Beyond Motherhood

This is so funny that I need to share. Taken from a mother and baby magazine. How to tell if you are an over-competitive mum.

1. You start reading Lord of the Ring to your baby and tell everyone at your mothers’ support group how much she enjoys it.

2. You make sure that you and your tot are fully coordinated in the latest Guess outfit for lunch with the other mums.

3. You help your toddler build a sand castle in the playground and then pretend that she did it single-handedly.

4. You speak to your baby in French – even though you have no connection with France and the only French words you know are bonjour, merci beaucoup and sauvignon blanc.

5. You demand a re-count when your baby fails to win the ‘baby idol’ contest at a baby fair.

6. When your child learns to walk before his first birthday, you give your top-of-the-range stroller away to a friend whose baby ‘still really needs it’

7. You carry you baby’s health book around in your handbag just in case a stranger wants to see how much weight he has put on.

8. You realise that you have more toys and equipment than the playgroup your tot is attending.

9. You keep a video of your child’s first word running on a loop on your TV when your friends and their babies come around.

10. You not only frame your child’s first doodles, but have them copied and frame as Christmas presents for family and friends.

So are you in this syndrome? I am proud to say that all my kids walk before their first birthday, but I never give my stroller away (he..he..). As I am typing this post I’m admiring my newly purchase netbooks.

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