All mommies know it exists.  You forget where you put your keys, you get to the store and can’t remember what you needed to buy, you sometimes feel like you would lose your head if it wasn’t attached to your body!  Somehow when our babies are born we suddenly lose our ability to remember anything.  Well, not really, but it feels like that sometimes.

Mommy brain is the result of part exhaustion and part having so much more on your mind.  Scientists seem to go back and forth as to whether this is a real phenomenon or not.  But I know it is real and every mom who has suffered from mommy brain knows it is real.

Some women seem to suffer from mommy brain worse than others.  I sometimes have a mild case of mommy brain.  Here are a few tricks to help you combat mommy brain.

• Make lists for everything.  Lists for what you need at the store, what you need to do this week, what to pack for a trip, when the bills are due, etc.
• Keep your important things like keys, wallet, etc in the same place all the time.  If they are always in the same place you are less likely to lose them.
• Give yourself a break.  Don’t expect to be able to remember everything off the top of your head, no one can do that!
• Get enough rest.  I know this can be hard sometimes but try to get an adequate amount of rest everyday.
• Create a checklist that you run through in your head before you head out the door, that way you won’t feel like you are forgetting something.
• Write things down.  If someone tells you something you want or need to remember, write it down.
• Keep a detailed calendar of the goings-on of the family.

The trick is the use little techniques that make it look like you aren’t suffering from mommy brain!

Do you suffer from mommy brain?  What tricks do you find help you remember everything?