I can remember it so clearly. There I am, standing in the aisle of the store deciding on what shampoo and conditioner to buy. All of a sudden I just hear a child screaming at the top of their lungs. This child was having a complete meltdown in the middle of the store, and his mother was just trying to whisper to him in an intense manner. Oh no, I thought. When I have children that would NEVER happen to me. Let my child act that way. I will not play that! How come parents can't control their children in public? Uggh..some parents!
Let's fast forward a few years. There I am..hurrying and quickly trying to pick out shampoo and conditioner, except this time I have a sleepy and hungry toddler in the shopping cart. Because I am taking too long and this has seems to be the longest day-ever, he starts crying and flipping out! I try desperately to calm him down. "Shhh..it's okay, you want juice"? I am trying to find his sippy cup and by now I have people just looking as I go by. I remain calm, but I want to turn to them and say "what, haven't you seen a crying child before"? Of course I just keep on searching for the sippy cup instead and I finally find it and hand it to him. He takes a sip and throws the cup on the floor- while continuing to cry. I quickly realize that this trip will have to be cut short and I hurry up and pay for the few items I have and get the heck out of there!
Those few years ago, the single and care-free me, seem so long ago. Hmm..that would never be me? Not my kid. Yeah. Ahhh...life is full of interesting surprises.
4 comments:
omg i can totally relate to that! I thought that when I had children they would be so well behaved out to dinner, at the store, anywhere out in public..... little did I know, those kinds of children DO NOT exist!! Not in my world anyways! Being a mom is definitely not as easy as I had thought it would be, but the perks that come with it are far better than those things that frustrate us....Hang in there and know that you are NOT the only one going through this stuff
~Lisa
I love this post! I always felt that way too. Until this past week my husband was away all week on business and I had to run to the store at 5 pm, which is cranky hour at my house. I just had to get 5 things and thought we could manage. By the end of the trip both kids were scratching and yelling at each other (my mistake that I let them both sit in the car part of the cart!). I lost it cause I was frazzled and overtired from doing everything alone so I very loudly said "Get out of the cart right now!". My son replied, but a few moments later screamed at the top of his lungs. I tried to leave ASAP, but then got to the car and realized my keys were at the cashier. Ahhh! 3 more loud screams from my son meant no McDonalds that night and to bed early....
you never know...those people giving you that look, just might be empathizing with you cause they've been there before! flip the script a little and you might feel better about it!
your page is awesome...and SO are you!!!
-laurie
Ha... kids are wild... but I love them so!
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