I have been tagged by Tracey at Picture This and by Natalie for a meme.  If you don’t know what a meme is, it basically is the bloggers’ answer to those e-mails you get that ask you to fill out answers to questions and forward to 30 of your friends.  At least these meme don’t say you will have 5 years of bad luck if you don’t send it out RIGHT THIS VERY MINUTE.  Dang, I’ve gotten SO MUCH bad luck from those emails.

So, anyways, this meme was about how we would answer what real moms are like and include a picture if your camera is handy.  I will spare you the picture of the real mom baby belly…I don’t even want to see that.

I think real moms are superwomen…sorry, no picture…don’t have a cape.  If I did I’m sure my little superman would have confiscated it from me.

Us superwomen do it all and don’t complain (much).  I know I’m a bit of a jackie-of-all-trades and do a lot of this…and that.  I do get overwhelmed at times, and think “Dang it, I’m NOT superwoman!!  Give me that bottle of Pinot Noir!”.  But, really, when you get down to the nitty gritty of everything that mom’s do, we all have a little bit of super stuff in us.

In the beginning, remember those early days when your first child was a newborn?  Remember how it is possible, somehow, to function on barely any sleep and make sure that your child survives yet another day in your novice hands?  It is as if nature intended us to be suitably fit to take care of these precious babes.  Go figure.

Yes, we are superwomen. 

We are basically all well-read (with some glaringly news-worthy exceptions) about how to make sure our children survive and thrive.  You will find it to be a rare thing for a father to know that honey shouldn’t be given to a child under a year…unless his wife told him.  We know all of the choking hazards and have a list of approved foods for our children to start them off in life right.  We do lots of research about growth/talking/crawling/walking milestones to make sure they are on track, and if they’re not, we know where to call for early intervention.

Yes, we are superwomen. 

We remember to schedule all the kid’s well-visits, remember birthday’s, pay our bills (mostly) on time and know that we need to give the daycare teacher’s holiday presents, too.  We know, many things, mostly because we have perused the superwomen knowledge database…other moms. 

Yes, we are ALL superwomen…and we are made stronger by each other.  All of the other superwomen that I have met, either in my day to day life or online, have helped me in raising my children.  If I have a question, I know I will always have another superwoman that I can ask for the answer. 

Now, I do have to state that my memory ain’t what it used to be.  In the process of childbirth, I secretly have a suspicion that our memories go out the hatch with the placenta.  Now I keep lots and lots and lots of lists.  I need to do that to survive.  My memory, alas, has proven to be my kryptonite at times.  We all have our crosses to bear, though.

For this meme, I tag Alissa and Jen and any other mommy out there that would like to participate on her blog.  Put the link in the comments so I know to check it out!  If you don’t want to participate…no pressure.  We superwomen have enough going on to worry about another thing to add to THE LIST.