Luca said:
My ability to do mental math just evaporated. Ugh.
I feel this. I actually did some math today on paper, carrying digits and everything, because I just couldn’t make it go in my mind.
I forget the word mid-sentence. I called to register my baby at a new hospital today and forgot the word ‘registration’ when the poor woman answered. I tried explaining that they didn’t have my daughter in the system, and I called to put her in. She was rolling laughing when she figured out what I meant.
@Marin
Recently I’ve been applying to preschools for my older daughter, and had a couple calls get disconnected quickly (our town has horrible service, I don’t think they’re hanging up on me), and both times I’ve been so grateful I can call back and say something more impressive than “umm hi I’m uh a potential parent no I’m already a parent I guess um a prospective parent or a parent of a prospective student um I want to apply to your preschool.” I’m so sad that this isn’t an exaggeration but so happy to have a do-over each time.
I forgot all the Latin names for plants, a passion of mine. I was dumbfounded. I don’t even care to learn them again though some of them trickle back.
LOL everything!
I had my second 11 months ago and I still feel like I have mashed potatoes for brains.
The worst is that I’ve turned into a ten-second Tom at work. I have the worst time remembering short-term tasks - it used to be my superpower. No one ever told me about losing my brain before I had kids…
We were chatting in our classmates’ group, and someone mentioned it had been 13 years since the passing of a certain person. I was shocked and asked, “He passed away? What happened?!” Then they sent me a picture from the funeral where I was also present! I still haven’t remembered that!
How to talk to people.
I feel like my memory isn’t as good as it was before my child was born. I forget things I was going to do until I encounter it again, I’m like “oh yeah I needed to do that.”
FTD, 2 weeks in, I was awesome at Jeopardy, always able to pull things I shouldn’t know out of a hat somehow. Just absorbing random things like a sponge over time. The last 2 weeks, I watch it, nothing’s coming.
Words, aaaaaall of the words 
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How to do my job at work.
Ciel said:
How to do my job at work.
Knowing, or caring? I forgot how to give a flying f*ck.
I also have a harder time spelling! But I think that’s the lack of sleep 
and I think I’ve lost a substantial amount of nerdy lore. On the plus side, I have gained an intuitive knowledge and desire to clean and organize, so it’s definitely not all bad 
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The correct order of steps regarding the simplest tasks, eg: you should put the toast in the toaster before you put it on, and not after it is already “done” and you realize you never put the bloody bread inside!
How to talk in full, proper, complete sentences. I have no idea what basic things are called anymore.
God, I’ve lost so much information, and lose days of information until someone reminds me of a timeline. I even forget where I literally put the remote like 2.5 seconds ago, and as my husband says, I hatch things I.E they’re under the pillows behind my back (e.g., phone under my butt). I can barely find my own shoes at the moment. Yet I can find everyone else’s stuff. Baby brain is really kicking my ass this time around.
For the life of me I can’t order things online without some part of it messing up lol. I either put the card in wrong and the order gets canceled, forget to order something, send it to the wrong address, the list goes on lol. I think it’s starting to annoy my husband lol.
Where my phone is at all times.
I feel like Neville with the remembrall. I know I forgot something just not what .
When my son was 2 weeks old, we took him out to a farmer’s market and someone asked me his name. I totally hesitated and had to remember his actual name because we just called him pet names all the time.