JFF What Is Your Best "Mom Brain" Story??

I have twin boys. One day I dressed them in matching outfits. I was looking at the two of them together and said, "Oh look! You two are twins!" Duh.

I once made a pot of coffee and forgot to actually put coffee in the coffee maker. So basically I brewed a pot of hot water. My hubby discovered it first and was like, "Hey Sweetie? What kind of coffee is this?"

I make homemade pizza and a few months ago we were eating it and it tasted faintly of pickles. When making the pizza I saw half of a label on a spice jar that I swore said "oregano" and it really said "organic"...dill! Luckily we like pickles, but I wouldn't recommend dill pizza to anyone.

brewing a pot of baby formula made for a very nasty smelling kitchen. Thank God I didn't try mixing the coffee grounds up for my baby's bottle!

I no longer store the powdered formula and coffee grounds in the same cabinet.

Looking for my cell phone while I'm talking on it. :)

Like others who have posted, I have too many "mom brain" moments to remember but one that comes to mind at the moment is when my daughters were little (about 8mo and 2.5 yrs) I got them all ready for a walk, buckled them in the double stroller and left. At the end of our street I realized I was still wearing my slippers!

How 'bout yesterday I went to pick up our take out pizza. I was so excited yah I got to get out of the house without the kiddos. So I walked in ordered pizza, paid the lady it for the pizza- it came to $10.98 or something. So I said keep the 2 cents and turned around and started walking out!

Then just before I reach the door I hear a lady shouting "Um miss would you like your pizza"--Ha ha , I literally thought the wallet I had in my hand was the pizza. If she hadn't said anything, I probably would have made it all the way to the car without the pizza--maybe even all the way home :)

Here I thought getting out without the kiddos was a good thing--for me I seem to do better with them than without!

I left my wallet on top of the car losing it like 3 times in 2 weeks. All three times good samaritans found it and called me and we had to drive to 3 different homes to pick it up. My kids still say, Mom, don't lose your wallet!

Such a great question - had a few laughs reading the responses!

I went to Starbuck's with another Mom and we had all 6 of our kids in there trying to keep them from tearing the place down. At the end I can't find my keys and start looking all over to find out where the 3 year old had hidden them in the store only to realize my car was running in its parking space during our whole 45 minute visit. Nice.

The biggest thing I did that was pretty stupid was give him my birth control and take his thyroid medicine! We take our pills at the same time and I used to crush his, dissolve it, and put it in his feeding tube. (now he takes it orally)

We take them in the evening and I was so tired. I popped a pill and put the other one in his tummy. Afterwards realized that I'd seen a flash of blue in the tube, not orange! Of course I freaked out and called the Pediatrician right away! I'm sure he was talking about me in the office the next day! He told me the hormones wouldn't hurt him since it was a one time incident and jokingly told me that my thyroid levels should be excellent!

I've never done that one again! I sure felt stupid. :-)

omg melissa thats freakin hilarious!

I think off the top of my head id say it was the time i put a whole bag of frozen newly bought grocery items right in the trash outside. then went back to the store cause after putting the rest up thought i forgot a bag.

LMAO,,,,,,,and i wasnt drinking,,,,i swear

I think I have alot of those. Here is the only one I remember.
When I was pregnant, there were not alot of cute maternity clothes like now. I had only one dress that I really liked. When I was about 6 months along, I thought I somehow lost it. I was so upset, kept looking everywhere. Then after my son was born, there it was hanging right in the front of the closet.

Yikes I never do stuff like that. No, not impressive I just keep track of everything less I lose my head.

I can tell you a funny mom moment. I used to be a grocery checker, ya know, back when they had to unload the cart. As I was pulling the groceries and talking to the customer a jar of pickles slipped out the side. I grabbed it with the closest hand midair never looking down or stopping what I was saying at the time. The guy looked as I scanned it and asked, you have kids, don't you. According to him, aside from me, he has only seen his wife pull that off. :p

I did a bunch of these, especially when I just had my 2nd. Like I'd drive all the way somewhere, get out, and see my cup of coffee still on the roof (I guess I'm a smooth driver!)
There was a week when I locked myself out of the house twice.
And once I took my preschooler to school with no shoes.

Scratchin my head at how you can make tuna casserole minus the tuna.
Thanks for the laugh.

I have, more than once, looked around for my glasses before I realized that I was wearing them. And two weeks ago, I spent a minute standing in front of my house door, feeling around in my purse for my keys with my right hand, then looked down and realized I was actually holding them in my left hand. I really felt stupid after that one. I've always been a little scatterbrained, but I've definitely gotten worse after having kids.

I just opened my husband's JCPenny's bill. There was a $15.00 missed payment charge. I paid HIS balance on MY account.

Btw, we're BOTH named Chris. This is the first time I've done this in 25 YEARS! This will be fun to fix tomorrow since I can't do it without him being here to talk to them. He'll be THRILLED...

One Mother's Day I bought my mom a card that said on the front "To My Other Mother". I was so embarrassed. She understood :)

Well, I was gonna answer this question, but, uh, um, wait what did you ask?

Wait! I know, MomBrain, well, hands down that would be when I took my dogs phenobarb thinking it was Motrin.

Which might explain a lot.

There are many more, of course, but, well....you know.....

:('

I forgot to pick the kids up at the sitters after work 1 day. as I was pulling into our neighborhood I realized I had no kids with me! haha. Thankfully the sitter only lived 5 miles from us!!

I blame my "pregnancy/mom brain" on this one! This was a couple months ago - I was about 5 or so months pregnant. I picked up my daughter from daycare in the rain, and pulled into our driveway. Not able to park in the garage and needing to dart from the car to the front door in what was now pouring rain, I reached back to unbuckle my daughter's car seat so I could grab her and run when I got out of the car. In the meantime, she noticed an umbrella on the floor I had forgotten about. So I grabbed it and got out to get her, ran up the stairs and made it safely into the house. Almost two or so hours later, my husband came home from work. With a slightly strange tone, he asked me how long I'd been home. I told him it had been a while. He says "The car's running in the driveway." Oh goodness!!! With all the rush to stay as dry as possible, I completely forgot to turn the car off. I laughed, he wasn't as amused, but I know now I'll never forget again! BTW - I'm really not an airhead - like I said, "pregnancy/mom brain!" Fun question, J.!!

Can I still get a post in?

I have so many I can't mention them. But I had an interesting event the other day when my husband made several mistakes while shopping - even with his list. Nothing major, just grabbing the wrong item. Funny thing, he had the kids with him. NOW HE KNOWS why I do truly boneheaded things when I'm shopping with the kids.

He had to eat some humble pie for dinner.

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After my first son was born I was really bummed that my wedding rings still weren't fitting after 3 months or so. I got them from the drawer and came downstairs to show my husband that they still weren't fitting and consider getting them re-sized. As I was trying to put them on he kindly pointed out the fact that I was trying to wear them on my right hand and not the left. DUH!

When my son was younger I left his sippy cup behind so often that I became famous for it at playgroup. People joked that I should buy stock in the company!

Last week I started the coffee (for my husbands whole family at their lake cabin) without the pot. Of course it made a giant mess before my FIL noticed...

oops.