Important & Life Changing Things I have Learned Since I became a Mom

Ok, so I've had some things rumbling around my head lately that I just have to get out. There are a few life lessons I have learned since becoming a mother of 3. Here they are:

1) There are not 4 food groups. There are 2. Food that sweeps up easily and food that does not. Cheerios, dry pancakes & Goldfish crackers belong to the former group. Macaroni & Cheese, rice and bananas belong to the latter group, Unless--as my sister Jeny pointed out--you let the macaroni and rice dry over night, then they become extremely sweepable.

2) Babies are not born with 20/20 vision. It is actually much better than that. They use this vision to find all the itsy-bitsy things you failed to pick up off the floor. They also have perfect night vision--so you may thing you're being all stealthy sneaking in on them in the dark, when in fact, you're the only one who can't see a thing. They can see you perfectly well and are happy to let you know it.

3) Ok, this one was an idiot moment. But--it is IN FACT IMPOSSIBLE for 3 kids to share a snack cup. This is a proven, scientific fact. 3 kids = 1 snack cup = tantrums and flying cheerios. 3 kids = 3 snack cups = happy everybody. Ditto for sippy cups.

4) Toes are amazing instruments. They can open doors while you're holding 2 kids, entertain fussy kids while you're breastfeeding the happy one--especially when the toes are painted hot pink with sparklies on them :), pick up blankets, sippy cups, toys . . . Toes can rock car seats, tickle bellies . . . What amazing toes we all have. Who knew?!

5) It's perfectly ok, and in fact expected, and part of the divine plan for mothers, that they will have partial amnesia for the first 6 months post-partum. Otherwise, we'd all be only kids. I came to this realization after I was checking up on a gal from my mission who just had twins. All sorts of memories came back--you know the up till 2:30 with one child only to have the other wake up at 3 . . . You can refer to the boppy bashing incident from last fall for more details :) I had conveniently forgotten how hard it was for the first 6 months. As someone said--a good memory is unpardonable. Or something like that.

Well, that's all the epiphanies I've had for this week. I'm sure many more have occurred, which I would remember if I had any sort of memory at all. Remember, I'm claiming preggie brain until the girls are 1 year, so I still have a few weeks to go.