You know you're a parent when.... part whatever

[Posey]

...a gorgeous young chap is walking towards you when he stumbles slightly and you instinctively say "WHOOPSIE!!!"

Oh how embarrassed I was {blush]

...the couple next door leave the house in a vaguely noisy fashion and you turn over in bed grumbling 'typical, no concern for others' etc etc. You then look at the clock and it is only 8:30 pm You have been in bed for an hour!!!!!!! (I went back to work this week!)

you sit on the bus, on your own, looking out the window and you say aloud: "ohhh look at the pretty moocows!!"

(friend of my MIL did this)

When husband belched once, I ran at him with a muslin to clear up the projectile vomit !!
DS1 was sick so much I developed an instinct to think people were about to vomit if they burped !

You always have a sachet of tomato sauce in you handbag

< don't ask me why ! >

You get the urge to tie complete strangers shoe laces up for them.

You turn up to work with nothing useful in your bag, but a pack of raisins, some used wet wipes and a pack of crayons

Whenever salesmen ring they apologise saying i sound very busy and they'll call back later

You start to search in all cars in the parent and child spaces, looking for evidence of children.

You find yourself saying 'mummies just going for a wee wee' Even when the kids aren't there

'You start to search in all cars in the parent and child spaces, looking for evidence of children'

Oh my god yes!!!!!!

you are so used to having children in the car with you when you go out - that the first time you go out without them.... you almost crash the car - you look over your shoulder to check the blind spot whilst changing lanes and panic for a moment when the car seats are empty....... trying madly to remember where your children are... then you do - they are at home with dh...

If you go out without the children you feel light handed and just not right and then remember its because your normally clamped to another little hand.

Begin saying 'ta ta' and doing a funny hand wave to adults!!

Poo doesnt seem to have the same urggg factor it did before you had children.

LOL at this lot.
And poo of course...
...you don't care that ds pooed on your bedroom floor, just pleased he managed to go after 5 days constipation and is feeling so much better!

Lilaclotus - LOL - I was going to write: when you are going to a wedding reception on a farm and you are asked what sort of farm it is and you reply 'a moo cow farm'..... that was only yesterday for me !!

Yes Magnolia yes!!!!!

That is mine and dw favourite pastime

Another one is putting you hand out in front of another adult when going to cross the road

You sit with CBeebies on whilst Mumsnetting!

at all these.

I was remember being on a bus before I had kids, and it was full of old ladies as it ws the "shoppers'" bus from our village up to town. At one point we were beside a railway, and a train whizzed past. I swear the everyone on the bus said "Oooooh! A train!" and pointed...once a mum, always a mum

Posey, imagine what its like if you are a 40yr old biker and one of your mates slides off into the kitty litter (gravel) on a track day and you say it very loudly in the company of other similarly masculine bikers in the pit lane.

Oh the shame
funnily enough trying to explain makes it worse

going to town shopping for clothes for yourself, by yourself, then panicking because you can't remeber where you left the buggy with your child in it! (running in and out of two shops and then realising that he is at home)

and also clothes shopping for yourself, but coming home with more clothes for the kids because they are much nicer and you get so much more for your money (at least thats how you justify it to dh who is fed up at seeing you in the same old jeans and t-shirts for the last 3 years!)