You guys probably don't get things forwarded to "every mom you know", but some of you can identify with some of this.

From my mailbox:

Subject: Mom's Dictionary

AMNESIA: Condition that enables a woman who has gone through labor to make love again
DUMBWAITER: One who asks if the kids would care to order dessert
FAMILY PLANNING: The art of spacing your children the proper distance
apart to keep you on the edge of financial disaster
FEEDBACK: The inevitable result when your baby doesn't appreciate the
strained carrots
FULL NAME: What you call your child when you're mad at him.
GRANDPARENTS: The people who think your children are wonderful even though
they're sure you're not raising them right.
HEARSAY: What toddlers do when anyone mutters a dirty word.
IMPREGNABLE: A woman whose memory of labor is still vivid.
INDEPENDENT: How we want our children to be as long as they do everything
we say.
OW: The first word spoken by children with older siblings.
PUDDLE: A small body of water that draws other small bodies wearing dry
shoes into it.
SHOW OFF: A child who is more talented than yours.
STERILIZE: What you do to your first baby's pacifier by boiling it and to
your last baby's pacifier by blowing on it.
TOP BUNK: Where you should never put a child wearing Superman pajamas.
TWO MINUTE WARNING: When the baby's face turns red and she begins to make those familiar grunting noises
VERBAL: Able to whine in words
WHODUNIT: None of the kids that live in your house.
WEEKEND: When Dad gets to play golf while Mom catches up on the laundry,
cleans the house, runs errands, etc.

Regards--
Mary Anne