…you have 100 or more finger and toenails that you are responsible for clipping.
…you have the stretch marks and bladder control to show for your MLP (Many Long Pregnancies).
…there is sand in your bathtub.
…someone at the pool asks you if you run an in-home daycare, and you respond, “Yes, for my own children.”
…there is Play-Doh in your carpet.
…you can’t give anyone a ride anywhere because your car is full to the hilt with carseats.
…when your husband says, “I have a really sexy idea!” you secretly hope it has something to do with you sleeping in or him buying milk, because that sounds sexy to you.
…you may as well own stock in a diaper company.
…when talking about your children, you use fractions. “Well, half of them are sleeping,” or “Two fifths of them take swimming lessons,” because it’s simpler that way.
…there is a toddler on your kitchen table right now.
…when you do laundry, it’s about 8.2 seconds before there are enough size 2T pants and miniature underwear to already make another load.
…you can recognize the phrase, “Boy, you’ve sure got your hands full!” in twelve different languages.
…at will, you can still squirt milk out of your breasts, even though you haven’t nursed a baby in months. When you accidentally do it, you’re horrified. But you still think it’s kind of funny.
…you dream about Clifford the Big Red Dog.
…you don’t introduce your children to chocolate milk, because you know that once you do, making it is all you’d ever be asked to do.
…you lie awake at night thinking about how much peanut butter is left in the jar in the pantry.
…you own grubby sweatpants. And nice sweat pants. And maybe even church sweat pants.
…if you harvested all the dirt from under your children’s fingernails, you could plant a small garden.
…your fantasies include getting a permanent bladder catheter or at least a nice pack of Depends. For yourself.
…you’ve ever used a bunny rabbit hair tie in your own hair in a pinch.
…at the checkout at the grocery store, when stocking up for your family for the week, the clerk asks you, “You havin’ a party?” and you respond, “Yup, every day.”
…if you had a penny for the number of times you were asked “Are they all yours?” you could buy China. But you’d probably use the money instead to buy Desitin and baby shampoo.
…when you overhear another mother say to her child, “What, do you think I can just pull cheese out of my pocket?” you have to laugh. Because it’s funny. And because you’ve said something similar before.
…you commonly find small underwear, wet or dry, laying on the floor near the toilets of your home because someone didn’t want to go through the effort of putting it back on.
…your husband can get away with not mowing for longer than your neighbors can, because Many Small Feet trample the lawn down in your yard.
…your friends at church can’t remember which child of yours is which. And sometimes you can’t either.
…you’ve had to get over your dislike for worms, frogs, toads, mice, slugs, ants, snakes and beetles with claws.
…you’ve masted the art of pretending to be sleeping when you hear small footsteps coming into your room at 6 am.
…it’s not uncommon for you to look out your window and see at least two children of your streaking through the sprinklers in your backyard. When you thought they were reading library books in their rooms.
…you can’t hold all of your children in your arms at once, unless they are all piled on you on the couch, which happens on a nightly basis.
…when reading to your children at the library, other parents and children join you because they think it must be story time.
…you can touch your own nipples to your chin, or your bellybutton, whenever the mood strikes.
…you have so many babies, that when you hear one crying on the baby monitor, you don’t even know who it is until you go check.
…your oldest son embarrasses you by asking another mother, “So, you only have two children!?”
…your family goes through more than a gallon of milk a day. Sometimes two.
…you wish garbage pick-up day was twice a week.
…seeing nude youngsters on a wet trampoline doesn’t scare you at all.
…you are so accustomed to noise that when visiting a construction site, you wonder why everyone is wearing earplugs.
…there is more love in your heart than you could ever have imagined.
What about you? How else might you know that you’re a mother of MSC (Or One Small Child, or a Coupla’ Small Children)?
Do share!
Oh I laughed til I almost cried and I only have 2! It amazes me how so much of it I can relate to and how some of it I am thankful I have not encountered!
I feel like almost every time I have a conversation with someone about my children, bathroom issues come up. I find the need to apologize to those people who do not have children yet because they seem horrified. It is all in day’s work…sometimes in hourly work…. 
Thanks for keeping me laughing and smiling!
And for keeping it real! Really real!
paige
…when every shirt has a spit-up on it or a spit up stain
….if you are still wearing maternity clothes when you get pregnant again
Hey I am wearing maternity underwear right now and my baby is 2! It is just extra comfy.
HILARIOUS!! As a mom to 4 kids (all born within 4 years) I can answer yes to just about everyone..
