Momnesia

I have three kids 6,4 and 8mths. When my 8mth old was 4mths he dropped his pacifier on the floor and he was sceaming like he was on fire so I quick ran to the sink and rinsed it off, then proceeded to push it in my 6yr olds mouth! And to make matters worse I was yelling at her because she wouldn't open her mouth to take it!!! We all had a great laugh and its still talked about to this day!

Once, in the middle of the night, I made my baby a bottle and forgot to put the nipple on the bottle. Well, lets just say that after I tried feeding him his bottle, we both woke up a little more.

lol... i'm adhd... that's just my normal, every day, life. It's like my hands have a mind of their own, and they don't bother to consult the rest of me.

How about rampaging all over the place looking for your cell phone WHILE YOU'RE TALKING ON IT!

I was rushing around one morning trying to get my kids ready for their dentist appts. I finally get there and my son climbs into the chair first. I scoop up 2 y/o daughter to hold her on my lap. Well I was very surprised to feel her bare bottom under her dress! I totally forgot to put a diaper on before we left!.

Then to make it worse-instead of being discreet and sneaking into the bathroom to put one on her, I just blurt out loud," Oh my goodness! I forgot her diaper!"

The hygienist looked at me like I was crazy.

She's telling me at the end of the appt how I should be flossing the kids teeth everyday and I can't even remember to put a diaper on!

I have had plenty of Momnesia moments, but i would like to post a momnisa story from my best friend. She has three children and her oldest (Ray) was just diagnosed with diabetes. She is an EXCELENT mom and juggles all very well to spite the overwhelming stress! On this particular day his suagr was very low, she franticly looked every where for a source of sugar to give to him when she found a piece of cake!! She grabbed her son and shoveled the cake into his mouth at record speed when she looked beside her and noticed that Ray was standing NEXT to her. she was shoveling food into her nieghbors sons mouth :0

On Monday last, following an 'eventful' grocery shopping trip with my 17month old Son - Oisin, I left my shopping on the ground and my purse on the bonnet of the car whilst I strapped Oisin into his car seat. I packed the shopping in the car and went home. Later in the day, I was about to take Oisin to the local Library when I realised my purse was gone... I managed to forget I left it on the car bonnet and driven off home that morning. That very same morning, I had withdrawn my savings from my bank account to book our first Family Holiday - and all the funds were in the purse.
I still can't believe I left the purse on the car and drove off... this is what can only be teremed an extreme case of 'Momnesia' - Mommy's memory gone, Mom's purse gone and proposed first Family Holiday all gone!

i had to do bloodwork, so i went on a saturday at 8 am when they open. signed it, they asked for the order form, i didn't have it with me, so ran home (15 min driving), entered home, walked around, grabbed a bottle of water, went back to the lab. the lady (who knows me since i always go there) said did you bring it? i said what? the form? i hadn't, ran again home, grabbed a form, went back to the lab, and handed it to her. she looked at it and said this is an RX for birth control. i looked at it and said shoot, drove back, entered the home my husband grabbed my hands and said: calm down what are you doing? i told him and he got the form and drove me back. i was utterly embarrased

OK this happens to me all the time too! I have 3 kids (7, 4 & 10 months). When my 10 month old was a newborn, she was on the changing table and I was talking to her. For about 5 seconds, I literally could not think of what her name was!! I have to say it scared me a little at first, but I got over it pretty quickly. I haven't forgotten any of their names since, but it's hard to call them by the right one!

Oh wow, NO you are NOT the only one! Wait, I cannot remember what I was going to say...Oh ya, I call the kids the cats names, my husbands name then I give up saying "oh whatever your name is"...I only have 2 kids, well 3 which includes the hubby. I have 5 cats too so sometimes it takes days for me to get the name right! LOLLLLL

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Oh, thank goodness for your post . . . I really thought I was the only one! I've completely lost my mind since having the baby . . . I can never find my cell phone . . . I've left my wallet on top of the car . . . I've put the crackers in the fridge . . . I even went to a party a week early!! My husband thinks I'm completely insane! It MUST be "Momnesia!"

Soon after my son learned to crawl I was taking care of various household tasks when I realized I hadn't seen my son in a while. I searched through the entire house, behind the beds, in the closets, everywhere. When I couldn't find him I began frantically calling his name (not that he would have answered). My two year old daughter heard me and said, "Momma. You hold Jackson." Yep. There he was, on my hip, in my arms. I had been carrying him the entire time.

I have those everyday... ever since I was pregnant and gave birth to my 1st child.
It does not.go.away.

I go into a room in our house, and then forget why I'm there... meanwhile I'm toting like 4 things around with me to put away in different rooms and to get other things that I need.
I call my kids by different names, even though I only have 2 kids... oh and the husband.
Oh well!

Oh, just this morning I was muttering (to myself) about what a handful my son can be when he wakes in the morning grumpy already. Then my daughter says... "Mommy, you just said DADDY was the handful.... " and I said, "NO, I said your brother's name..." and she said 'NO, you said DADDY." and I said, "oh, it must've been my alter-ego talking..." LOL
She looked at me all rolling her eyes at me. I told her "Well, that's Mommy" then she whispers to me "Daddy can be a handful too...." then winked at me grinning.
Oh well!

