Mommy Worry

Probably every mom is afflicted with "mommy worry." I have a particularly bad case today. I was a worrier before Helen and Patrick, and I'm sure I will only get worse. My worries range from the mundane to the silly to the serious. And I can manage about 1000 specific worries in under 60 seconds. These are all the things I've worried about today.

1. Why is there baby food, milk, crayon marks, etc. all over our walls? How much does it cost to have the interior of your house repainted? We'll probably have to repaint sooner rather than later.
2. Why are my wood floors scratched? When will we have to fix that? How much will it cost?
3. Why does Helen hit Patrick?
4. Are timeouts really working?
5. When will Patrick cut that second tooth!?!?
6. Why do I keep forgetting to put Patrick's eardrops in?
7. Am I loving my children equally, yet uniquely today?
8. When am I going to take a shower?
9. Why don't we have any soap in the shower?
10. Why does Helen only like to eat yogurt and peanut butter? Why does she eat peanut butter in a bowl with a spoon like ice cream?
11. Are Helen's eating habits bad for her health? Is she going to be a 300 pound 3 year old?
12. Why doesn't Patrick like solid foods? Why doesn't he like Stage 3 baby food? Why does he want to feed himself??
13. Why do I always forget to brush Helen's teeth in the morning?
14. When do I need to schedule Helen's first dentist appointment? How much will that cost?
15. Am I ever going to be able to find a job after staying home?
16. Do I want to find a job?
17. Do I want to be a lawyer?
18. Can lawyers work from home?
19. Why do I miss working? Do I miss working or do I miss making money?
20. Would Helen benefit from going to Mother's Day Out?
21. Why can't Helen jump?
22. Why does Patrick army crawl? When should he start crawling for real?
23. Should I move Helen to a toddler bed?
24. Why does Helen only halfway want to potty train?
25. Why don't my jeans fit?
26. Why does my hair either look great or look terrible when its curly?
27. Did Helen walking onto the scene of Matt cutting the head off a deer scar her for life?
28. Why can't I keep my house clean no matter how hard I try?
29. Why are groceries so expensive?
30. Why does Chase always bark during naptime? Keep your fingers crossed no one wakes up!
31. When is Helen's mullet going to go away?
32. Should I cut Patrick's hair myself? Its starting to hang over his ears!
33. Will the kiddos behave during pictures on Friday?
34. Will my children be happy, well adjusted, smart, kind, funny, compassionate, tolerant, open-minded, and have a successful life?
35. Will anything bad happen to them? They need some bad things to happen, but hopefully its just the right amount to make them good people.
36. Will anything bad happen to me and I won't be able to take care of them?
37. Does Helen love Nerds and lollipops too much?
38. What will we have for dinner?
39. What should I make for lunch?
40. What will I wear? What will Helen and Patrick wear today?
41. Why haven't we childproofed the house?
42. Why do we have so many toys? We have so many toys and books that we are starting to get duplicates. We used to be able to fit all of our toys in a storage ottoman, now they need a whole room.

I'm sure the list will continue...its only 3:20...I have hours and hours left to worry.