As someone else mention.. ‘You think my hands are full, you should see my heart!”
AND…… you know you have many small children when the reason you must buy a bigger car is that ALL your car seats do not fit anymore with the ever expanding teenage shoulders……..
my husband & I both have eight seaters but with four car seats and two teens…. they just don’t fit anymore. Who would have thought……. bigger car due to shoulders!! that’ll teach me for having teens AND tots!!!!!!
I did a post like this a while back, I read it the other day & it still made me giggle. I laughed at your nipple one, sad, but so true. and the comment someone else made about taking two cars… “you have three & I have two and you have Noah?!” that’s SO us!! AND when you shop & the clerk asks about the Party…. every time!! If I had a dollar for each time that was said to me…. I could get a nanny!!!!!!!
I must add… you know you have a large family when…… you only ever buy things like laundry liquid & toilet paper in bulk. AND you never walk past such items when they are on special… even if you have some left at home. Those items will always be used……
And I too have laid awake wondering if there’s enough milk for all of us for breakfast, or how best to run my day…….. SO funny…. xx
you forgot one big important one. You might be the mother of msc if……..
1. You have mastered the importance of faking sleep even with your husband when you hear a non nursing child wake up crying at midnight forcing him to get up with them instead!
2. When someone tells you “you sure do have your hands full” (as if you didn’t know already) you reply “you should see my heart”
Let’s see…
Before leaving the park, you do a head count, but when you come up short it takes a minute to figure out who’s missing!
Haha!!!
Haven’t commented in awhile…just wanted to say hi and send love. I just sent some to Sami too…
Loved this post, totally cracked me up!
I finally bought a nice camera…a Canon…haven’t played with it much, need to soon. Brad was home for a few weeks earlier this month, we had a great time. 90 more days and he is home for good!
LOVE TO YOU ALL!
JILL
….a minor sneeze causes you to pee your pants!
You know someone else is a mother of MSC when they laugh knowingly at you as you try to remove a small piece of wool from your uncooperative 10-month-old’s mouth.
You know you’re a momma when your son throws up all over you in your bed, and you’re actually happy because your t-shirt is easier to clean up than the bed sheets!
Too funny!
I have a 5 and 6 1/2 year old, and constantly get the “Wow! You must be really busy” comments. I just look at whoever says it and respond with “I have 2 hands and 2 kids. I can add more stuff to the mix if I need to. I’m a mom – we multi-task.”
It’s not unheard of for me to type on the computer, carry on a conversation on the phone, kiss a kid, plan dinner, look at my calendar to see what’s coming up in the next week, and look at my watch to see what time it is.
Those are so good. I can relate with a lot of them.
http://mudpiesformommy.blogspot.com
You are the mother of a few small children when your white walls now have more colors than the rainbow on them, no higher than 2 1/2 feet from the ground of course.
If someone else’s child pukes on you in public, and you say, “Don’t worry about it. It happens all of the time,” and don’t even realize that sounds strange..
Hahahaaaa!!!!
Some of those are soooo funny, because they’re sooo true!
“when reading to your children at the library, other parents and children join you because they think it must be story time.” and if that’s actually happened, that’s hilarious! I would feel so awkward if another family sat down next to us and expected me to hold the book up for their children too, so everyone could see the pictures, hehe, I would do it, but it would be so awkward, LOL!
OK the library one was one of my favorites. That is HILARIOUS!!!! I can just see it in my head. TOO FUNNY!!!! The raising nipples to chin or belly button. HILARIOUS!!!!
You might be the mother of MSC if you have to go to work to get your homework done because there is no way you will be able to get any reading done at home.
I do that and I don’t have kids! Just cats.
Those were great! You had me laughing out loud about having enough money to buy China but spending it on desitin instead, haha!
Oh, and I only have 3 kids, but we DO have trash pick up twice a week. It’s heavenly!
I can honestly say that I can relate to just about every one of those statements. Thank for the laugh. I needed it today, as my MSC are driving me crazy.
*You are constantly counting your children to make sure they are all there.
*You are asked if you are trying to make your own basketball team.
*You hear “You do know what causes that right?” with the occassional “Don’t drink from the same fountain she does; it could be contagious.”
* I can totally relate to grabbing the wrong child’s hand. Been there, done that, several times over.
*You find yourself saying each child’s name while trying to give one heck and just end up saying “You! In the green! Get over here!”
*You have to color co-ordinate your calendar with different colored markers so you can keep track of who needs to be where and when.
