice and early by DS2 (4.30am) you would think I had plenty of time to get it right. I was quite pleased with myself remembering DS1's gym shoes for playgroup and got myself ready for my aerobics class. Threw on my trainers (for the class no other ones with me) and ran out the door. We were even going to be on time this morning. When I arrived at the playgroup someone said to me "have you had a look at your shoes?" and I thought strange and I looked down to see one grey trainer and one black one!