Mummy's brain

They say when you have a child/ren you get the mummy's brain i.e. hard to commit things to memory, misplace things, lack of concentration and short term memory loss. Some have gone far enough to say childbirth kills some neurons; that's why you get mummy's brain. In short: absent-mindedness.

From my own experience I think it's quite true! But for me I think I have a chronic inability to concentrate now. It originates from heavy duty multitasking that is required from a mother.

Try having a conversation with your hubby when he comes home and your little boy starts talking to you and wants you to respond. He then climbs the chair and uses the backing as a fireman's pole to slide down. You interrupt your hubby mid-sentence to say to your son "No, get down!" and have a small conversation with your son so he doesn't feel ignored. Then you re-start the conversation with your hubby again while in the meantime setting the table for dinner and getting your little boy to wash his hands before dinner. You then try to eat dinner while having a conversation with your hubby and also making sure your son does not play with his food. You entertain his eating whims like wanting kicap on his rice or wanting strawberry milk or wanting someone to gaul his rice with the kuah. Then your son wants to go to the toilet and you interrupt dinner and the conversation to bring him to the toilet. Then he wants to play in the other room but you haven't finished eating so you continue eating while subconsciously (if that's possible) supervise from afar with acute hearing abilities and eyes at the back of your head. Baru anak satu!

Sometimes my brain feels like a messy room of wires slithering everywhere. I cannot concentrate on just one task. I don't think it's good though. Especially when driving; I'm thinking of what to cook for dinner, when to pay the toll bills, what to add to the shopping list. Huarghh

It's 6pm. Time for another round of the above scenario :p