So today I thought I would venture out of my living room cave with a baby by myself. I needed to get some stuff at Target, and I have been procrastinating to do it. Well, today was the day I had to go, so I fed Haylie and bundled her up and off we went to Target. I was so nervous.
Now the four times we have used the carseat, she has fallen asleep. I figured full belly + car ride = naptime. Not so much. She was awake when we went into the store, although she did have her sleepy eyes on.
After shopping for maybe 7 minutes and me whispering over and over, "Please be good," she got a little tired of that and started to scream. Luckily I was getting the last of my items and off we went to checkout. Still screaming. At this point I am sweating a ton. Why couldn't she be asleep??
We escaped with only a few heated stares and made it home. THEN she fell right asleep. Man, no more public places for us for awhile. We might just stick to our living room cave a wee bit longer.
5 comments:
Don't worry, it gets easier. And every single mom in that store was on your side! :)
Awww. You will quickly learn how to tune it out. I rarely hear arguing or the whiny "moooooom" and it's not because it doesn't happen!
I'm proud of you for venturing out on your own already!
i think i whisper the same thing to brixton every time we go out...
I remember those days. I think the stares of strangers are probably more of understanding than of annoyance. I used to think people we annoyed if Cole cried when he was a newborn, but when I hear a NB crying I may look, but it is just understanding and curiosity. I don't think the irritation of strangers comes until you have a toddler screaming and throwing himself all around and someone is like "can you control your kid?" (I haven't had it happen yet, but Cole is just approaching true toddlerhood and I am sure I will.
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