I used to be so organized and on top of things. Then I had kids. LOL ;)

Ever put toothpaste in your contact lens case?!

My favorite was the day I gave my six month old the car keys to play with while I put groceries away. When I was done, they were gone. I spent an hour looking, panicked because we were going to miss play group. She had slid them under the stove.

So, leaving play group that same day, it was really hot--I started the car, turned on the air and then buckled her up. Couldn't find my keys. Panicked, searching EVERYWHERE, saying, "oh no, not again!" She's tired, cranky, how are we going to get home...sat down in my seat to call my hubby and realized that if the car is on, then the keys are...in the ignition!

My Momnesia moments did seem to be worse immediately after my 4-year-old son was born, but I now have it again...I'm expecting another due on Feb 6th. Before I knew I was pregnant, I thought I was losing my mind all over again because I was forgetting EVERYTHING. My fave is when I went to Walmart for a late night food-shopping at around 11pm. (seems to be the only time there aren't enormous lines!). Got in the truck and came home exhausted and ready for bed and suddenly realized I couldn't find my purse! Frantically searched the house, the truck, the driveway...everywhere. Got back into the truck and went back to Walmart - my purse was sitting in the parking lot in the carriage!!! By the time I got home, it was about 1:30am and sleep was a long way off. LOL ;-)

LOL Thank you so much for posting this. Just today I couldn't remember that a TV was called a TV. One day I went to feed my daughter some yogurt, noticed she made sort of a weird face, looked at what I had in my hand.....yeah it was sour cream. I have never fed her while talking on the phone again, my brain cant handle two tasks at once anymore. =)

I have them all the time. It rarely seems I can get out of the door without forgetting something. Makes me crazy! I have gotten to Walmart and forgotten what I went for and in my determination decided to walk around until I figured it out. NOT a good idea. I found all kinds of things I had forgotten to buy and forgot the main thing I came for.

I also realize this is an old post but once I sprayed my hair with scrubbing bubbles instead of hairspray. No wonder my hair what white he he.

Oh, good golly, yes!!! I often find myself walking down the hall to take care of something in another room, and then forget (less than a second later) why I was going down the hall in the first place. It's quite humbling at times. I just have to give myself grace and realize that taking care of an entire family requires so much more of me mentally than just taking care of myself.

I've always been sharp and organized. After my 2nd was born my brain has gone to mush. I forget where I put things, can never find things, drive past where I'm going, etc. My best moment so far was putting a clean diaper on top of my son's dirty diaper. Poor kid had 2 diapers on and one was way dirty! Of course my husband was the one to see it!

These responses are hilarious! For me... I have to stick to a very specific routine in the shower so that I know what I've already done, and STILL sometimes I probably end up washing my hair 2x b/c I can't remember if I just washed it already or not. It's bad!!

I have had so many of these moments - I had to add my post too! lol

I've brushed my teeth with preparation H (ewww)

Was 1/4 mile from work when my 4 year old scared me half to death when he said "can I have another donut?" I forgot to drop him off at day care.

Went to work and a coworker said she loved my boots. Looked down and realized they were 2 different boots...not even the same heel height. Have worn 2 different hoop earrings to work too!

Drove off with my purse on the roof of my car. Someone found it, took all the cash and dumped it in my driveway that night. (At least I didn't have to go to the RMV to get another license).

So many moments....LOL

Please... It started when I was pregnant with my first. I have teenagers. It NEVER gets better. Momnesia runs rampant in this house! So does Dadnesia!

LBC

I have “Momnesia” all the time the other day I went into a party store and when I came back out to my car I could not find my keys and I looked all over only to find that my car was still on with the key int he ignition I mean it was running and the air and radio were on. I also had a cashier looks for my babies missing blanket which was in my hand. I also have a short term memory and after talking with someone 10 minutes later I will have to ask them to give me the keyterms of our conversation. Before I was pregnant other mommies told me about it but I did not believe it until it happened to me.

I know this is late to the game, but this is just too fun to read. I had to laugh at how many of these things I have in common with moms. I always thought it would get better after I could get a full nights sleep and I only have 1 kido to make me crazy. My brain never came back though and she's 7. Some of my favorite Momnesia moments are my two frying pans. I have lost them, dont know where I put them. Even worse I had gotten mad at my husband asking him if he broke my favorite one and threw it away without me knowing and he told me we never owned one like that. Then there was the time I lost the battery recharger for 2 months looked everywhere pulled my desk apart several times. Then one day I was sitting down at the desk to ask my husband how much a new one would be and as I am sitting there I see it in my desk where its suppose to be . I swear at times it gremlins. Then there is the Momnesia language my friend and I speak. We know each other so well that when our brains refuse to come up with a word and start to "umm, ah, you know, that word" we can finish the sentence for the other. Thank goodness I am not alone.

