Top 10 Signs You're Not Taking Care of Yourself

It used to drive me batty when, shortly after the babies were born, well-meaning people would say to me, "Be sure to take care of yourself. Get plenty of rest.''

I wanted to shout at them, "well I'd love to take a 13 hour nap, but they just don't seem to allow me that luxury!''

Mothers -- especially busy, working mothers -- notoriously put themselves last on the list when it comes to health, well-being, and self-treating. I'm getting better at pampering myself now and again, but I still feel guilty about it. Here is my top 10 list of signs you may not be taking care of yourself as you deserve:

1. You find yourself borrowing your husband’s cologne because you’ve run out of perfume (I actually did this the other day)

2. You haven’t set foot in the gym since the summer of 2005

3. You have taken to storing a tube of cookie dough in the freezer, which you gnaw on periodically in times of stress

4. In your fatigued state, you tell your husband that "Mommy is coming'' when he calls you from another room.

5. You were so grateful for your last pedicure that you tipped the manicurist $20

6. When coworkers were discussing "atonement'' at work, your first thought was that they had all converted to Christianity.

7. Your youngest is three, and you have yet to hire a babysitter for an evening out.

8. Your dentist doesn't recognize your name, and says they have no information about you on file.

9. Instead of using that department store gift card from Grandma for a shopping spree at Zara, you use it at Gymboree instead.

10. Once a worldwide traveler, you are seriously considering cashing in your air miles for a family vacation to Disneyworld.