Mom•Logic from a Mom too tired to remember her name: I am an excellent Mom, until I'm not.

"I am a good Mom. I zip down the slide at the playground, belly laughing with my kids. I find creative ways to sneak veggies into the muffins and pancakes we bake together. I giggle and chat happily with them and even listen to kids' music in the car instead of turning on what I'd rather hear. I live for their hugs and kisses, questions and thoughts.

But not always.

Some days I go through the motions--making the same meals, wiping up the same damn macaroni and cheese bits from the floor under their chairs. I am short with them, say "wait a second" all too often, and stare at the ticking clock 10 times a minute until they've finally drifted off to sleep at night.

Add sleep deprivation, and I am a monster. When the kids have needs at 2:00 a.m., I have no tolerance. I b*tch at my husband, mumble negative things under my breath and have no patience for what I can't fix. In fact, I wonder sometimes why I chose this life at all. And before you get all high and mighty--I, too, was repulsed when I used to hear people on Dr. Phil admit they wished they never had kids. I mean, who thinks like that, right? (Well, I do. But only sometimes.)

I know I'm not alone. A recent article entitled The Bad Mommy Brigade in New York Magazine is definitive proof that other Moms, too, beat themselves up for not being "good." In fact, I bet that you--yes, you--are sometimes a super crappy mother. And if you're not...could you please leave some comments about how you achieve that? Because the rest of us are at a loss."