Hilarious posts! Now I don't feel so bad...last night I took my glasses off and put them on the nightstand before bed, crawled into bed and instead of putting my nightguard in so I don't clench my teeth, I put my glasses right back on... woke up this morning with an aching jaw, but I could see the clock perfectly fine!!!

My mom cleaned and planned and cooked the entire meal for my baptism. Problem was that she did it a day early. I have a picture of the real party and she sure looks tired. I was only two weeks old and she had to plan it quickly because my god father was in the service and was shipping out.

I got in the car with my four year old with my purse, grocery list and dry cleaning to drop off and completely forgot that I had a brand new baby boy sleeping in the crib upstairs until I started to back out and felt like something just did not feel right!

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My mom cleaned and planned and cooked the entire meal for my baptism. Problem was that she did it a day early. I have a picture of the real party and she sure looks tired. I was only two weeks old and she had to plan it quickly because my god father was in the service and was shipping out.

I got in the car with my four year old with my purse, grocery list and dry cleaning to drop off and completely forgot that I had a brand new baby boy sleeping in the crib upstairs until I started to back out and felt like something just did not feel right!

I know it's an older post but....the other day I baked a cake and forgot to add the eggs! I put the cake in the oven and started doing the dishes. I came across 3 eggs on the counter and was like "why are there eggs on the counter?" Then it dawned on me!!! Luckily I realized it after only a few minutes. I was able to salvage the cake! Hilarious!

Also, today I tried to put the TOASTER in the FRIDGE! Still laughing about that one ;)

I have tons of Momnesia moments!!! All the time...

Several years ago, I delivered to twins, 10 months after my first child. A few days after they were born, I found myself going in circles between caring for the twins, the computer and cooking in the kitchen. With about 30 minutes between tasks, I'd move from my son, the kitchen and computer, again and again and again.

A few hours later, I was still turning around in circles & before I knew it, I had finished cooking and was on the computer for 30 minutes. I thought, that's odd, I didn't hear the twins crying. When I got to the crib, I noticed, OMG THERE IS ONLY 1 TWIN IN THE CRIB! I MISPLACED A TWIN??? The house was only 1200 sqft, I couldn't have possibly lost the other twin. I looked high and low! There was the other twin, on the bathroom counter, pads and all, patiently waiting to be changed!

The very next day, my husband decided to be nice to me and let me sleep in. He began to try my method of multi-tasking and was playing with our first son, taking care of the twins and making breakfast. When I woke up, he was holding my eldest to make him face me and was singing "WE'RE GONNA SEE MOMMY, WE'RE GONNA SEE MOMMY!" When he got to the bed, he dropped him on my tummy, eyes grew big and ZooooooooM!! He ran out the door. When he came back in, he looked much more relieved. I asked what happened and he said, I FORGOT THE OTHER TWIN IN THE BATHROOM, HE WAS QUIETLY WAITING FOR ME TO CHANGE HIM!!!!

Does that mean that Daddy gets "Dadnesia" too? LOL

Please don't apologize for being late. We all read on our own timeframes. My story happened today. I have been "hiding" my dogs meds, (you know why, and if you don't, God Bless you). I am an old bird, and am on only a aspirin daily (had a small stroke), but my 9 year old dog is on numerous meds. I set up his meds in a "twice a day" med box. I had them on the top of my fridge. I opened up my fridge and the med box fell to the floor and the meds fell out. I felt so sorry for my son. When I put the meds I could find back in the box I was one day short. I made him take apart the bottom of the fridge and look for those meds, then we got a flashlight and searched under each and every appliance in the kitchen, then we went for the small hallway, then the kitchen table, and on and on and on... We were missing a day of meds. Very scary. Finally my son asked when I had refilled the meds and we realized I was right on target with the meds I had (in regards to how many I had). Yikes. The look on his face was priceless. I knew then I would never be the great "all knowing mom" I had been, but I could now be a "human being". It was embarrassing but worth it. God Bless all of you. We are now part of the "human race".

Yes. I kept hoping it would get better... but mine never did, lol.

Oh my God, are you kidding...every day! With me, it's keys. I've found my keys on TOP of the refrigerator and BEHIND the leather storage bench - now when I lose them, I use my spare pair instead of turning the place upside down - better to just let them 'show up' on their own!

haha, I knew what you were talking about when I saw the title. Are your chidren small? I noticed it first when I was pregnant and the subesquent few years of being up all night made it worse.

It does get better, though. Well, maybe you just get used to it.

Right after my youngest was born I was obviously sleep deprived but my oldest wanted Mac and Cheese (by the way she was plenty, plenty old enough to make it herself but I was being Mom!.) So I put the water on to boil and I kept going back to check on it and it's not boiling and I'm getting frustrated -- "what the HECK is taking this so long?" Finally after checking for at least the 4th time I realize I never turned on the burner on the stove! LOL

I've had quite a few Momnesia moments too! I looked all over the house for my keys and they were in my pocket!

I also have felt at times that it's hard to put a sentence together, I'm so tired. It gets a lot better as the kids get older.

