You Know You're a Mama When...

… you realize the weird bulge in the back pocket of your jeans is a pair of size 2T Sponge Bob panties. And you’re just thankful they are clean.

… your other pockets are crammed full of pony tail holders, infant socks, Mylicon drops, and acorns.

… you open your laptop bag at work to find a string of purple Mardi Gras beads.

… the thing you move by yourself to your new desk, because it’s too valuable to pack for the movers, is a cork board covered with snapshots and construction paper animals with wonky, sticker eyes.

… you can do anything with a baby in one arm.

… you realize that clicking noise coming from the bottom of your sock is just a smattering of stick-on earrings you picked up on your way through the living room.

… Llama Llama’s tears make you want to cry when he misses Mama. (Llama Llama Misses Mama, by Anna Dewdney – I LOVE her books.)

… at any given time, you pretend to be a cat, a hair dresser, a dog groomer, or a dentist to make the daily routine more interesting (read: easier).

… you fold five loads of laundry and you can’t figure out what you wore last week.

… you know exactly what it means when your 2 year old wants to listen to “Chuck’s song”.

… you realize you’ve put your underpants on inside out because you were dressing in the dark so as not to wake the kids. You know you are a sleep deprived Mama because you didn't make this realization until lunch and you decide not to waste the energy to turn them right side out.