Fw: [militaryspouses] MOMMY-BRAIN

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In a message dated 9/9/98, 9:26:05 AM, eosinophilic gastroenteritis (AT) onelist (DOT) com writes:

<<> And if you know the words to " Goodnight Moon " by heart,>>

My husband looked at me like I had three heads the other night when I recited

Goodnight Moon to while we were driving in the car. I'm glad to know

I am not the only mother with this permanently embedded in my brain.

Jen

( 11/7/95, eosinophilic esophagitis, food allergies, asthma)

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Dawn, mommy to Dakota, 6(in 1st grade, only a few more years before the

boys are pounding down the doors) and , 2-1/2 (eosinophilic

gastroenteritis, fundo 10/96)

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> From: ARMYWIFE2@...

> To: militaryspouses (AT) onelist (DOT) com

> Subject: [militaryspouses] MOMMY-BRAIN

> Date: Wednesday, September 09, 1998 3:25 AM

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> From: ARMYWIFE2@...

>

> This one is for all the Mommy's out there!!

> Luv Nute )

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>

> MOMMY-BRAIN

> If you've left the crayons to melt in the car,

> And forgotten just where the car keys are,

> There's a perfectly good way to explain:

> You see, you've come down with " Mommy Brain. "

>

> When you're not sure where the past 8 hours went,

> Or whether the phone bill check's been sent,

> If you've left the laundry drying in the rain,

> It's just---you guessed it---Mommy Brain.

>

> If you find yourself chatting for hours on end

> About diaper prices with your cyberfriends,

> You've just caught a particularly virulent strain

> Of that affliction known as Mommy Brain.

>

> If you left your bags at the grocery store

> Or completely forgot what you went there for,

> If you called the cat by your baby's name,

> You can bet that Mommy Brain's to blame.

>

> And if you know the words to " Goodnight Moon " by heart,

> Or you study your sleeping babe like a work of art,

> If you're always suprised by how time is flying,

> And the thought of that first birthday starts you crying.....

>

> It's unavoidable girls, and I feel your pain,

> For I, too, suffer from Mommy Brain.

> But I'll admit one thing---of this I'm sure:

> I hope they never find a cure.

>

>

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Hubby is scared of the fact that I know all the Teletubbies by heart and

will start the song on a cue.

Dawn, mommy to Dakota, 6(in 1st grade, only a few more years before the

boys are pounding down the doors) and , 2-1/2 (eosinophilic

gastroenteritis, fundo 10/96)

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> From: Jenericm@...

> To: eosinophilic gastroenteritis (AT) onelist (DOT) com

> Subject: [eosinophilic gastroenteritis] Re: Fw: [militaryspouses] MOMMY-BRAIN

> Date: Wednesday, September 09, 1998 9:23 AM

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> From: Jenericm@...

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> In a message dated 9/9/98, 9:26:05 AM, eosinophilic gastroenteritis (AT) onelist (DOT) com

writes:

> <<> And if you know the words to " Goodnight Moon " by heart,>>

>

> My husband looked at me like I had three heads the other night when I

recited

> Goodnight Moon to while we were driving in the car. I'm glad to

know

> I am not the only mother with this permanently embedded in my brain.

>

> Jen

> ( 11/7/95, eosinophilic esophagitis, food allergies, asthma)

>

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In a message dated 98-09-09 10:25:39 EDT, you write:

<< Hubby is scared of the fact that I know all the Teletubbies by heart and

will start the song on a cue.

>>

I do this too. It is especially embarrassing when I start toi hum the

Teletubbies theme song when I am at work.

love,

sharon

mommy to Jake (5) and fraternal twins (34.5 weeks) (3/30/97) - Cole -(nda)

and Clayton (eosinophil gastroenteritis, food allergies, g-tube, Nissen and

possible latex allergy, some dd and undiagnosed neuro issues)