Anybody else a hot mess?

lovebug33

Whenever I'm out alone with DH, I feel like such a hot mess. With the diaper bag, my water bottle, DD, the car seat, the elephant paci, the stroller, I feel like I can't keep it all together. I feel so embarrassed, especially when I drop things all over. I think I'll just go out with DH if I have DD! I hope I'm not the only one!

juliane2004

I was going to recommend bringing the stroller with you, but I see you do!

For me, I definitely feel more out of control when I have all that stuff and no where to put it. When I have my stroller, though, I feel better. Cup holders, storage on the bottom, carseat snaps in, diaper bag hangs on handles. For me, the stroller is .

Stasi

I feel like a hot mess with my stroller too. Especially going in and out of places and trying to get the stroller and myself through the door. I love automatic doors now!

The other day I was taking the carseat off the stroller to put into the car and forgot the diaper bag was strapped to the handle, so of course as soon as the car seat was off the stroller tipped over in the parking lot!

I also took the stroller out of the trunk once, moved to the back seat to get the car seat out only to turn around and watch the stroller cruising across the sloped parking lot and hitting another car.

My theory: practice makes perfect. I feel like an idiot now, but every time I go out I feel like I get the hang of balancing everything better.

GL!

pumpkinspice4321

You are not alone sister!

APendola

We went out shopping yesterday and my DH insisted on taking the dogs because we planned on buying something at a pet store and he loves taking them into stores (he's a big kid).  I felt like such a mess carrying the stuff we bought, walking two dogs while DH carried the baby in the carseat. 

 

coromble

It happens to the best of us...I guarantee you there is some grandma out there watching the whole thing, laughing to herself thinking, "Oh honey, I've been there!"  

Ashley144u

Def. happens to us all! Sometimes I wonder how people do it with twins!!!

RachelD158

You are not the only one! Add sweating bullets during the whole ordeal and that's me!

mrsj0423

I dread using the stroller. MH and I find it incredibly obnoxious. We almost always just wear DD instead of dealing with the 90lb carseat and 200lb stroller. And yes, its very annoying to maneuver. And once in a while a store will have a "no stroller" rule and you're forced to carry the stupid carseat around... No thanks!

NerdyMama2

All the time!

krissi813

Right there with you - once I'm out for more than 2 hours, it's like my brain shuts down and I just forget how to handle everything. I start worrying about when baby will have to eat (I am EBF and try to walk out of the house as soon as DS finishes eating. DS is 5 1/2 weeks old and I do not yet have the hang of nursing in public). and I completely forget what I'm supposed to be doing at whatever store I'm at and I become incapable of handling the millions of supplied I have to take out with me. At least it's not just me!