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The 4 Types of Moms You See At Target

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What is it about Target?  We just love it.  It’s like the Mom Headquarters.  Where else can you buy groceries, clothe your entire family, decorate your house and get a Tall Carmel Macchiato?   Nowhere, my friends.

It was so fun to list the 5 Types of Moms You See At Preschool Drop Off that I thought we’d do it again!  If you visit Target enough, you will see every one of these types of moms.  Maybe even in just one visit.

The 4 Types of Moms You See At Target

 The 4 Types of Moms You See At Target

I’m Never Bringing You Here Again Mom – She knew it was probably a bad idea to bring the twins here on a day they refused a nap but they had to endure.  They were out of Go Go Squeeze and since right now that’s the only thing these picky eaters will consume, she made the trip.  By the time she’s done, all three of them have shed at least one tear and she’s somehow been coerced into buying two Captain America action figures.

Dinosaur Mom – I call her the dinosaur mom because you thought she was extinct.  I did, too.  She has five children with her under the age of 8 and they’re all behaving well.  She isn’t frazzled and the kids all look calm and happy.  I stare at her. I want to run to her, beg her for the secrets she holds and ask her how she managed to survive extinction.

The 4 Types of Moms You See At Target

 I Left The Kids At Home Mom – She’s free.  She left the kids at home with dad under the premise she needed only a handful of items.  In reality, she plans to peruse every single department, stop at Starbucks, and maybe just sit in the car for a good while.

Expecting Mom – She has no idea what’s coming.  Right now she is slowly making her way through each aisle of the baby section, taking her time and daydreaming about her future child.  She’s excited, hopeful and completely optimistic. If all goes to plan, soon she will transform into Dinosaur Mom.  We wish her luck.

Which one are you today?


Liz Nieman

Liz is a just a mom trying to keep it real about how little she sleeps, how often she gets puked on and how much she loves them. You can find her here every day writing about real-mom moments.

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  1. Allison B says

    January 6, 2015 at 1:13 pm

    I hope to one day stop being the I’m never bringing you here again mom. When I attempt to take all three kids to Target it’s a disaster. I lie to myself and say that one day it will be easy.

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  2. Amanda @artsy_momma says

    January 7, 2015 at 12:43 pm

    Oohh! I want to be the I Left the Kids at Home Mom 😉

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  3. Ashley @ Mom Meets Marriage says

    January 8, 2015 at 12:14 pm

    I’m always the “I’m Never Bringing You Here Again” mom. Very rarely I get lucky and get to be the “I Left The Kids At Home” mom and I definitely stroll every aisle with a frappe in my hand, taking my good old time! Great article!

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  4. Crystal says

    January 27, 2015 at 2:13 am

    With one in college and my other a Sr in high school I laugh quietly at the moms (and dads) in stores with kids! From the kid that is begging “please please” to the parent “one more time and your going to get it when we get home” types. Really they are bringing back wonderful (and not to wonderful) memories of my kiddos. Oh how they grow up so fast…

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    • claudia says

      June 13, 2015 at 8:20 pm

      Omgsh kids do NOT grow up so fast. Mine is 3.5 and I feel like I have been a mom for 20 years already!!!

      Reply
  5. steph says

    February 7, 2015 at 3:32 am

    lol I’ve been all of those moms at one time or another…with the difference in Dino mom being I only have 1 child…but we went from being the “i’m never bringing you here again, to the mom with the kid who calmly goes through the store and is very well behaved”.

    However, if I have to go to the yarn store (even if I just have to run in for ONE skein of yarn, that I know the exact location of and don’t need to look around) we revert right back to the “i’m never bringing you here again” version. Yarn store with a 7 year old boy = boy who thinks he is being tortured.

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  6. Abigail says

    February 7, 2015 at 7:46 am

    I only go if my husband comes with me or if I only have 1 child with me. I refuse to be the never bringing you here again mom.

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  7. Amanda @ The Anti Mom Blog says

    February 7, 2015 at 7:50 am

    I am rarely the ‘left the kids at home’ and i’m more than i’d like to admit the ‘i’m never bringing you here again’ mom! hahah this is great!!

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  8. Sue says

    February 7, 2015 at 8:44 am

    I had the pleasure of being the Dino Mom.

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  9. Hamster says

    February 7, 2015 at 10:39 am

    I used to be dinosaur Mom, they were easier at that age..it’s when my daughter turned into a teenager that the “can I have” phase started lmao. The three older ones were pretty easy as long as I had a cart, if they were walking – they tried to go all sorts of ways. Now, that being said – the three older ones are ages 20, 18 and 16..my youngest – the 5 year old is so shy in stores that I don’t even know she is there, home is another story – I swear some days she is just as crazy as the 3 older ones were at her age.

