Mom Brain

It seems to starts the moment you become pregnant: the mom brain.

While I had heard of it prior to having my son, mom brain was something that I thought would clear up eventually (sooner rather than later). However, five years in, I still have a bad case of it.

There’s one specific situation that I remember where mom brain made itself known. My son was about seven months old and we were in the car heading to a local park. It just happened to be summer solstice, so we were heading to a park that had a sundial. Once in the car, we were on the highway making our way there when all of a sudden I couldn’t remember how to get there (even though I had been to that specific park multiple times). While trying to remember how to get there, I completely forgot where we were going. It was at this point that I was going to get off the highway (since we were approaching an exit) so I could pull over on a side street to re-evaluate. It was then that my brain decided to co-operate and my memory started working again. We made it to our desination without any further delay. There have been many more situations since then where my mom brain has taken over, but this has been one of the most memorable.

What kinds of situations have you found yourself in (or what items have you ‘lost’) because your mom brain took over?