This could’ve been written by me! I hate the great name mix up – makes my tirade so ineffective!
I can SOOO relate to that and I only have three!!
so…what if you can touch your nipple to your chin and you DON’T have any kids…what then??!!
haha… that’s what i was thinking… i’ve got ONE 4 month old & i’m already in that “club”
Oh, dear!!
Thanks for the chuckle!
haha, I do what I can!
I only have OSC (one small child) – but they things that come out of my mouth in public!
I have one for OSC.. you know you are the mother of OSC when you haven’t decided if you want to attempt your pre-pregnancy belly/weight or you if you should just wait!
p.s. she is almost 2 and I have decided what to do yet…
Funny post…. and I love Clifford the Big Red Dog.
You sound like you have Tourette’s when you talk on the phone.
“So, Sarah, do you and the kids want to meet up for–GET DOWN FROM THE FENCE RIGHT NOW–do you guys want to meet us at McDonald’s for–No, you may not have a 5th cup of apple juice–for lunch at 11:30 as soon as we–DO NOT PUSH YOUR BROTHER DOWN ON THE TILE, OR ANYWHERE FOR THAT MATTTER…”
Oh my gosh….this is totally me! That’s why I don’t always answer my phone and would prefer to text. A sentence could take me an hour! lol
Same here. I always give out my email address instead of my phone number. My kids are like a magnet the second my ear touches the phone. It’s like, “oh, mom’s on the phone talking, oh, well we should be talking too”. The second I am done on the phone, silence.
OK, that literally made me laugh out loud!
Oh my gosh. This totally had me busting up laughing. I have seen SO many mothers do that and I do that with my niece and nephews! This entire post was hilarious but I totally agree with this comment!
LOL!!!! This is how it is!!! I can’t get through a simple sentence.
Hahahaha! Oh, can I relate to this one!!
I just spit pretzel through my nose. That cracked me up! Thanks Rachel. And thanks MckMama for letting us know we aren’t alone!! And I only have 1, for now, he’s just a busy, inventive one. “No, you may not watch cartoons from on top of your play kitchen!”
I love this one! That is SO true! And don’t they start up all that stuff AS SOON as you get on the phone?! They could be happily playing or watching some appropriate educational show, and the MOMENT you are on the phone it is like the waterfall of MSC disasters!
http://walkaschildren.blogspot.com/
Aiya aiya! Exactly! People don’t understand why I rarely answer the phone, but it’s simply impossible to have a normal conversation. The phone rings, and everyone around here turns into a lunatic, yelling and fighting. The phone goes to voicemail, and they’re perfect angels again (heh.)
When I do talk to some of my friends, I hold the phone far from my ear, ready to yank it back when they start to holler at their misbehaving youngsters!
Love this comment, and the entire list. My four little ones keep me on my toes, certainly.Nice to know that others understand!!
I only have 2 small children, but i can relate:
…when i can bake, cook, clean & pay bills wearing the latest accessory “baby” on my precious chest
…when success is having everyone clean including myself, even for a brief moment
…when i celebrated my oldest being able to hoist herself on and off the potty
…when my day doesn’t feel right without food/spit-up/drool on me
…when you own more ‘comfy’ clothes than real clothes
…when you can’t imagine a moment without them, even though you really do appreciate the quiet times to yourself
if u count heads often in public! 1~2~3~4! u shop at costco for meat and fruit on a bi~weekly basis! the children’s er in town knows who u are!
great list . . . so fun to read and relate to. we’re expecting #6 this fall (our oldest is 11) and i could empathize with every last one.
have a great day!
shana
One more… You know you are a mother when your 3-year-old son hollers at you urgently one cold winter’s day from the bathroom, and upon your arrival he says, “Can you hold it for me? My hands are cold.” Ha ha. He is 17 now and would kill me if he knew I was sharing this story, but that was the day that I truly knew I was a mother. Who else would be asked to do that job?
You know your a mama of MSC:
when your empty dishwasher is completely filled up…after breakfast!
when you bounce up and down and side to side even when there’s not a baby in your arms.
when you can’t get anyone’s name right….including the dog and your husband.
when you can form a basketball team…with a sub.
when the 5 second rule becomes the 5 minute rule.
when the older women at church say, “I know what YOU do in your spare time!”
hahahaha! love all of yours!
totally relate!
OH Holly… I have tears streaming down my face….. so funny. I say everyone’s names…… I have five boys {& one daughter} she’s the only one that gets called the right name straight up….