My advice, take some time for yourself and definitely don't beat yourself up. We've all been there.

I was preparing dinner the other night and needed a plate. For some reason I went to the microwave instead of the cabinet.

And I think most of us have put the milk in the cabinet instead of the fridge.

When I was nursing on and off all night, I was pretty brain dead from sleep deprivation. One morning, I was making breakfast, and I poured the milk in a glass and the orange juice over my Cheerios. I thought I'd try it anyway -- oh, it was BAD!

LOL, that is so funny. Oh yes, it's true - I call it Mom Stupid, Mommy Brain, Momnesia... When I went back to work after having our son, my Mom gave me a magnet with a cute little 1950's woman holding a baby with 2 children behind her, the magnet says, "I had a mind once. Now I have small children." I hung it up on my file cabinet to remind everyone I work with to treat me with 'special care' when I have a Mommy Moment;)

It does get better though - I think, maybe I'm just fooling myself;)

Oh, another poster just reminded me of a recent Mom moment: We were about to go to Kid Ventures, but I was waiting for my Mom to come over and go with us, so we went outside to play while we waited. When she got there, we all just hopped in the car and off we went for about 3 hours. When I got home, the front door was wide open!! I forgot to close and lock the door. At first I was a little freaked that someone had broke into the house and then realized my stupid mistake.

I realize this is an old post, But I just had to add my oops. I have had soooooo many but the one I love it .The fact that I used to be so articulate and now, ok I was talking to a friend about something that I cannot remember now but I do know that I wanted to say exacerbate and kept wanting to say masturbate. I looked at her and said I cannot say what I want to. She asked what are you trying to say, I told her It is not what keeps wanting to come out I keep wanting to say masturbate and I know that is not it, and like a swift kick in the butt it came to me , exacerbate that is what I want!! OMG!!

Yeah, I made it all the way to work and was about to lock the doors when I got out the car only to see my 2 year old sitting in the back asking me not to leave her. I had forgotten to drop her off at the daycare. I have no idea how since it was part of my everyday routine.

im preggo, so i call it baby brain. The other day i was looking all over for our house phone while complaining to my friend i couldnt find it!!!
I was using it to talk to her!!!! lol

My "best" was discovering that hair spray does not make a good under-arm deoderant :)

Every mom has had momnesia moments. I've also heard it called pregnesia. I have had these moments often and yes I do blame the kids for stealing my brain cells. I'm hopeful that some semblence of memory returns after the kids have left the nest, because my grandparents had wonderful memories. Even remembering their childhoods, which at this point of time I can't. So as I like to think, there's still hope.

I told the pregnant bank teller the other day, when she made a mistake, that it was ok, and she could use the baby as an excuse until she was 4. haha! It does happen to the best of us, but it gets better too, don't stress.

Got a magnet on the fridge with a picture of a lady in a bathrobe holding the door open....What did I come in here for? it says

I misplaced the spaghetti noodles I had just bought at the store. I looked everywhere..cabinets, freezer, refridgerator, car, outside, ect....
Finally I called my husband in from outside to help me look for them. Well, there they were hanging on the cabinet drawer in the white grocery bag. (my cabinets are white also). My husband thought it was so... funny!

He still bring it up when I can't find something.

Hello, Welcome to parenthood. It happens to all of us. I am now a grandmother and it is only worse as I now babysit the grandkids and volunteer at their school. As a wise proffessor once told our class, "It isn't that we are getting senile that we forget things. It is just that we have so much information in our minds that we can't get it forward as easily."
Good luck with your precious family.
K. K.

The worst I have ever had was when I lost my cell phone for 3 months. Called it, tore the house apart ,everything, could not find it anywhere. 3 months go by I am in the garage looking for something on the storage shelves & there is my cell phone in the seed spreader. Why it was there I don't know, have no memory of even taking it to the garage. Good news is when I lost the replacement I already had a back up :)
I go looking for my glasses all the time when they are on my face. I have freaked out o called my husband in the room as I am tearing apart looking for them, never clicked I could see fine so I had to have them on.
Oh going to the store is horrible, I make lists just forget to take them & don't remember what I was there to get.
It does not get better as the get older & the more you have the more they suck your brain from you...

I know it's late, but I had to thank you for posting this. I was starting to think I had a serious medical issue!! My personal favorite was the time I brought my daughter almost all the way to work with me before she spoke up and asked me if I was going to bring her to school.

I just wanted to say thanks for the best laugh I had in ages with all the replies. I had tears running down my face. I remember going to the car one time with my two little daughters and asking where the youngest one was, she was sitting on my hip. I now have 5 children raging from 12 - 30, and we've all managed to survive.

Yep, I am right there with ya. Momnesia...I gotta remember that one :). UI have had many of those moments.

But let's not also forget about "Dadnesia". I am always finding hubby's things in weird places. Ipod where the snacks go, toothbrush in the fridge, cellphone underneath the kids bed, forgetting to put soap in the dishwasher and wondering why the dishes aren't clean....I think the guys have just as many funny, "forgetful" moments as we do :).

