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...with knobs on. Anyone else??

culminated just now in spending ages arranging potato slices on the bean bake, dotting butter on top, putting it in the oven then spotting the beans in the colander...

ROFLMFAO! For me it's long ago and far away - but I'm still just as bonkers and forgetful!

Yup... that's the sort of thing I'd do too... and my youngest is now 5!

during pregnancy the brain shrinks slightly, which is why we are all left scatterbrained and ditzy. it's just part of being a mum lol!!!

I spent ages searching for the superglue this morning (james left a sharp knife in the sink *AGAIN*) yet it never crossed my mind to look in the one place we always have some; THE MEDICINE BOX. I had searched the shed, the spare room pile-o-crap, the livingroom shelves and crap drawers all to no avail. There it was, the blue tube glistening in the morning sun as I unlocked the money tin we use as a medicine box. right next to the little red tube of glue remover for crafting mishaps.

remind me to give the husband a good lick up the bum when he gets home, the cut was ALL his fault.

mrsflibble wrote:
remind me to give the husband a good lick up the bum when he gets home, the cut was ALL his fault.

a good lick?

I am just as scatterbrained although not pregnant. Was making a midnight snack of beans on toast the other evening, and standing there stirring the beans, noticed they were taking longer than usual to heat up..........it wasn't until the toast was done, that I realised I hadn't turned the hob on to heat up the beans!

I like this all the time, and I'm a fella (I think)

hahaha mummy brain typo!!!
KICK!!! not lick!!! lol!

Well I think it says it all that it never occurred to me that you meant kick and I couldn't fathom why on earth you'd want to, erm...

I'm with Oldfella - this ain't a woman thing. I've also neglected to switch on the cooker and stood there like a lemon for ages. I've left my specs in the fridge. I've gone upstairs to get something which I've forgotten all about by the time I arrive at the top. I always lose count of the number of glasses of wine, but that's intentional. Senior and hormonal moments are for everyone to enjoy!

MKG wrote:I'm with Oldfella - this ain't a woman thing.

Well thank god we women have a handy excuse!

My mum has a theory on this. It goes as follows:

The third finger on the left hand and the uterus are directly linked to the brain and there are four phases to brain loss as a result.

1 - Engagement - the increase in pressure of the engagement ring on the finger pushes a small part of the brain out through the ears. This causes you to see your future spouse as the Adonis you want him to be, rather than the beer swilling fart machine he truly is (I think she has some issues to work out here).

2 - Marriage - an additional ring on the finger causes a further increase in pressure, resulting in further brain loss and giving rise to a complete loss of ability to notice that men never wash up

3 - Pregnancy - the growing baby now takes its part in the proceedings. As they grow, the increase in pressure pushes more of the brain out, causing you to mistake morning sickness, heartburn, variscose veins, piles, hair loss etc as "all part of the miracle of birth"

4 - The birth - the back pressure caused by podding the little dear out at one end pushes your brain out the other. Women who have caesareans don't escape this, since there's a special gland in the uterus, tethering the brain to the body, which is cut through during the procedure. This explains why women with new babies have that permanently glazed, half zombie expression and how they can deal with nappies and vomit on an hourly basis.

On average it takes 2 years from the brain to return to its pre-pregnancy state. Unfortunately, we're all usually pregnant again by that point and the whole sordid business starts all over again. Actually she's right about that bit. The brain does take around two years to get back to normal following pregnancy. But she certainly has some issues to deal with there

Lynne
ps. Since men only get one increase in pressure from the wedding ring, they only lose that bit which means they see their wives as a combination of Ursula Andress and Mrs Beeton, even when gravity's taken over her body and she's burnt the dinner again. Never let your husband take his wedding ring off!

Ism 1066

Enjoy yours Mums sense of humour. Give her a hug for me.

I spent hours looking for the tv remote yesterday...hours & hours...and found it in a most unlikely spot. Our couch is made of wood, & has a bench seat which opens up (where I put all of the books which don't fit anywhere else). The remote turned up in there! What on earth I was doing in there to start with is beyond me, but why I put the remote in there is even more bizarre! Another excellent example was turning up to teach a guitar lesson at a local primary school WITHOUT my guitar. As a friend commented, that's akin to a chef trying to prepare a meal with no food. As I haven't told anyone I'm pregnant yet it was pretty difficult to explain! I'm 12 weeks now...I still have months of this to contend with I can't wait to see what I do next...

I wish I could say things have improved, but no. I've developed an odd tick of suddenly using my maiden name when I sign things or give my name - where on earth has that come from?? Maybe it was trying to tell me something, as we have just decided our son's second middle name (we give our children lots of names!) will be my maiden name rather than my father's first name, so maybe I just needed the nudge.

Am generally still gloriously dappy, far more so than I remember being with DD. Another 14 weeks or so of this to go!

You may have a bit longer to go yet MrsD.....Lucy is 2wks old and I am still doing daft things. This morning I couldn't remember my bank account no, yet I write that regularly and have never had a problem with it, when it came back to me I transposed the first two numbers so the bank only let me have money as this is Shetland and they know me by sight!