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My list of things I can NOT do with them without help..

howleyshellhowleyshell member
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Grew today to include shoe shopping.

Normally they're great shoppers. ?They mind me, stay close, etc.

For some unknown reason taking their shoes off sent a "WAHOO... we're home!! ?Time to run around like banchees!!" signal to their tiny little heads.

It was insane.

Didn't help much that we got NO assistance at the Stride Rite outlet. ?They had 4 foot tall stacks of tiny toddler shoe boxes that Jace toppled over and then I couldn't get to balance so they kept falling (again... store employee looks at us, says "oopsie!" and doesn't help). ?Of the 6 boxes of shoes I opened not a single one actually contained the size on the outside of the box and 3 of them didn't even have a matching pair inside.

Fast forward to the regular Stride Rite store and a FORTY FIVE minute wait to get measured and try on shoes. ?I pulled out all the stops. ?Gold fish, reading books, heck.... I even started letting Jace try on girls sandals just for sport.

So....

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my new list:

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1. ?Swimming. ?If I take them both by myself one of them will surely drown. ?As in "die". ?Not even gonna try this one.

and now...

2. ?Shoe shopping for them.

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NEVER AGAIN without help....

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and I need a drink.

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or 2.?

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Today I was that Mom that I used to eyeball thinking "Can't you control your kids?"

I know now that sometimes the answer is "no, I can't. ?Thanks for noticing .... and glaring...."??

Our IF journey: 1 m/c, 1 IVF with only 3 eggs retrieved yielding Dylan and a lost twin, 1 shocker unmedicated BFP resulting in Jace, 3 more unmedicated pregnancies ending in more losses.
Total score: 6 pregnancies, 5 losses, 2 amazing blessings that I'm thankful for every single day.
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Re: My list of things I can NOT do with them without help..

  • lisad40503lisad40503
    Ugh.  I'm sorry.  That sounds pretty awful.  Your post validates my fear that doing things will get much harder once DD #2 gets mobile.  Right now I can pretty much do anything with them.  I even take them swimming by myself.  But next summer when Kate is running around too....  Oh boy. 
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    When I get the look I say, "Free to a good home."
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  • HarrietNJMommyHarrietNJMommy

    I feel your pain. I actually braved the zoo with all 3 kids the other day for a Nestie GTG - wasn't so bad because they were all contained (the girls in the double stroller and DS in a carrier).......

    It's rough! Hang in there! 

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  • madhatter2003madhatter2003

    I do NOT take my DD shoe shopping. I go, buy 2 or 3 pairs in varying sizes, and come home and fit them. Then return the ones that don't fit.

    The extra time/gas costs are worth my sanity.

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  • shouldbeworkinshouldbeworkin

    Some things get harder as they get older and other things get easier.  Swimming is so easy for us now.  My almost 4 y/o puts on a swim ring and swims around really well and my 2 y/o sits on the stairs and won't move.  When she was younger, I put her in a baby boat floaty (ok, sometimes both went into one) and life was good. 

    shopping ... that hasn't been enjoyable with both for a long time.  But, it's not to bad if I just have 1 with me.  

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