Either way...it makes for a good laugh at least once a day. And let's face it, us Moms need a good laugh everyday to keep our sanity :).

I have 3 kids, 7, 6 and 4 1/2 .

This past September (2009) at the start of the school year I had Teacher/parent group mtg for orientation for my first grader and my kindergartner on the same day but different times. I mixed them up, showed up for the 1st grader's (in a different school across town) when I was supposed to be at the kindergartner's. The first grade teacher had it all set up with groups of five parents at a time. I am there, she doesn't have my folder for my son and is trying to figure out why there are six of us there instead of 5! LOL I messed up two mtgs all at the same time - a true talent.

Then our town celebrates 100 days of school with all kinds of festivities in grades K-2. First grade and Kindergarten actually start on different days (K-starts later.) My daughter's 100 day celbration was a good 9 days later than my son's First grade celebration because of Feb. vacation. I sent my daughter to school with her newly made 100 day shirt the same day that my son had his celebration - only she was the ONLY one wearing her shirt in school- everyone in class was talking about it, including the parents!!

Then there are the Early release days or Days off that are marked on the calendar. I once missed an early release pick-up for my son only to get a call from the office asking if I will be picking my son up today. Then there was a day when my daughter had no school (1/2 day kindergarten) because the morning class was on an all day field trip) I showed up, dropped her off in one corridor to go to her class and went to sign her in (because I was late as I always seem to be) and the secretary looked at me in horror. Why are you here - there is no school today? "There isn't?" I replied. She explained and I quickly went to get my daughter in the other wing of the school. I am convinced that the office staff thinks I am a nutcase!! LOL Unfortunately for them, I still have one more to go through the system!!

I recently "lost" my car keys. I was supposed to meet my sister at her doctors office, to pick up my nephew while she had an xray done. Frantically searched the house from top to bottom for the keys...nowhere! So i call her, half in tears, totell her i can't make it becuase the keys are gone. I swore my hubby must've accidentally grabbed them, because he took my vehicle into work that morning & i was going to drive his truck (More room for the kiddo's). A whole week goes by, and we still can't find the keys...it's the great mystery debate in our house. So i get into the trunk of the car (7 days later), take out a bag of items i had put in there to give to my sister on that one day...and lo and behold...the keys are IN the bag in the TRUNK! Either i accidentally put them in there in my rush to get things together, or my 3 year old did...because i had NO memory of doing that whatsoever!!! True Momnesia moment. One of many, as i have 4 kids, this was just the most recent happening. Lol.

I went to the store the other day in our mini-van and got the kids out worrying about my oldest running into the parking lot while i was getting the other one out. I grabbed both my kids and went in the store. When I came back out, the sliding door was still open! Good thing I live in a small town! haha I've left the house door open trying to get kids in the car, too. Being a mom definitely takes away brain cells. haha

End of the day. I do 2 things before going to bed....wash my face and brush my teeth. I applied face cream on my tooth brush...the worst part was I thought something was off but couldn't figure out what it was until I stopped and thought about. Good thing I was alone.

I"m right there with you. ALthough when I was reading this, I thought you were ON your cell phone and couldn't find it. I've been there as well. I've heard it gets better but I'm still waiting...

Doesn't get better!! This summer, I took my daughter to college orientation on the wrong day!! When I showed them the email confirmation, it was for July not June. Lucky for us, they had orientation on the same dates in June and could fit us in!!
Done just about everything else mentioned-when that same daughter was still in diapers, I traveld with other family members out of town for a funeral. When I walked into the breakfast with her on my arm, my sister told me she was not wearing a diaper and the entire restaurant saw me carry her in with her butt showing!! Went to visit a friend and when we left, they asked if we were forgetting anything! We were forgetting her asleep on their bed (this was our 1st visit after she was born lol).

It is so nice to know I am not alone. Why is it babies take all our brain cells. My mom watches my kids two days a week and day care three. My husband picks them up from day care on those days. I pick up the kids at my moms A few times I have made it all the way home for my husband to ask "where are the kids?" I once showed up for for a dentist appt. a week early, sure that it was that day. Took time off work to go, took the kids, everything. Thank goodness they fit me in but I had to explain to my boss where I was and why since it was on the calendar for the next week. Not happy to know though after reading the entries that it does not get better over time....

Good Grief!! I took my son to school today, dropped off the dog at the groomer, and went to an eye appointment. When I got home I didn't see the dog so I sent my husband a text asking where he put the dog before he went to work. He sends me a frantic text saying that I was supposed to take him to the groomer and what had I done with him! I'm sure he was imagining him roasting in my car for 4 hours....then I remembered....he's at the groomer! My hubby doesn't get it and think's I'm really off my rocker sometimes. Oh, I gotta go....the groomer called and my dog is ready!