I have one boy and 3 girls and they ALL get called the wrong names!
You know you are a mother of two (or more) children when, even though you are grocery shopping alone, you push the cart back and forth, back and forth while you decide which can of green beans to buy.
I’ve caught myself doing this one too many times!
I LOVE IT!!!
Too funny!!
With four girls, I always get “I hope you have money saved for all those weddings.” or “I feel so sorry for your husband” or my favorite, “wow, four girls, when are you trying for that boy?”
i have 4 boys…so u can imagine the comments i get.. were u trying for a girl? or are u crazy? yes, i am! and soo blessed!
I’ve got 2 girls and a new boy and get, “oh, you finally got your boy.” Finally? It’s not like he’s the 7th child or anything.
I have four girls too, and I get all those comments too! But one father of grown young women asked me if my husband bought a gun yet! My oldest is only eight, so I thought that was strange -until I caught a 12-year-old boy from church flirting with her! Yeah. I don’t know about a gun, but I’ll just put my chef husband next to whatever boy while he sharpens his knives!
http://walkaschildren.blogspot.com/
Hehee…Smiled, nodded and knee slapped along with them all. So great!
Hmmm….you really covered the bases sooo well, but I guess I would add:
…hand-me downs move directly from one child’s drawer to another’s.
…none of your children own their own underwear. They just grab a pair and put it on.
…the look you get from strangers could either be jealousy or terror. But you try to give them the benefit of the doubt, so you assume it’s jealousy (especially when your older children start to ask why everyone thinks they’re a handful).
…you’re children almost never ask to have friends over.
…to date, you’ve been asked, “Please don’t go into labor” while at Wal-Mart on three separate occasions.
OK, not sure why, but this one……”when you overhear another mother say to her child, “What, do you think I can just pull cheese out of my pocket?” you have to laugh. Because it’s funny. And because you’ve said something similar before” …. reminds me of the time my daughter (then about 13) asked me something that there was no way I would know, and I responded, “I don’t know, do you think I’m clairvoyant or something?” To which she replied, “Who’s Clair Voyant?” That has given us many laughs over the years. Clair is like an honorary member of our family now.
Oh and…
–you absent-mindedly almost nurse your friend’s baby when you are holding her and she begins to fuss!!! (that was embarrassing!)
hahahahahaha!
that was so awesome. You just made me laugh out loud! They are all great, but that was hilarious.
Hahaha! That is funny!
My sister and I were pregnant together with almost ALL our kids, so they were close in age. My mom came to visit and we put our oldest girls in matching outfits for pictures, and we happened to have two hungry girls at the same time. They were fussing, and we were talking and both grabbed the wrong kids! We looked down to get them settled, laughed and passed them off!
http://walkaschildren.blogspot.com/
My MSC are now not so small. The oldest just turned 18 yesterday and the “baby” will be 10 at the end of this Summer!
Here’s a few to add:
–you accidentally take someone else’s child by the hand when in a public place and then wonder why he keeps pulling his hand away from you! (This really happened to me!)
–if you and your husband are taking separate cars you say things like, “I have three, you have two, right?” or “You DO HAVE Noah, right?”
–you still have dreams about giving birth and nursing long after your babies are not babies anymore.
–you call the bathroom POTTY and possibly embarrass your husband by saying, “do you need to go potty” when the two of you are out together without the children… you may possibly cut his food for him without thinking, as well!
–you accidentally tell other people’s children to watch their tone of voice! OOPS!
–you have no idea what to do (other than sleep) when you finally get away with your husband for an anniversary and spend most of the time talking about the children you THOUGHT you needed a break from. You might even cut your trip short to get back to them because you miss them so much.
–you cry like a baby when your oldest turns 18 and then you cry even harder when you realize that in 8 years they will ALL be adults. The up side is that grandchildren will be fun!
I am right there with you. My oldest turned 17 and the “baby” turned 9 this past May. I miss them being little…it goes so fast. At the time you are thinking “I can’t wait until they walk or talk, or can feed themselves” but then you wake up one day and they are independent and you miss them needing you so much! I will be a mess this spring when my oldest graduates high school. I can barely say “she’s a senior”….
You can instantly tell if someone is really hurt – or just needs a hug.
haha, too true. I find myself hearing a particular type of cry and from the other side of the house saying, “Sounds like Turtle has his hand stuck in the blue bucket” or I know to yell, “ZOE, GIVE YOUR SISTER HER TOY BACK PLEASE!”. You learn how to totally differentiate types of whining and figure out to shocking detain what is going on. It’s like a whole other language, it’s so awesome.
