You know you're a mommy when...

1. Your first consideration is your child's nap schedule when you make a doctor's appointment for yourself

2. A room in your home can go from looking orderly to looking like a tornado went through it in five minutes flat (one of Nadia's favorite things is to take down almost all of the books from the bottom two shelves of her bookshelf - the one she's pictured standing by in yesterday's post)

3. You find cereal in very odd places (like a piece of Kix on a step going upstairs or a Cheerio on the floor in your bathroom)

4. You know what fun twanging a door stopper can be

5. You try not to leave your shoes on the floor (or they will end up in someone's mouth)

6. You realize that a jacuzzi tub makes a great "playpen" for your child to play in while you are getting a shower

7. Your primary consideration for choosing when to run errands is whether it will mess up your child's nap schedule if he/she ends up sleeping in the car for a few minutes

8. You find yourself saying "be careful" about 50 million times a day

9. You sweep your kitchen floor every day (instead of once a week)

10. The highlights of your day are the smiles and laughter of a child

Nadia has been saying mama quite frequently these days. She often now includes mama in the middle of her crying or fussing (she never says dada, baba, or gaga when crying). Yesterday when I was washing her face after a meal (not her favorite activity in life), she said "mama" very loudly in a crying sort of voice. Maybe she was trying to ask me to stop washing her face? I do find it interesting that ma is the only syllable that she utters when she's crying waaahhh.