My worst ones were when I was pregnant. I was trying to finish my graduate degree. I had to drive quite a distance to do a practice assessment. When I got there they had the wrong setup (I thought!) and I let them know I wasn't happy about it and having wasted my time. A few minutes after I left, I realized I was wrong. I had to eat crow and apologize profusely so they would let me do it.
At about 6 months, I lost the only maternity outfit I had that I really liked. After my son was born, I saw it hanging in the closet.
Victoria

I have a 2 year old and am pregnant with Baby #2 and go through this ALL the time. With my first pregnancy I called my parents house (intending to call the daycare). For the life of me I couldn't figure out why my dad was answering the phone at the daycare (from 1300 miles away mind you).

With this pregnancy I lost the cordless house phone. I called it and paged it for awhile and could hear it but just could not find it. I finally found it in the microwave.

I call them my "Doh" moments. LOL.

It is nice to know that we all seem to have the same memory issues. These posts are hysterical!
I find myself wondering every night whether or not I've taken my vitamins,
I often shave the same leg twice & the other leg not at all,
I've been driving on the hightway & had my (then 2yo) say "are you going to put my seatbelt on me" &
I've gone shopping, put my groceries in the trunk & gone to get into the car only to realize the doors are locked...as is the trunk. LOL

My son was born when my daughter was just 13 months old. Needless to say I was incredibly sleep deprived. Thankfully my daughter adored reading stories and we would sit on the couch for hours, I would glaze over, go into auto pilot, and read the same stories over and over again. Often this was all I could manage to do, especially since my son seemed to want to feed constantly! One of her favorites at the time was a pop up book about jungle animals. The main stars were a mischevious monkey, and a parrot who was orange. I must have read this story a hundred times, when one day I caught myself saying "carrot", when I should have said parrot. The funniest thing was that I realised that i had been saying carrot instead of parrot, EVERY time I had read that book. After that the book became really hard to read cos I would have to stop and concentrate every time I got to that word! And I can imagine what my daughter must have been thinking. At the time her vocabulary was limited to a handful of words including "more" and "again". What she probably wanted to say was "Mom, that is clearly not a carrot. Are you going nuts?!" Luckily when we go to the zoo now, she does not call the parrots carrots, so I don't seem to have done any lasting damage!! But I still smile when I see that book and remember what sleep deprivation does to our brains!

OMG! When my daughter was probably about a year old and still not sleeping well at night, I (soooo exhausted) started to back out of our garage and my husband started yelling. I stopped and realized why - I had not opened the garage. :(

Momnesia.... that explains it, but why does it happen to us moms? I put the powdered Similac can in the microwave (supposed to be in the cabinet), after making a bottle. Car keys in the fridge. Often, I'll turn the water on to do the dishes and walk away to tend to my daughter or something else, and I don't understand how I go from one thing to another just like that, forgetting the previous duty on hand.
Yes, it has DEFINITELY gotten worse since I had Annabelle!!! It happens every single day.

LoL don't feel bad I've been having alot of those moments lately. I'm scheduled for jury duty (call in) all this week, why have i forgotten everyday this week to call between 6pm and 12am i don't remember until i'm at work the next morning! then i had to go pick up my daughter from dance class i was super later because i couldn't find the garage remote guess where it was? In a bag of groceries that i put into the refrigerator! lol
Fyi: i have 3 kids 18, 10, and 10 mons! YIKES!! :)

Traveled home from work one day, went in the house, cooked supper went to my high school age son's room to tell him that dinner was ready.... realized he was still at school! By the time I arrived, there were others coming back to school for a 7:00 meeting. My son, he was sitting on a bench awaiting on me to show up... and now I wonder what could be wrong with him???
I have to admit, I have done this with all but one of 4 children, and a grandchild - luckily I have realized it as soon as I have walked in the door with all the others but the oldest! Needless to say, I started keeping a calendar more regularly...

....and when you get older - it's called MENTALPAUSE!

The one where you go thru all the kids' names before you get it right never ever ends. I am now calling my grandkids the wrong names but the list is longer cos I go thru my kids' names and then the other grandkids' names. What is up with that?

And I am constantly going into a room and forgetting what I was going there for. Sometimes even when I retrace my steps, it takes a couple times for me to remember. Too funny! Gotta love these brain farts (or senior moments). lol

Every one raised 4 and now have 7 grandchildren A. no hills

Trying to raise a bylingual kid, language is where my momnesia moments particularly shine (well, other than driving away from a gas station with the hose still in the car...). Anyway, putting socks on my 8months old: Ok sweetie give me your right foot...now give me your other right foot...

lol you are not alone! i did the keys in the fridge before i had kids lol... so when i cant find them i look there first. your just over worked with things to do try and have 1 hour to yourself a day to help collect your thoughts.

My sister calls them brain farts!!! At first my hubby thought i was going crazy. Now he's used to it. After 4 kids I guess he just gave up. He used to tell me to write a to do list, or a grocery list. Doesn't work. I forget where i put the list. My baby is just 3 weeks old and when people ask me his name, I have to think about it for a few seconds. It's crazy!!!

All the time! Just yesterday I tried to drop my daughter off at my parents' house for them to watch her while I was at work. Yesterday was Wednesday. Wednesday she goes to the sitter's. THURSDAY she goes to my parents' house. I was off a whole day.

