QUIZ: What type of mom are you?

QUIZ: What type of mom are you?

Are you one of those moms who goes to the grocery store in heels with a matching handbag or do you not remember the last time you stripped off those spit-up stained yoga pants? Do you have every possible parenting book lined up (in alphabetical order) on your bookshelf for easy reference or do you just kind of do what seems right? Are you destined to become a mini-van driving mom with a short feathered haircut wearing a pair of Adidas sweats? Or even worse, a high strung soccer mom who yells at the coach when your kid doesn’t start? Take this quiz and find out….

This morning, at 6:30 am you were….

a) Out on my daily 5-mile run with the baby in the jogging stroller.

b) Sound asleep in bed. If the kids need something, I’m sure my husband (or the dog) will go tend to them.

c) In the bathroom applying my makeup and flat ironing my hair. The baby wakes up at seven o’clock and if I’m not presentable by then, I never will be.

d) Laying in bed awake praying that the baby would stay asleep until at least 7:00 so that I could lay under the covers for twenty more minutes.


What’s written into your agenda in your day planner for this week?

a) Well, I have stroller fit every morning at 10:00, then my baby has two Gymboree classes and one Little Gym class, then it’s off to art camp, soccer practice and music lessons and in the evening we’re doing a mommy and baby cooking class. Did I mention that my baby is only six months old?

b) Day planner?

c) I have a manicure on Tuesday and a hair appointment on Wednesday and then the nanny is going to tend to the baby while the Molly Maids clean my house. My book club ladies are coming over for tea on Thursday so I need to have my house spotless for them.

d) My baby does Gymboree on Tuesdays and my friend and I plan on taking our kids to the park on Thursday but other than that, I’ll just play it by ear.

Last night for dinner, you had:

a) We grabbed some sandwiches from Subway between the library’s story time and children’s choir practice.

b) I grabbed a handful of cheerios out of the box while I was feeding them to the baby.

c) I made a four-course meal for my family. We started with organic greens topped with fresh basil, candied walnuts and fresh mandarin oranges and a ginger peach vinaigrette. This was followed by freshly prepared butternut squash soup with mascarpone cream. Our main course was grilled rack of lamb with homemade mint sauce and herbed asparagus and finally we had homemade blackberry pie for dessert.

d) I threw a roast into the crock pot with some veggies and potatoes in the morning. It was great because we were able to sit down as a family after a long day and I hardly had to cook. Thank God for crock pots!

Right now, you are wearing:

a) A pink t-shirt that says “World’s Greatest Mom” paired with jeans and converse sneakers. Oh yeah, and one of those buttons that has a picture of my kids on it pinned to my shirt.

b) I haven’t changed out of my pajamas yet today… come to think of it, I haven’t changed out of these pajamas since last Sunday.

c) I lavender silk blouse with black slacks and four-inch wedge sandals with a fun lavender print. Of course, I’m also wearing matching fresh water pearl earrings and necklace to tie the outfit together.

d) Capri pants, a matching (and even clean) tank top and flip flops. I always do my best to at least change out of my pajamas in the morning so I’m at least somewhat presentable for the day.

5. What was the last fun thing that you did without your kids?

a) I don’t do things without my kids. If I want them to grow up to be healthy, well-adjusted and successful adults, I can’t afford to go gallivanting around the countryside doing things for myself.

b) Well, the other day, I thumbed through a magazine while the kids were playing outside.

c) Well, yesterday I had my weekly manicure and the day before I had an hour-long massage at the spa. Oh, and I always have the nanny watch them while I do my step aerobics class at the gym.

d) My husband and I try to make it out for a real date at least once a month. Last weekend we went out to dinner and then went to the bookstore and browsed through all of the newest bestsellers.

You met your friend and her eight-month-old son at the park yesterday. Her son was crawling all over the place, while your daughter who is two weeks older hasn’t even thought about crawling. How do you react?

a) You immediately take your daughter home to practice crawling. She’s not leaving the house again until she has this down. There is absolutely no excuse for an eight-and-a-half-month-old to not be up and about.

b) It’s not a big deal. Surely your daughter will start crawling when she’s ready.

c) You lay out your blanket and feel extremely thankful that your baby isn’t crawling all over on that dirty grass. My gosh, that would be such a pain to have to constantly be worrying about grass stains on your daughter’s perfectly nice white dress.

d) You’re a little bothered that your daughter isn’t crawling yet but figure that she’ll start crawling soon. You do make sure that she gets some extra floor time during the next few days and even try to tempt her into lunging forward after some of her favorite toys.

When your baby was ready to start eating solid foods, you…

a) Spent hours researching baby food diets and fed your baby only the best energy-efficient foods that were guaranteed to promote muscle and brain development. Now, your baby lives on a diet of lean proteins, whole grains and vitamin-filled super vegetables.

b) Bought a box of cheerios and a few jars of baby food that were on sale and started feeding him.

c) My nanny deals with that stuff so you’ll have to ask her.

d) I read a couple of books about baby food and decided to make my own baby food by pureeing fruits and vegetables and freezing them. My baby loves the food and I’ve found that it doesn’t take much time at all.

What are your kid’s favorite toys?

a) I only buy Baby Einstein brand toys. I figure that there is no reason to have a toy if it doesn’t have some educational purpose.

b) I haven’t really gotten around to buying many toys yet. My kids mostly play with the spoons in my kitchen and whatever else I find laying around the house.

c) My kids have the best of everything. They love their Excersaucer Mega Machine with Ultimate Computerized play center, their Leapfog Play center and their Barbie Motorized Jeeps.

d) I bought my kid a Jumperoo for Christmas but he seems to like my plastic measuring cups and his board books just as much.


Right now, my kid is wearing:

a) A onesie that says “Future Harvard Grad” on it, some athletic shorts and Nike Air Jordan’s.

b) His diaper.

c) A hand-knitted pink sweater with tiny rosebuds around the collar, a lightweight yellow dress with flower embroidery and pink patent leather shoes.

d) A one-piece outfit from Gymboree—I love baby clothes like this because they are comfortable, easy to change and still look super cute.

My kid’s bedtime routine consists of:

a) First, we do some basic strength-building exercises (you know, basic sit-ups and push-ups), then we read for twenty minutes out of Baby Einstein books and practice our times tables before putting her to bed at exactly 8:15.

b) We don’t really have a routine. We just put her to bed when she starts to act tired and hope that she falls asleep.

c) We put our kids to bed at 7:00 on the dot so that we can have a nice dinner together as a couple with wine and candlelight.

d) At about 7:30, we put the baby in the bath. After his bath, his daddy reads him a couple of stories and then I nurse him and we put him in bed at 8:00. If the schedule gets a little off, we don’t worry about it very much.

Right now, my house looks like:

a) A combination of a school and a gym. There are posters on the walls detailing the parts of speech and math facts. The living room floor has various exercise equipment on it and a variety of educational books line our bookshelves.

b) A hurricane just hit it. The dog is chewing on the phone and the baby is chewing on the dog. There are piles of laundry on the kitchen counter and piles of dirty dishes in the sink. I haven’t vacuumed in weeks or dusted in months… but oh well, life’s short, right? Why waste my time cleaning?

c) Spotless. I do a quick once-over every morning to make sure that everything is in its proper place. My floors are shiny and my counters are clean. I absolutely can’t stand a messy house and there is no reason to live in a pig sty just because I have children to care for.

d) Acceptably messy. There are a few dishes in the sink and toys on the floor, but I just did (and folded) laundry yesterday so the house is at least presentable.