Do you feel like you’re getting stupid?

I honestly feel like my brain is turning to mush being at home. Don't get me wrong, I love it and wouldn't trade this first year for anything but I'm under-stimulated. My other job (the paid one ) is as a deeds clerk so that uses little to none of my brain capacity either. I've been doing Sudoku, crosswords etc to keep the brain in check but I'm getting bored. I don't have the energy (or a really good book that grips me) to read at the moment with DH being away. The lack of adult conversation bar here is driving me

So, are you getting stupider too (hehe) Or is it just me?

Do you have any tricks to keep your brain functioning at the level required when you normally work fulltime away from the home?

But then again, I'm not as bad as my mother who last night while making pudding and gravy mixed the two together Luckily the pudding was salvaged and didn't have much of a hint of brown gravy (I say 'much' though...)

nah! i was stupid to start with!

YES.
I swear to God, each child took about 30% of the brain I had and I'm left operating on... um..... Hehe.
Depressing huh?

I feel stupid now, must start during pregnancy and stays till after bub is born nnoooo.

I feel stupid quite often as well. I am lucky that I can work casually from home when ever I want so I can use that to stimulate the brain.

A few weeks ago I had to do a sales report for work that I used to do a couple times a week (BC - before child!) and could do in my sleep. The first time I did it a few weeks ago it took 2.5hrs, I still didn't think it looked right and I was absolutely exhausted!!

Me no dumb dumb. Me clever!

I stutter now too! WTF is with that?

Maybe I'm just too tired? I look after Jack during the day, go to work at night and look after DH too (seriously he creates more mess and work than Jack does). Or maybe just trying to get used to Groundhog Day in our household. Or MAYBE I just need a life! (Or a job )

I had a job interview last week and my brain actually came out of hiding for it. So it was there all along - who knew?

Seriously, just going into a work environment and talking about something other than poos helped my feel like my old self - even if it was just an hour and I got to talk about how great I was for the whole time...

Im definately dummer and i seem to get dummer by the day - 3 years since I've worked, so it cant be long before it stops functioning all together.
Im even finding it hard to type something right now which makes sense... oh and I stutter, I guess my brain wants so badly to just talk baby talk its a fight trying to say anything normal.
I do love crosswords and sudukos when I find the time.

I have a part-time job, and finished my degree last year so I really want to have a break from studying.

Lol NeoshasMummy - I HAVE made a grocery spreadsheet, worked out how much DH spends and had a debate with him over it

Might have to get the canvases out and begin painting soon (and I'm not a painter so that would be interesting lol)