The worst thing I did was while I was on maternity leave. It was August, and there were lots of stories about babies being forgotten in hot cars. I was so terrified of that happening or forgetting her somewhere that whenever I ran errands, I was so focused on making sure that I got her out of the cart and into the car, I left my purse in the cart. Not once, not twice, but THREE times in those six weeks. There sure are a lot of good Samaritans out there because I got it back every time with nothing missing - even the last time when I left it in the WM parking lot and didn't realize it was missing til four hours later!

I know mine is old too to post, but wow...I'm only 23 and I feel terrible about my momnesia moments. I was talking to my sister and asked her had she seen my son. He had been playing around us and I didn't hear him anymore, so I thought he had run into house or something...he was standing right there holding my hand, just quiet.

All the time :P I'll be walking to take care of something downstairs get there and forget what I was going to do. It isn't until I come back upstairs that I remember what it was. Then I tell myslef a lil' exercise won't hurt since I have to go again before I forget. I hide things from myself all the time..LOL
Put in a safe place and then never find again.
My favorite is when I was rushing in the morning, put my coffee somewhere
got my daughter in the car her diaperbag and my bag. I get in reaching for my coffee, Not there...OH well already late..
Get to the stop sign and realized where my coffee had been...on top of the car. And now it has spilled all over my windshield... GREAT!

Lol, these are too funny! I frequently find myself frantically searching the house for the baby until I remember that she's in her crib taking a nap.

And a friend of mine once got up early to run some errands with her kids, started the car to let it warm up (b/c it was winter) while she went back inside to gather the babies, ended up changing them and feeding them lunch and taking a nap.... And about 6 hours later realized her car was still idling in the driveway!

With my first son I had just spent a 1/2 hour pumping milk and storing it. The next day I couldn't find it anywhere. So I just forgot about it. Then my husband found it several days later in one of our cupboards for our plates and bowels.
Recently I wore two different shoes to work, what a nice look!

OMG--I have finally wiped the laughter tears from my eyes...I needed this laugh, and where do I begin:
*forgot to put the oatmeal in the oatmeal cookie recipe, and wondered why
they were so runny--I have been baking this recipe for over 30 years, and I usually do not think about what to do, I just mix and bake it!
*dozing in the lounge chair, when the phone rang, picked up the stuffed fish
to answer, my daughter was in stitches laughing
*took my son, when he was little, with me to a discount store (I rarely did this), he occupied himself reading comics, did my shopping and put purchases in car and was headed home when I realized that I had taken him with me, returned to the store and he was still sitting where I left him--you could do this in a small town 25 years ago
*on many occasions, arrived at school with hair still in clippee that had been
put into my hair so I could wash my face, I was dressed correctly and with make-up on, just unbrushed hair--oh well, 5 years old don't care, they always think you look beautiful
*put keys next to charging cell phone so would not forget phone, got out to car, couldn't find keys in purse, finally grabbed spare, got down street, remembered phone, returned for it, saw keys and remembered I had put my keys with the phone so I would not forget it
*constantly walk into a room and forget why, have to retrace my steps to remember
*have even forgotten where I was in the lesson, and my class gladly/quickly helps me get back on track
*a dadnesia--hubby woke one morning, grabbed my arm, said a miracle had occurred, he could see--of course you can, you still have your glasses on--
he has had lasik surgery since then, so really can see now :)
**my solution is to tell my granddaughter to help me remember something, which she lovingly does:)

OMG - I think it must also have something to do with what we eat and taking time to rest. Ginko helps me. Have Momnesia momments more when I have too much on my mind and have not taken time to make lists which I CAN follow. I have to just really relax, like take a shower for no reason until the water gets cold. Then, I have to sit down, having something to drink while I start making MY LIST of LISTS. I have learned to make my list on my laptop, because it REALLY helps my mind be able to multi-task and not forget what I was really wanting to make the list for in the first place....... I love it that I can even print out the list so I can mark things off and even take notes.......this helps me remember why I am walking into a room or picking up the phone to call WHO, or why I called someone in the first place. I have add/adhd and have mastered being able to multi-task, with only a few major goofs now and then.
Getting things ready the night before makes life much less stressful. Deciding what to wear and then finding all of it clean and wrinkle free is my highlight of the evening. Using the dishwasher tags and double checking soap dish helps (well truthfully God only knows how many times I recheck things) Taking meds is still a major problem..... I could have gotten the pill out of the bottle and put it down, God only knows where as I do not remember if I took it a few seconds ago. I know I need to make some kind of a note/list and keep it on the frig. but I keep forgetting....

Once I drove 2 hours to take a major education test, one week early. Wondered why no one was in the college parking lot, as I looked for my registration form. bingo... had to make that long drive again, the next weekend, to a full parking lot.
Have learned I have to have a marketed place for keys to go.... the remote I truly believe has a mind of it's own and does not want to be found, and can even become invisible.
Learn to laugh more as it really can help your attitude when you goof up.

