You know you're a parent when...
See how our readers responded when we asked them to finish the sentence, "You know you're a parent when...." Funny!
By Today's Parent
Updated May 17, 2016
To celebrate reaching 500,000 followers on Twitter last month, we hosted a massive "#TP500K" Twitter party and asked you to answer some fun questions. Your answers were so great we couldn't help but shine a spotlight on them. When we asked you to finish the sentence, "You know you're a parent when...," you came back to us some hilarious tweets. Check out some of our faves!
You know you're a parent when...
...Going to the bathroom by yourself is cause for celebration! —@webzmom
...You don’t even blink an eye to projectile vomit or diaper blow outs —@nxtom
...You talk to your partner about kid and baby poop over dinner —@emmaleewalpole
...You know you’re a parent when you can’t recall what drinking hot coffee is like! —@Miss_Elles
...Your bed isn’t your own at 4 a.m. —@SleegsSkees
...The last time you slept was in the 80s —@rychepet
...Freedom is grocery shopping or peeing alone —@vision4Rkids
...You catch a kid’s barf in your hands, without so much as a grimace! —@whaaf ...And then you realize it’s not even your kid!—@wagzwear
...You online party while you nurse! —@scaldareri
...It takes longer to get everyone in a car than to run the actual errand —@new2mommy123
...Everything is sticky… EVERYTHING. —@oviglet
...You find old lollypops and rocks in the bottom of your purse. —@jjcapin
...You can face the next day with only 2.5 hours of sleep —@DebbieDEHblue
...Wearing sweats to take your kids to school becomes a major trend and owning a mini van becomes cool —@gypsygreenz
...You have at least one story of how your child cut their own hair! —@Zac_Maniac
...You have no clean clothes because they have some form of food/drink stain on them…—@MulhollandKE
...Leaving the house without kids sometimes feels like winning the lottery. —@kayleebob
...You can sniff out a dirty diaper like a hound! —@margaux_lee
...Your dinner consists of leftovers from your kids’ plates. —@danceswithpucks
...You don’t mind being covered in snot!! —@KatieGracieMarie
Your turn! You know you're a parent when...
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