Patience is a Virtue.......Apparently!

Babies would be slung out of windows at 3am, trolleys would be
abandonded in supermarkets - complete with screaming children in
them and many people would wake up in the morning to collect the
post, the milk and the puce coloured baby that has been left on
their doorstep!

So this is why I believe that we, as
mums, are given this gift of extra patience! Marvellous........well
yes it is great, but there is also the downside to this theory of
mine and I believe that many of you will be able to recognise the
signs within yourselves as you read on.....

So, as I was saying - the brain segregates an area off which I have
called 'extra patience' and the downside to this wonderful ammenity
is that the area it uses to do this was originally your 'memory'.
Yep, unfortunatley, the area of 'memory' has to give up some of
it's valuable space to accomodate the patience - which is kinda ok
as you need an awful lot of patience with yourself as you are
constantly forgetting things!!

Unfortunately this doesn't stop here as you are awarded more
patience and less memory with each additional child that you have.
By the time that you have made it to three children, you will be
lucky if you remember what day of the week it is!! If you decide at
this stage that three children is enough, then don't rely on a
contraceptive pill to keep you out of trouble as you will
inevietably forget to take it!

The rather cruel twist of fate in all this is that, as you have
children so the need arises to remember more things. You will find
yourself muttering various mantras throughout the day in a vain
attempt to remember everything, ie. Must buy new school dress, must
buy new school dress, must buy......oooh look at those gorgeous
shoes..........

Oh yes, you will still be very easily distracted by shoes and shiny
things but whereas you would have been able to buy the shoes and
continue with your day prior to having children, your brain now
sends the message 'can't afford shoes as need to
buy'.............um.........what was it you needed to buy?

So at the end of the day when your husband is moaning that you
didn't pick his suit up from the dry cleaners, your eldest daughter
is crying becuase the hole in her school dress is now bordering on
indecent, the dog has peed on the floor as you meant to take him
for a walk and the kids are tucking into chocolate spread
sandwiches because you forgot to go shopping, just console yourself
with the fact that none of it is your fault and be thankful that
you have the patience to deal with it!