The Mom Brain

Okay, so I heard lots about the "mom brain" when I was pregnant. Sure, I expected I'd be forgetful and lose things, but that's pretty much status quo for me. For example, my first semester of college I had to replace my ID 5 times! I would swipe it at the dining hall, put it on the tray, and then toss it in the trash with my food. By second semester I got one of those ID lanyards to wear around my neck. It tends to happen when I need to focus on class or work and then everything around me suffers. I thought motherhood would be the same...yes, I've had store clerks have to chase me and give my credit card back 3 different times this month, but I have not forgotten one thing that I needed in the diaper bag yet. All of this I was expecting. I was not expecting the loss of vocabulary.

It must be due to the lack of sleep or energy my body is putting towards milk production but whatever it is I truly have lost my words. My mind goes completly blank. The first time was really bad. It happened when I had to take Cece to the vet and I was talking to Penny (that's a plus about being a parent. I can say I was talking to Penny when before I was just being crazy and talking out loud to myself). Well, anyways, we needed to leave and I was saying "where's that thing? You know, it rings so if Chris needs me...what is that?! Oh my phone! Where's my phone?" I wish it was words I don't use often like incorrigible or precipice, but no, it is words like phone. And it happens when I'm put on the spot. This weekend we were at brunch and the waitress asked how I'd like my eggs. I had nothing in my head and then it came slowly where I felt like I was going through a dictionary of eggs:
"sunnyside up--no, what are you thinking?! That is a health hazard, scrambled--maybe, but I want the one where it is runny, but kind of hard boiled sort of...oh poached!" It probably was only a few seconds for me to do this and say poached but it felt like I made the waitress wait forever. Then there's the problem of mixing up opposites. I told a friend how Penny and I walked the track at the library...oops, did I say library, I meant the gym!
Please tell me my words will come back. The days where I get a nap are better, but I've heard mom brain often lasts through the toddler years. So if one day you are talking to me and I give you a blank stare just know that I'm relearning my vocabulary by reading board books to Penny.