I remember, when we only had one child and we would get ready and get out the door in a matter of seconds. It can be easy having one child. Being a little girl she had a gentle disposition and was very mild and easy to manage. To take one child to the store can actually be very enjoyable. 5 years later we had our second, a little boy and only a few months later, pregnant with #3, baby boy. Now going anyplace is no easy task. We have a time limit and if we pass that line things start going down hill fast. Yes, I never thought it would happen to me but I was the woman two rows over at the grocery store with the crying child. That was me having to leave a full cart of grocery's and hurry out embarrassed. I remember once only needing diapers and formula, a must have, and the baby started to cry. We ended up being in the slow check out line. Tears in my eyes I couldn't look at anyone and when I finally got to the car I sat cried.
So now that the children are getting older we can do more. I am very proud of how good they are when we go places and I can't complain, I only have 3 , my sister has 4. Today I am going to take the kids to the doctors office, the baby has a checkup and shots.
(I pray the kids are good!)
2 comments:
I feel your pain. It is so hard to take the kids to the store. One of the reasons I like the super centers, is that I can pretend I am at a "theme park". I have left my cart of groceries for over 20 min. to take all the crying kids to the bathroom. And yes, I'll buy them treats to reward their behavior. I save the "free cookie" that the bakery gives away for the very end to good children. One time the youngest was not being nice. She did not get a cookie and cried through the check out and to the car. I wondered if I should have given it to her, until the next time we went to the store. She was a perfect angel this time and got the cookie. I realised it was okay to suffer the humiliation one time.
I salute to you mothers.
My brother has two active boys one 10 months and another three. One tries to pull everything he sees and the other runs all over the store. One day the bigger boy took a lock and refused to let go. Later, he threw it away and hit someone's car. It was the biggest shopping bill for the day!
Stumled.
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