The Today Show is a morning staple in my house. I started watching it years ago when I was still working out the home and when Katie Couric was still anchoring and it’s somehow comforting to still have it on every morning now that I am a stay at home mom. It sort of reminds me that even though my single life/career days are over that some things never change. Like comfort food?

I made it through the Viera years, and I’ve even come to grudingly love that old lady dork Kathie Lee Gifford over the past few years. But my real girlfriend on the show is Ann Curry..she never fails to bring me something that enhances my mommy life. Today it was this story she’s working on about deep dark secrets of real moms.

Half of us would rather be thinner than our kids be smarter. Ha! Take that one with a grain of salt moms. Most of us already think our kids are geniuses. I’m not the only one who has a five year who can read, navigate the internet as well as I can, work every single iPhone, iPad, laptop, ONDEMAND, DVD player, XBOX, Wii and any other various and sundry electronic device am I?

But the other secrets are very telling. We are collectively TIRED. We need breaks that we don’t get. We had no idea what really signed up for. 24/7 – 365 days a year for 18 years sometimes feels like a life sentence and speaking honestly…it’s overwhelming.

Sometimes the secrets are things we do:

• Nearly one in five moms admits medicating their child to get through a special event like a plane flight; one in 12 does it just to get some peace and quiet on a regular night.
• Half have knowingly sent a sick kid to daycare or school.
• 85 percent use their kids to get out of social obligations.
• Nearly one in three uses work as an excuse to avoid taking care of the kids.

And sometimes the secrets are thoughts we don’t dare tell anyone else:

• 44 percent of moms would rather be 15 pounds thinner than add 15 points to their child’s IQ.
• One in four fears their partner is a better parent than they are.
• One in ten wishes their child was the opposite sex – and of those moms, 60 percent have boys.

You can read the rest of the story here and don’t forget to follow it the rest of the week. And for pete’s sake…don’t feel guilty about having any of the feelings these others moms have. And make sure you have the support you need. If you don’t…let me know! Seriously. I’ll hook you up.

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