Babies Cause “Momnesia” - Duh!

USA Today has an article with the headline “Babies Can Cause Momnesia!”

All I can say to this breaking bit of news is - DUH!

Wait, what was that again..?

In my pregnancy journal, I once wrote about the universally acknowledged (and medically proven) phenomenon of Dumbness-Induced by Pregnancy Syndrome (DIPS) and how it devastated my self-image. To go from “gifted” to “special” in the intelligence spectrum in just nine short months took some lifestyle adjustments. This insidious condition goes by many other names, Preggo Brain, Gestation Senility, Placenta Brain, etc. But mental retardation by any other name is just as humiliating.

Unfortunately, as elastic as the brain is, labor and delivery and the subsequent rearing of your children DO NOT cure this condition. In fact, the inevitable sleep deprivation and heightened stress just exacerbates it. To add insult the injury, you don’t look or feel as cute as you used to so the fallback of being stupid yet pretty isn’t a fallback option.

I’ve definitely tried to give myself more mental exercises, play lots of online Scrabble and force myself to grocery shop without a list sometimes just to give my sluggish brain a workout.

LINK: USA Today