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  10. Bethany says

    February 7, 2015 at 11:47 am

    I go back and forth between “I’m never bringing you here again” mom and “I left the kids at home” mom. I dream of being “dinosaur” mom though I wish it had a more flattering title like Supermom.

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  11. Christina Villeneuve says

    February 7, 2015 at 12:33 pm

    I know all about not sleeping. Not sleeping for 5 years through the night.
    Three children under the age of three and none of them slept through the night. You might say nobody forced you to have them so close. True! But it took 10 years ( on our 10 year wedding anniversary I was finally pregnant )to have a first one and then we were not sure how long it will take for the next one.It took only 3 months. Not sure how I managed all those years but I did it. We all did it!
    Now they are 13, 12 and almost 10. A happy, healthy bunch full of life!

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    • Renee S. says

      July 11, 2015 at 7:49 am

      Mine are 28, 25, 17, and 10. Really spread apart but not by design. I envy you that yours are so close. Especially now that the 10 year old is the only one left at home. The first three are close but the last is alone. Yours will probably always be great friends. What blessed children. 🙂

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  12. Barbara says

    February 7, 2015 at 8:37 pm

    Well today I was definitely the “I’m never bringing you here again” mom. After an expectation talk in the car before we went in and a few warnings, I stuck to my threat and we didn’t go bowling afterward. Maybe next time they will let me be the “dinosaur” mom!

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  13. Reelika says

    February 12, 2015 at 7:31 am

    Wow, this is so funny and so true! Love this post, I am usually #1 or #3 🙂

    Reply
  14. Rosalind says

    February 23, 2015 at 2:42 pm

    I’m dying laughing. This is so true about the “I’m never bringing you here again” mom. That’s me usually.

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    • Liz Nieman says

      February 23, 2015 at 2:52 pm

      LOL – me, too!

      Reply
  15. Michelle Blaha says

    February 26, 2015 at 6:03 pm

    I’ve been all four types, lol. Mine are now 10, 13, 15, 17, and 20

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  16. Holly says

    May 28, 2015 at 1:44 pm

    I am usually “I left the kids at home mom”. I leave the kids with their dad and he falls for the “quick trip” thing EVERY time!

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  17. Renee S. says

    July 11, 2015 at 7:45 am

    I’ve had four children and now with only one left at home I kind of envy (only a little LOL) watching the moms with little ones at Target. And at the same time my heart aches for them. You can’t really tell anyone how fast the time does go, that you think those days of sleepless nights, sticky floors, little people hanging on you and needing something every minute will last FOREVER but it really is going to feel like it was all last month. They were all home laughing and enjoying each other (okay and fighting too but that wasn’t really so bad in the end) bringing their friends over, eating everything in the fridge (where is the….. I needed that for the casserole for tonight!!!), needing rides endlessly to sports, drama practice, art classes, music and dance classes, and just wanting you to hold them because someone broke their heart or hurt their feelings. And today the house is too quiet, too neat and tidy. Too empty. Too easy. Not easy to say enjoy it because you really can’t when you’re in the middle of it but I sure wish I could have appreciated it more and really realized the jewels that I had when I had them….but that is part of being a mom, the beauty of reflection.

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  18. Rachel says

    July 11, 2015 at 10:33 am

    This is so funny! I have been all of those ‘mom types’ at one time or another. Most of the time my 3 girls(2,4,6) are well behaved in stores. There have been times I have been them “I don’t hear the fussing” mom because sometimes you have to power through it for your own sake and for those in the store, and redirecting tired, hungry or just done sitting still kids isn’t going to work. 🙂

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  19. Becky says

    July 11, 2015 at 8:49 pm

    I’m usually a “I Left The Kids At Home Mom” because occasionally I’m a “I’m Never Bringing You Here Again Mom”.

    There’s also another type of mom though. Occasionally I’m a “The Kids Are With Their Dad In The Toy/TV Section Mom”

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  20. Anna says

    September 19, 2017 at 10:16 am

    I love this it’s so funny

    Reply
  21. Dinah says

    August 15, 2018 at 12:26 am

    😂well depending on the day…I’ve been all of them, except I only have 4 kids. When you see that dinosaur mom, know that it is not always like that. We all have our good days and bad days, and so do our kids😏

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