You know you are a mum when.......

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You find yourself double knotting your thongs that tie up at the side.

Your handbag is the size of a small suitcase, with supplies of everything to last 6 months in the event of a nuclear war.

The bottom of your handbag is a lovely mix of biscuit crumbs and raisins!

when you go "ooh look, a plane!" and point to the sky - but you're actually on your own...!

When you don't mind that you're covered in chocolate/sticky finger marks and you put on the children's tapes in the car - and they're not in there .

Ooo, Dot1, that's so true! I once surprised my driving instructor by shouting "Look, a train!" (no children there, needless to say)

You find yourself cutting all food into small pieces before serving, even your own.

You sit looking at websites such as this when you really should be working!

You hear the word 'party' and think of under-fives rather than booze.

when your idea of an ideal evening is to be in bed by 9 pm!

You feel,as though you've done a fulls day work and its only 10am.

The inside of your car should be the subject for "how clean is your house".

When you are out on your own and you're constantly wondering "what have i forgotten".

When you're out shopping on your own and walking up stairs and going up escalators feels liberating. If anyone has ever had to wait for a free lift in Bentalls (kingston) will understand!

you stand at the end of the garden for a smoke

hot curries are replaced by hearty casseroles

you dont close the toilet door (even in public)

you are woken in the morning by a small voice in your ear saying "I've done a poo in my nappy mummy"

you are woken by your partner attempting a spot of dalliance and you are appalled someone could encroach on your last sweet 30 minutes of sleep

You feel like you've done ten rounds with an octopus and all you've done is change a nappy.

you rock from side to side in public without realising that you aren't actually holding the baby

oh, and you use the same endearments/baby language to completely strange children that you do to your own

You shout 'Oh look, a plane' and you're in the car with your boss going to a business meeting.
You look forward to watching 'Sabrina the teenage witch' (well, its better than teletubbies)
You secretly listen to the end of the secret 7 tape in the car, even though you dropped the kids off 10 minutes ago & know you will have to rewind it.
You stick your head in the cupboard to eat the choccie biscuits because its just before tea and you don't want to get spotted (actually, that was dh)
You have absolute hysterics when dd2 comes in just as dh is getting amorous and demands daddy takes her to the loo

When you say "bye-bye" to people in a sing song voice, even when you're on your own.

LOL Mammya, do that every time!

You see that programme 'Location, Location, Location' is on C4 and honestly think it says 'Lactation, Lactation, Lactation'.

Yup, done most of these. I NEVER know what day it is.

.........................still having a good laugh..................................................................

Thanks to you all for these - how true they are!!

You know your a mum when,

1. your purse is empty when giving dinner money out....
2. the house is quiet when they have gone to school...
3. you find the neatly ironed clothes in a pile on the floor (kids lookng for socks)...
4. you can't find your hairbrush its in your daughters room...
5. you look in the cupboard for a cup and find them all in the kids rooms...
6. you start to watch a video and watch for ten mins before realizing its one you bought them for their birthday...
7. the washing machine's never off...
8. the car is now a taxi dropping children off and picking them up again...
9. you find yourself holding someone elses baby and calling it your child's name...
10. you can't get rid of your pregnant tummy even though your children are at secondary school....

you actively go and find the bit of the pavement that dips gently to meet the road before you cross... even though you're not pushing the pushchair...