I meant detail, not detain…
LOL. I love this too. I remember sitting down in my living room, late one night visiting with friends. I yelled upstairs, “Madeline, get back in bed!” She answered back, “Yes, Ma’am.”
They looked at each other in shock and then said, “HOW did you know it was Madeline (we had four within 16 months). I starred back and admitted, “Umm…I have no idea. I just did.”
WOW, 4 within 16 months! WOW!
I have SOOOOO done that before…
check, check, check, check, check
etc.
…if your favorite lunch is peanut butter and jelly with cheetos
…if you should wipe down the toilet every single day, and the floor around it, but don’t
…if you buy the ikea slipcovered couch so you can wash all of the stains out weekly
…if you have to apologize to people when they get in your car for all of the crumbs in their seat from where the car seat was 10 seconds before
…if you start a blog so you at least feel like you’ve conversed with an adult that day, even though it’s really just talking to yourself (rebeccamcdonald.wordpress.com)
I only have OSC (one small child). And she is a handful. I don’t have all the experiences you described – but I can relate to some of them. Sorta. I love my kiddo, though. And the one that you forgot to mention was
….if none of that matters to you at the end of the day when all you want is a kiss and hug good night.
I am loving this!! I laughed so hard. I also use fractions to describe mine! I had 2 kids 16 months apart, which is busy in itself, up until February when we gained custody of my 2 nieces. We now have 4 kids under the age of four. The youngest is 6 months. We always wanted a big family but it just happened all of a sudden! My niece and my son are only 7 months apart so it’s a lot like having a 3.5 year old, 2 year old twins, and a 6 month old! It’s so busy and I can definitely relate to everything in this post. I’ll have to share this. Thanks for posting!
You’re hysterical :]
This is a great post!
One to add – you know you are the mom of MSC when you go to physical therapy for a fallen pelvic floor.
I actually on have 2 kids, but they are twins and they destroyed my bladder during the 37 weeks there were in the womb!
Wow, you made it to 37 weeks with your twins! Great job!
Oh my gosh, I snorted hot coffee out my nose when I read the about the nipples! Bahahahahaaaa…sigh. I could totally do that if I tried…
Never tried the belly button thing, but my nose? Definitely.
I thought of one!
You can’t even count the number of times someone, even a stranger, has told you, “You know what causes that, don’t you?” or “Well, I guess it’s better to just get them all out of the way at the same time, huh? Quicker you have ‘em, the quicker you get ‘em outa the house.”
Makes me wonder what in the world people are going to say if we have more!
we always answer that with “we were ONLY having two
, just wait until number six! (They quiet right down… God had other plans for us and we have five so far… we wouldn’t mind another one!! After all, what’s one more, righ?!?)
You know you’re a Mommy when …
… you gently sway back and forth even when you aren’t holding your baby.
… you consider 7:30am sleeping in.
… you can have complete conversations about someone else’s poop (ahem, BM) even at the dinner table.
… your husband says “Honey, can you come get this booger out of his nose?” and you’re proud, because this is yet another thing mommies are better at.
… you find yourself singing Raffi and Laurie Berkner songs while in the car, doing dishes, grocery shopping, etc. when the kids may or may not be with you.
… you can carry a baby and a laundry basket full of clean clothes up the stairs without dropping either.
… you long for bedtime so you can have a moment to yourself, but when it comes, you can’t bear to let the sweet, sleepy child leave your arms.
By the way, love your chocolate milk one. I am determined to do the same. My husband tried to give my 2 1/2 year old a taste a while back, and I was like do you realize what you could be starting here?! Nope, they like white milk just fine. They don’t need to know what they’re missing … yet.
I don’t have kids but I do work at a special needs summer camp… and you know you work with kids when
-You get anxious if a child walks by unattended
-you have stopped other peoples children from eating a random ice cream cone they found in the dirty (EW)
-You constantly count heads
-you can understand almost any accent, because so many of your kids have speech issues that you’ve become an expert at deciphering language
-you realize your parents were saints for having four children and being amazing parents
-You respond to “mommy”
I love this and can totally relate to most of them.
I can still squirt milk out, too, and I haven’t nursed since January. Glad I am not the only one. 
I can do this as well. But guess what-it’s been 4 years since I stopped nursing!
Oh that was so great! Brings back so many memories from when the kids were little!
Thanks for the day brightener!
