20 Telltale Signs You Are A Parent

The Joy of parenthood! It is the most wonderful job and the most important job you will ever have. It is also the most frustrating, gross and exhausting. Take a break, and enjoy these telltale ways to know you are really a parent:
Baby talk is not reserved for just your kids.

1) You are at dinner with a friend, they spill something on their shirt and you reach into your bag and pull out baby wipes to clean up.

2)Carrying around your little one has given you bigger biceps than you ever get at the gym.

3)You have no idea who is on “Grey’s Anatomy,” but you can name every one of the Wiggles, and you know their corresponding color.

4)You get a paper cut at work and whip out a Scooby Doo band-aid.

5)You catch yourself singing the Bob the Builder song in the shower.

6)You serve your husband dinner and cut his steak into little tiny pieces for him.

7) You hear a crash in the next room and you not only know exactly what was the source of the crash, but who created it.

8) You can bathe a squirming, screaming toddler, wash their hair and dry them off in five minutes flat.

9) You chuckle when you hear a pregnant friend talk about what her life will be like after she has her child.

10) Every time you hear "mommy" or “daddy” you turn even if you are alone at the store.

11) You don't mind being drooled on because curdled milk spit-up is so much worse.

12) Your child’s bedroom looks like a Toy Store.

13) You and your spouse get matching stick-on tattoos for fun!

14) You ask your husband of he has gone to the potty lately because his tummy hurts.

15) You look into your sick child's eye’s and wish it was you.

16) When your stomach twists and turns in knots as the nurse gives your child his first set of shots.

17) You have become an expert on getting gum out of hair.

18) At work you feel like you’re dying, but you still go to work anyway because you’re saving your sick days for when the children become ill.

19) You know the difference between a happy scream, a scared scream, a bored scream and a “I have just seen a spider! Kill it! Kill it!” scream.

20) Finally, you have never been so frustrated and so in love with anyone in your life.