http://www.raisingbakersfield.com/home/Blog/HeatherIjames/30438 When you know the difference between plagiocephaly and&nbsp;craniosynostosis before your baby is six months old, you've earned it. When you know three different ways to cure diaper rash, you've earned it. When you take the time to draw a happy face out of ketchup for a corn dog, you've earned it. When you know the only option of carpet color is anything dark, you've earned it. When you sacrifice clean for clean enough, you've earned it. When you can bite your tongue when a window gets broken, you've earned it. When you&nbsp;designate one thermometer in the house to be the rectal thermometer, you've earned it. When someone in your household misappropriates the rectal thermometer and uses it to take their temperature orally, they've earned it.&nbsp; Go ahead, call yourself a parent, you've earned it! &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; When you know the difference between plagiocephaly and&nbsp;craniosynostosis before your baby is six months old, you've earned it. When you know three different ways to cure diaper rash, you've earned it. When you take the time to draw a happy face out of ketchup for a corn dog, you've earned it. When you know the only option of carpet color is anything dark, you've earned it. When you sacrifice clean for clean enough, you've earned it. When you can bite your tongue when a window gets broken, you've earned it. When you&nbsp;designate one thermometer in the house to be the rectal thermometer, you've earned it. When someone in your household misappropriates the rectal thermometer and uses it to take their temperature orally, they've earned it.&nbsp; Go ahead, call yourself a parent, you've earned it! &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; en-us <p>I know a few others to add to your list:</p> <p>When you can talk on the phone and change a dirty diaper without missing a beat.</p> <p>When you hide in the bathroom for a 5 minute time out.</p> <p>When your backseat has more toys than the toy box in the house.</p> <p>And my newest addition: when you check the school calendar before making any kind of appointment.</p> <p>That was cute though.</p> http://www.raisingbakersfield.com/home/Blog/HeatherIjames/30438/#c_278324 http://www.raisingbakersfield.com/home/Blog/HeatherIjames/30438/#c_278324 <p>I know a few others to add to your list:</p> <p>When you can talk on the phone and change a dirty diaper without missing a beat.</p> <p>When you hide in the bathroom for a 5 minute time out.</p> <p>When your backseat has more toys than the toy box in the house.</p> <p>And my newest addition: when you check the school calendar before making any kind of appointment.</p> <p>That was cute though.</p> <p>Okay, I've earned them all, besides the rectal thermometer.. I've just never gone &quot;there&quot;. ;)</p> http://www.raisingbakersfield.com/home/Blog/HeatherIjames/30438/#c_278472 http://www.raisingbakersfield.com/home/Blog/HeatherIjames/30438/#c_278472 <p>Okay, I've earned them all, besides the rectal thermometer.. I've just never gone &quot;there&quot;. ;)</p> <p>You made me laugh - thanks!</p> http://www.raisingbakersfield.com/home/Blog/HeatherIjames/30438/#c_278491 http://www.raisingbakersfield.com/home/Blog/HeatherIjames/30438/#c_278491 <p>You made me laugh - thanks!</p> <p><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">Once again, Thanks for the chuckle!&nbsp; I think you&nbsp;covered most of the ones I would have thought of,&nbsp;except I don't do rectal thermometers either....yuck!&nbsp; I guess the only one I can&nbsp;add is this: when you take your sick kiddo to the pediatrician when you are sick also, and then make a run to the Pharmacy for their prescriptions as well....&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">One more I recall from my breastfeeding days....When you can get up from your recliner, keep&nbsp;your breastfeeding child latched on, and retrieve your 2 year old from the kitchen counter - which he has scaled like a professional mountain climber -&nbsp;before he falls.....all the while&nbsp;you try not to scare either of them with your &quot;don't move any further.....&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;All without missing a&nbsp;beat&nbsp;or losing that suction!&nbsp; Talk about multi-tasking!</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">One more, just for laughs....When&nbsp;your back seat has more types of snacks&nbsp;inside the carseat base or smashed into the carpet or&nbsp;upholstery than you can recognize.....goldfish, m &amp;&nbsp;m's, ritz crackers, sugar free lollipops from the doctor....and many more&nbsp;than I care to name!&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</p> http://www.raisingbakersfield.com/home/Blog/HeatherIjames/30438/#c_279843 http://www.raisingbakersfield.com/home/Blog/HeatherIjames/30438/#c_279843 <p><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">Once again, Thanks for the chuckle!&nbsp; I think you&nbsp;covered most of the ones I would have thought of,&nbsp;except I don't do rectal thermometers either....yuck!&nbsp; I guess the only one I can&nbsp;add is this: when you take your sick kiddo to the pediatrician when you are sick also, and then make a run to the Pharmacy for their prescriptions as well....&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">One more I recall from my breastfeeding days....When you can get up from your recliner, keep&nbsp;your breastfeeding child latched on, and retrieve your 2 year old from the kitchen counter - which he has scaled like a professional mountain climber -&nbsp;before he falls.....all the while&nbsp;you try not to scare either of them with your &quot;don't move any further.....&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;All without missing a&nbsp;beat&nbsp;or losing that suction!&nbsp; Talk about multi-tasking!</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">One more, just for laughs....When&nbsp;your back seat has more types of snacks&nbsp;inside the carseat base or smashed into the carpet or&nbsp;upholstery than you can recognize.....goldfish, m &amp;&nbsp;m's, ritz crackers, sugar free lollipops from the doctor....and many more&nbsp;than I care to name!&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</p>