Poor Planning
These are the things that would have made yesterday’s trip to the mall easier:
- Remembering to bring clean cloth diapers.
- Packing a spare outfit in case of blowouts.
- Restocking my emergency spare disposable diaper stash more often so ensure that they aren’t size 1 when we are in size 3.
- Bringing the Maya Wrap in from the car in case someone decided that he was going to scream in full meltdown mode unless I held him.
- Bringing a water bottle.
- Attaching some toys to the stoller.
Trying to try on swimsuits whie holding a crying child? Comedy gold, I tell you. Comedy gold. I am a little perlexed, however, that someone thought they were “cute” when J. was screaming his head off and F. was trying to climb, naked and screaming, off of the changing table. It was, I assure you, not their cutest moment.
Stumble it!
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March 15th, 2007 13:13
Yikes, sounds like quite the adventure. If you brave the mall again in the next 4 months, I bow to you.
March 16th, 2007 14:29
My god, I can’t even imagine how many CDs you must have to bring with you when you go out. I usually have to have so many diapers that I need another bag for other items. lol.
March 17th, 2007 05:51
Oh wow, sounds like quite the adventure! So after all that, did you find some swimsuits?
March 26th, 2007 10:46
Paige — I usually just bring 4 spare diapers, sometimes just 2 if I don’t plan to be out long. Plus, I have (in theory) some paper diapers tucked in the stroller “just in case.”
Kat — I did manage to find a 1 piece suit. I don’t recommend putting off things like that until the “I have to do this now because I need this now” moment. Better to allow time for being able to leave during a meltdown.
Eva — It was, indeed, an adventure.
April 2nd, 2007 18:09
OMG… that brings back memories for sure!
At least someone thought your kids were cute, and you can turn it into a laughable and learning experience.
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