10 Things I Could Never Do Until I Became a Mother

My 10 Parenting Super Powers
My 10 Parenting Super Powers

Before I became a parent, I was just a regular person.

Now, although I look like a regular person on the outside, I have a few parenting super powers tucked away for when I need them.

And, if you're a parent, I'm guessing you have most of these super powers too:

#1: I can unfold a stroller with one hand.

And a baby in the other arm, with a purse on my shoulder.

#2: I can conjure a snack or toy from my purse.

Even if that "toy" is actually an empty mint container.

#3: I can go from sound asleep to completely alert with one baby cry.

I wouldn't say this is necessarily a superpower I WANT, but I'll take what I can get.

#4: I can change a bite of ordinary food into an airplane.

Or a train or a bird or a dragon.

#5: I can read a book with my eyes closed.

After a few reads of Goodnight Moon, I don't need to actually see the words to recite the entire thing.

#6: I can find a pacifier anywhere.

In the dark, in the crevices of a carseat, tangled in a blanket, or tossed under the couch.

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#7: Those carseat buckles? No problem.

I don't even think about this superpower until I see someone who doesn't do it 10 times a day fiddling around with it endlessly. I can have that baby in and out in 5 seconds flat.

#8: I can chase all the monsters out from under the bed.

Monsters have nothing on mamas.

#9: I know what those different cries mean.

(This one meant "I desperately need a nap and vacation is killing me.")

#10: I understand babbling.

When other children speak, I have no idea what they are saying. But my own child? Of course I know they want a banana or to ride their bikes!

- By Janssen Bradshaw

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