… if your little girl gets mistaken for a boy, but you can’t be offended because she is wearing her older brothers hand-me-down clothes… and shoes.
I was the youngest, and the only girl, in a family with 5 boys. I wore many hand-me-downs from my brothers. I was such a tomboy (go figure) that I didn’t mind at all! I just kept my hair long to make sure people knew I was a girl.
my poor Mae is 16 months and just growing hair, and what little she has, she will NOT leave a bow in. but if we’re playing at the park, i refuse to dress her in her girlie clothes when all she does is eat dirt! haha!
I also wore my older brother’s hand-me-downs and had short hair as a little girl. I still remember going to visit Santa and him calling me a young lad! I was old enough to know he thought I was a boy! We have the opposite. Our little guy loves wearing his big sister’s things and often is seen in a bright pink life jacket and more!
I can tell I’m the mother of a small child because I haven’t seen my Va-J-J since my 1st trimester of pregnancy back in 2008.
I can’t even TELL you haw many times I have told my kids what I DON’T have in my pocket. The most often were:
“Well, I don’t have a turkey leg in my pocket, you know!” and
“I don’t have a toilet in my pocket, you know!”
oh gosh that was hilarious!! I only have one 2 year old boy and expecting our baby GIRL this year, so I’m not quite where you’re at. But you had me laughing out loud at “touching your nipples to your chin or belly button!!” HAHAHA! That, my dear, is hilarious! I’m not endowed enough to be blessed with that talent!
i think you’ve covered that nicely…. and it was hysterical!! man, i’ve only had TWO kids, couldn’t nurse longer than 5 months and for some reason, can still “milk” on demand (not a lot, of course). and the nipple thing- just another reason i suspect that mother nature might really be a guy. what woman in her right mind would want boobs that sag to her bellybutton? i’d prefer perky, thankyouverymuch.
..if using a biore clear pore strip is the most “pampering” you get in a week or two.
looking forward to being a mama of MSC someday.. still at one for now.
I like this one! And I understand it too! lol
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That was SOOO funny! Love it. I only have the one but boy can I relate to some of those. HAHA Great post MckAwesome!
(Which is my new name for you btw)
I’ll add
…..you cannot remember the last time you actually closed the door to use the bathroom much less went to the bathroom without at least one small child standing and talking to you while you used the restroom.
…..you daily wash every non-breakable plate and cup you own.
…..you don’t care that all the swimsuits and towels on the clothesline are getting rained on right now because after all the time it took to hang up all the tops, bottoms, swim diapers, hats, and towels you are not about to rush out there to pull it all down just to turn around in half an hour when the rain stops to put it all back up. It’ll dry….eventually.
…..you buy the big 4 pound box of grapes at Costco on Sunday and wonder how many days it will take to eat them all and if you will have to get more before the next weekend.
a few more I thought of
….the words “I have to go potty” coming out of your toddler’s mouth can make you sprint across the house and up the stairs faster than anything else because you know you have about 2.5 seconds to get them to the toilet.
…..you take 6 kids ages 6 and under to the pool and wish you could get paid for everytime someone says “Wow! You must be really brave!”
…..come bathtime you look your kids over and wonder if they are really dirty enough to warrent a bath or if you could skip it and get them to bed a little earlier just for a few extra minutes of peace and quiet.
….your refridgerator and walls are decorated with pictures your kids have colored or drawn.
…..you have boxes or buckets of clothes in every size and season from newborn on up saved because you know they will get used again by the next child.
Amen to the bathroom door comment. We have multiple potties in our bathroom, so we potty parties, natch.
I suppose when your brain is so fried you can’t for the life of you think of anything else even though you have msc.
I love the “Boy, you have your hands full!” I get that almost every single time we go anywhere…usually multiple times at one place.
And today I told Manning, “Uh oh, Tapestry is crying. I need to go check on her.” He looks up at me and says, “But Mommy, that’s Cherish.” Ooops…he was right! Haha.
LOVE this and can totally relate! Especially on the “you’ve got your hands full and are all those yours” comments. I hear those daily!
The other day a man actually asked my husband if our TV had been broken for the last few years because it looked like we had been busy. Oh, what some people will say!
You know, I think it is shameful that those people think that they have the right to make a comment like that! It is personal!!! I don’t quite know what I would say to something like that, but it might be along the lines of, “Is your TV broken? Or are you going through a dry spell!?” I don’t think that would be witty enough. Needs work.
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Love this!
