Baby Brain aka Absentmindedness

Increased Absentmindedness. The book we have read through for the past few months repeatedly states that this will be a re-curring aspect of my wife's preganancy. I kept seeing this phrase but could not think of any specific examples....what was I writing about?

Had you going for a minute!

There have been countless small examples of baby brain during Kos' pregnancy (for both of us) but there have been a few times where for a moment I thought I had married a complete nutter. Thankfully, as the book suggests this will pass once the baby comes. Seeing as our friend Mihiri had her go at the blokes with her 'Doing a Dad' post (see previous post), I thought I would turn the tables and give you an insight into some of my wife's silly antics.

To my male readers: Fear not, the baby brain symptoms come and go and she'll be back to her old self in no time (at least 9 months). Fathers and Fathers to be: have any baby brain stories? send 'em through to sam@inlumino.com.au

Episodes:
The Car: My wife, a primary school teacher, drove to school one day. She had a great day, and arrived home at the usual time. Later that night I had to go out and walked to our driveway to see that the car was missing. It was nowhere to be seen. Not down the street, not rolling into the neighbours front yard. Nothing! I quickly rushed back inside the house thinking that the car had been stolen from our driveway. Kos came out and was just as startled. We were about to call the cops when she then remembered that she had driven to school!

She had had such an episode of absentmindedness that she had asked a colleague for a lift home because I had apparently dropped her at school!!! (the car was safely locked away in the school parking lot overnight, I dropped her at school the next morning, and wifey drove home that afternoon.)

The Phone: Wifey went out for dinner with a colleague (actually the same one who drove her home that afternoon - I see a recurring theme here Hannah!). I had some 'Sam Time' and watched TV and had a few beers. I went into the bedroom and faintly heard the phone ringing. Kos hadn't put the phone back into its dock, (which is a regular occurrence anyway) so I pulled up the quilt, pillows and bed sheets, thinking that she had been lying on the bed talking on the phone and had left it there, but nothing. I look underneath the bed, underneath the desk, but still nothing. I eventually opened our wardrobe and underneath some clothes at the BACK of our walk-in wardrobe was the phone. Nothing like talking on the phone in wardrobe and then just leaving it there.

Once I had answered the phone, one of her Aunties mentioned that she had been trying to call all night!

Change has come to America but you can still vote in the Daddy Dilemmas Poll to the left of this page. How much do you think it is to have a baby? I'll post on this topic later!