I know I have had such moments, but my grown sons are the worst...because they both just space it when we are having a conversation that involves me giving them advice, or asking them to do a chore or two when they are visiting me...I have often accused them of having this form of "Momnesia"!

OK, I have to jump on this bandwagon.... Finding my keys and the TV remote are a daily challenge. Picking up something and putting it somewhere so I won't forget it, and then, seconds later, it's nowhere to be found. Drives me nuts!!!

My sister has three kids, ages 2, 5, and 15. I was over at her house with my two girls, who are 2 and 3. We all ate some kind of messy snack (of course I can't remember what it was), and my sister wiped the faces of all the kids... including her 15 year old!! Too funny. :)

As others have said I know this is an old post but I want to say "I am so glad I read this and know that I am not alone". I seem to have gotten "Momnesia" right after my 2nd child as well and even up to this day I still get those moments and my youngest is 11 now. My husband keeps making me think I am going crazy because of how little things I seem to forget like to the phone thing, I was talking to him on my cell phone at the same time I was telling him " I can't find my phone to call my sister" LOL . That story is alwasy so hilarious to me. :-) Thank you moms for the laughs!!

Just today at Target my son was eating the pizza hut pizza and I was taking his garbage to the trash. But I didn't. I kept walking with it through the store and only realized it when I put my purchases on the counter to be rung up. The cashier gave me the strangest look.(lol). I lose keys everyday and I have to take pills every morning I have my husband witness me taking them because I can take a pill and ask a second later, "did anyone notice me taking my pills?" It's a constant. I even went to a nurosurgeon thinking early memory loss issues, he said use post-it's I said to him I would if I can remember where I put them!!!! At least we are all in the same boat.

hehe I know I'm late in responding but have no problem commiserating!

How about forgetting stuff that you're told regarding how to do your job... the minute you repeat it back to the person who told you the info?

Then there was the day while I was still pg and got all my grocery shopping done, had everything rang up and bagged and... no debit card. I had left the darn thing at home and didn't realize it til it was time to check out! Fortunately my husband was at home to come rescue me, but man, the embarrassment of having the poor cashier suspend the transaction then being walked to the customer service booth by a manager and waiting and waiting and waiting...

These are all so freakin funny, I am in tears, everyone should take the time to read these, what a great laugh. I have some stories to tell, yet I cannot bring to mind at this moment:)
N.

Sleep deprivation ladies, that's one of the names. lol My daughter was born 2 wks after my 37th birthday. She was a few months old an I was going into town for some reason or another. I was halfway there when I realized my only months old baby girl was not buckled in. I was dragging butt tired and started crying because I hadn't buckled her in. I did it twice more I think before she was a year old.

My daughter is about to be 11 and my son is now 7. I drove off last winter with my first aid kit and my steel tip dart case on top of the car. I had pulled them from under the front passenger seat looking for something else and put them both on top of the car. The next day I found the kit in the grass on the side of the road on the overpass, but not my dart case. Such is life. lol

You don't have to deliver them to have Momnesia. I have 3 stepkids that I am super close with and mess up their names constantly. I call them all the wrong name(sometimes the dog's name) with little regard for their sex. My middle one always answers very seriously, I'M MICHAEL...as if I don't KNOW their names. I think it's just doing-too-much-at-once brain that is multiplied many-fold with kids.

I am so glad I am not the only one! It seems at times I can not remember my own name! :)

Momnesia I love and have experienced several times....When i look right in my daughter face and call her by her sister name and she look at me and say Momma I am??????

I am a single mom to three kids, 13, 9 and 6. My biggest moment came a few months ago when my then 8 yr old wanted to go to girl scout overnight camp. I couldnt go because of the other two kids activities. I signed her up because I knew the parents and thought she would be okay all the time worrying for three weeks wondering how she would do. About two days before her trip, we are getting last minute things and she talks about how she wondered if it would be like the time she went camping two years before. I thought she could not possibly be right- how could I forget an entire camping trip??? Then the memory of it comes back and I realize she is right. I visualize dropping her off and the girls piling into the vans of parents that were going and trying to calm down her sister who wasn't going- she was three then. The whole reason I worried was because I thought she had never done this before! I couldn't believe I had completely blanked on that original trip- it was a similar arrangement and she did have a great time although I still worried a little even though she is pretty independent. I thought I would get so much done that weekend but even with emailing and texting the group leader, I guess I just missed her too much to focus on much else besides taking care of my other two kids.

I had a bill to mail off last week. I loaded the kids in the car, looked in the diaper bag and it wasn't there. So I go back in the house and looked everywhere I may have put it before. I couldn't find it and since the kids were already in the car I went ahead and did our errands the whole time wondering where I put that bill. We get home and I start putting the grocery's away and there on top of the coffee is the envelope. I remembered putting it there when I was pouring my daughters juice, and telling myself not to forget it before I shut the door. I am having a lot of these moments lately. I have a 3 year old and a 9 month old. Thankfully I just started having them because one of my biggest fears was to leave a newborn somewhere.