The one that really cracked me up was the nipple on the chin or the belly…unfortunately I know that I can do this as well…
This was HILARIOUS!!! Probably one of the best things I’ve read in a long time. Thanks MckMama!
You might be the mother of MSC when you try to write your own “You might be the mother of MSC if…” and you’re too brain-dead to do so.
How about –
It never fails that you’re walking into church or at the pediatricians and notice that the kids fingernails need to be cut AGAIN and worry about everyone noticing and thinking you’re a bad mom. They just grow so fast, and there are so many of them to keep up with!
Your sweatpants are maternity and you are still wearing them even though you’re not pregnant
You still wear nursing bras even though you stopped nursing a while ago. Who has time to go bra shopping?
Lol. Love it. Here’s another…when you walk around church not realizing that you have bright yellow spit up all over your nice brown shirt.
Yeah, ahem. I am that awesome lol. Again loved your list
You know you have many small children when you accidentally give another child’s birthday when checking in at the art center and you really have to think about their birthday before you call to make appointments so you don’t give the wrong child’s birthday.
You sometimes shout out 3 other names before you get to the name of the child you’re actually calling.
You’re whole counter is filled up with slices of bread when you’re making sandwiches for lunch.
You laugh when people think all kids need their own rooms. (who likes sleeping alone anyway
)
You have a birthday party almost every other month.
You refer to your kids as “the boys” or “the girls” for simplicity sake.
You do dishes at least 4 times a day and just leave the vacuum out because it’s really an inefficient use of time to put it away with how many times a day you have to vacuum.
You just start buying pregnancy tests in bulk so you don’t have to face the cashier with all four kids in tow looking at you with pity.
Hee hee
Laughed and laughed at that last one. I have sooo been there!
Pregnancy tests in bulk. Hahahahahaha!
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Ha ha!! This had me rolling! I totally identify with so many things – the fractions thing, can’t give a ride to anyone because the car is always full, and I will NEVER introduce chocolate milk (or buy juice except for special occasions) because the kids will always want it…
I also have gotten used to rolling my eyes at the crazy things my kids say to strangers to try to avoid any more embarrassment. The latest thing my 7 yr old said to a total stranger, who commented on the 1 yr old’s cuteness, was, “Yeah, and ya know why he’s so cute? It’s his little bottom. It’s just SO TINY! I mean, you should see it!! It’s why he’s so cute!”
Oh yeah, and the stretch marks – my kids keep asking who scratched me!
“…there is a toddler on your kitchen table right now.”
I’m so glad I’m not the only one.. The minute I turn my back the youngest (2) has climbed back onto the table and if one of the older ones left their cups there, he’s also dumping or drinking the cups.. UGH!! The Toddler is a monkey!
you are very blessed to have MSC. i am only lucky enough to have one sweet boy and am battling infertility while TTC #2. count your blessings every moment!!
so that’s the cost of having so many children so close together!! my friend just had her 3rd in 4 years, and was saying that each day seems like a blur – i’m sure she could relate to a lot of what you’ve written!! with a cuppla’ small kids, i can relate to a little, but as my boys grow up, and we move further away from the baby stage, it’s changing a lot. for instance, a rhyme a recently learnt:
“happy birthday to you, you were born in the loo, you look like a poo, and smell like one too”!!!!!!!!!! x
I agree with almost every one of these. And when I read about the toddler on the table, I jumped and turned too see, and was actually surprised to NOT see my 17 month old up there.
I have to add, though:
…you own grubby sweatpants. And nice sweat pants. But your nice sweat pants are actually maternity sweatpants which you still wear even though your youngest is over a year old, because your maternity clothes are the newest/most stylish clothes you own, and you don’t want to give them all up.
You might be the mother of MSC if you choose sleep over a shower and shaving….several days in a row.
YES!
You know your a parent of Many growing children
….if you feel like your never home when they are pre-teens and teenagers because you always have to bring one somewhere or pick one up…you just have to remember who is where and when you need to get there. oh and how to get there helps!
Haha!! Wow, this post is amazing and so hilarious!! With “many small nieces and nephews”, i can totally relate!!
:::::::::::::::You havent shaved your legs in months because you dont get enough time in the shower!
LOVE IT!
Haha! Yeah, most of those applied to my soon-to-be-three small children! Love it!
You know your the mother of MSC when you’re too tired to think about adding to the list but end up with one anyways.
That is so true. I think weather you have 2 or you have 6 children you can relate to most of the above. Well said MckM!
