You Know You're a Mom When....

1. You are waiting for the Metro (subway) elevator and you scream, "Enough with the snow!" at the group of 10 high school kids throwing snowballs 10 ft away from you...without a second thought. (That happened today.)

2. Food for serious thought includes the state of your child's behind and how many dirty diapers he's had today.

3. You think nothing of digging boogers out of your child's nose with a q-tip or taking his rectal temperature.

4. A trip to Home Depot requires extra laps up and down the aisles while you wait for assistance in appliances, an extra trip to the car to get the Bjorn carrier because your little one is having a hissy in his car seat stroller, and assistance to your car by a sweet teenage employee because there is no way to push a stroller AND a full cart to your car successfully. (That was yesterday.)

5. No matter how deep you are sleeping, you hear the changes in your baby's breathing patterns on the monitor.

6. You can hold a 17-lbs child in your right hand and eat pasta with your left. (And you are right-handed!)

7. Taking a shower involves retrieving thrown toys on the bathroom floor to keep your baby entertained in his seat so you actually have time to shave your legs.

8. You sing ALL THE TIME. Doesn't matter the song - children's songs, TV theme songs, pop radio songs.

9. You map your day around your baby's eating and sleeping schedules.

10. You strike up conversations with random other moms about your child's weight, length, and developmental milestones.

Happy Valentine's Day!