Gone are the days when I would zip into a store to shop. Here are a few observations about shopping with a baby.
1. It will take 5 plus minutes to get out of the car and get everything ready.
2. If you time it right, you can get behind a person entering the store so that they will feel compelled to hold the door open for you and all your baby gear keeping you from tripping over the stroller while trying to hold the door yourself.
3. You have exactly 30 seconds to shop before the first fuss. GO!
4. The store personnel purposefully makes the aisles too small for you to fit through with a stroller. They watch at a distance and laugh at your poor driving skills.
5. The store personel also purposefully make displays too short for you to see when you are pushing the car seat atop the shopping cart. Hazard!
6. If you attempt to bring in many toys to keep baby occupied, be prepared to pick them up 200 plus times.
7. It is possible to push a stroller, carry a bag, purse, and baby all the while tallking on your cell phone.
8. If you think it will be smart to put your purse in the bottom of the stoller to condense all of the gear you are carrying, rest assured that you cell phone will ring. You will find it as soon as it goes to voice mail.
9. It will take you longer than 5 minutes to get back into the car. Remember- you now have shopping bags too.
10. Babies do not like shopping! :)
Just a quick venting. I know many of you can relate to several of these.
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Oh, my stomach hurts from laughing! It is sooooo true...why must we be punished like this after all we did to bring them into this world????
I thought of this post today during my "quick" run to Wal-mart. Picture this: I am balancing a baby, a diaper bag/purse, and a buggy bag in my arms, while simultaneouly holding an umbrella over my head and trying to convince Patrick to climb out of the car...ALL IN THE POURING DOWN RAIN!!!!!!
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