You find yourself referring to your husband in private as “daddy” or “dada” simply because that’s what you’ve referred to him as all day every time a little voice asks about him, and every time you’ve deferred a question/request to him. (Even though you swore you’d never call him anything but his given name because that’s so tacky!)
Getting a shower 3-4 times a week is a luxury…
Love the one about grubby sweat pants and nice sweat pants! Ha ha! Too funny!
You know you’re the mom of MSC when… you have to wait a long time at a restaurant and someone anonymously pays your bill out of pity.
….your washer and dryer run 24/7. And so does your dishwasher.
….you routinely find yourself saying, “Please take that bug BACK outside.”
….your hair spends more time in a towel atop your head than it does in any other fashion due to the fact that getting a shower is a miracle in itself. Finding time to actually DRY or STYLE it is unheard of.
….there is more baby ‘furniture’ if your home than adult furniture.
Yes, to all of those!
And here’s mine:
You know you’re a mother of MSC when…. everything bad that happens in your house is blamed on 2 invisible children that live with you, Nottme and Idunno. Who colored on the wall? Nottme. Who broke my vase? Idunno.
Hilarious! Thanks for making me laugh so that I can face the day and the tantrums to come!!
Only have a couple of small ones but there are many of these statements that ring true in our family as well. Can’t believe you survive on a daily basis! It must be a crazy ride.
Love it!
this is so funny!! I love the inside thoughts of moms with MSC
So much fun!
I love this!! Your sexy idea totally cracked me up!! I have 3 little kiddos and almost all of those pertained to us!! Love ya chick!
Tara
When asked where you work, you smile and say, “At Home!”
(I work a few days a month as a labor and delivery nurse, and people ask me where else I work)
I have four children Michael Faith Hope and Grace
There are 3 stages to mom being mad
Faith (just yelling)
Faith, I mean Hope (annoyed)
Faith, Hope, Grace whoever you are come here (really mad)
Our 4 girls have middle names of Grace, Faith, Hope and Joy! And, we unknowlingly named 5 of our 6 kids with names that begin with vowels! 2 with A names, 2 with E names and 1 with an O name. That sure makes it interesting when we begin calling names…A…A…E…O!!!
Let me clarify. I guess we didn’t name them “unknowingly” but didn’t intentionally name 5 of the 6 with vowel names. It just sorta happened that way.
I wanna see “You might be the father of MSC….” C’mon MckDaddy!!!!!
….you have to think really hard to remember when you last took a shower or washed your hair.
True that!
You are told 20 times a day from strangers, “Wow you must be really busy.” And you smile and say ” I would not want it anyother way”.
Ewe and ewe. Some things are just better left unsaid.
…at will, you can still squirt milk out of your breasts, even though you have nursed a baby in months. When you accidentally do it, you’re horrified. But you still think it’s kind of funny.
I think it is HILARIOUS. It might be gross but that is life as a Momma.
So true…my youngest of 4 is going to be 2…I haven’t nursed him in a year…I can still squirt breast milk if I wanted to. And I guess since I know this at some point in the last week I wanted to
Maybe so, but why would you even want to tell people that???? I’m just sayin’.
Have a little respect for yourselves ladies!
A ewe is a sheep. Gross is eew.
The thing about this post is that she says the thing that all the rest of us think and don’t utter out loud! There is real power in this post because it is so hard to take care of MSC! You tend to feel isolated and alone from time to time! This kid of post -WITH some of the weird stuff too, makes all the rest of us know that we are not the only ones! We are not alone, and there is power in standing up and admitting that you are going through something. It can be the thing that gets some other worn-to-the-bone-on-my-last-nerve mom get through a tough day.
Kudos MckMamma!
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You might be the mother of MSC if you refer to yourself in the third person…”because Mommy said so…”
You might be the mother of MSC if you call for one of them and it takes 3 or 4 tries to get the right name.
You might be the mother of MSC if everyone in the restaurant cringes when you walk in and secretly hopes you’re not sitting near them! But I love it when they compliment us on how well the kids did!
I only have one now and one on the way, but I LOVE this post! lol
Soo funny! Great post:)
Okay, this CRACKED ME UP!!! I don’t have kids, but I do have to handle some of these things as a big sister!
I totally agree with everything you said, being a mother of a Coupla’ Small Children!! I loved this post! (I have never posted before either, so HELLO!)
I have Many Children, but not Many Small Children… some of these I can totally relate to though. I’ve got 5 kids between the ages of (almost) 13 and 6 months, and have been changing diapers for all but 1 month of the last 12 years, 10 months.
First!