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You know you're a working mom......'

When at work, someone tries to "guilt you" into doing something. They are amateurs.Your kids are experts. Also when you hide the last snickers bar behind the spinach.
—Guest sarah

You Know You're a Working Mom When

You are training 1200 employees on a new system and your child asks you a question and you ask "What's Your ID"
—Guest morest

YOU KNOW YOU ARE A WORKING MUM WHEN.....

you arrive at work, put an item in yor pockets & retrieve a teething rusk in one hand and a dummy in the other.....
—Guest BECK

baby knows you're working in the womb

My yet-2-b-born daughter somehow hardly ever moves when I'm at work, no matter what I eat, but senses the end of the day and throws a party in my womb on our walk to the car!!
—Guest Charmaine

Agony of working mother

wake up in the morning..get dressed..head towards office leaving the child behind sleeping...
—Guest Farah Naz Kabir

when going to sleepy

you are in your work sleepy when your kids are sick
—Guest thelma caritativo

You know you're a working mom when...

your 2 year old says "mom, you work, work, work" or when she turns 3 and says, "mom don't check your email" when you happened to pass the home office to get your shoes to go the park like you promised but think about making a quick detour to the computer in the office. Or when you step out of the office to go the kitchen to get something to drink and your child asks, "are you done now?"
—Guest jhall

Time Management

you're willing to come in early, even if it means getting up at 5:00 a.m., but you leave every day at 5 on the dot because you know there are two little boys in daycare who can't wait a minute longer for you to get there and hug them.
—Guest Jessica

Bringing home work

You try to clean up your daughter's room, and she tells you not to touch her 'work stuff' on her desk
—Guest Lucianna

Office equipment

you automatically undo the car seat and take it out of the car when your husband drops you off at work ---- with the baby still in it!
—Guest Kelley

Your boss ...

you invite your boss to your daughter's birthday party and she actually comes (of course she brings the best gift)!
—Guest Melissa

Going through airport security (another)

You announce at the top of your lungs, "I WANT TO DECLARE A BREAST PUMP, BREAST MILK, AND A COOLER" while unpacking your laptop and plopping a bag full of files on the conveyor belt.
—Guest Guest Julie

you know you are a working mom when

your two year old daughter take her favorite doll grandma and tells her to watch her because she has to go to work like Mommy
—Guest TaxMommy

All before work

you've signed your child up for swimming class for next month, ironed on her Daisy Girl Scout badge to her uniform, wrapped two gifts, made breakfast, showered, put on make-up, written a note for her teacher and put lunch money in an envelope in her backpack all before you leave for work!
—Guest Carole Russo

In your office,

Your colleagues won't open your office door just in case you might be pumping.
—Guest Jill

You've used your breast pump

in a borrowed office, during a conference call, and in an airport or airplane.
—FamilyFitness

When going through airport security

and the matchbox cars that your kids put in your brief case so that you have toys at work raise the suspicions of the TSA workers.
—mmmcgowen

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You Know You're a Working Mom When ...

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