Today I went grocery shopping with my two girls and it was a nightmare. They were both in the cart and the Smarties I tried to pacify them with only lasted to the second aisle and by that time Karenna was throwing things from the buggy, yanking on her sister’s hair, trying to smack my hands away from steering the handle. Avelyn was shrieking in pain (from the hair-pulling) and retaliating by slapping her sister up the side of her head. It was loud and ugly, and I was “that mom”, the one whose kids were out of control, but also with the added gawk-factor of an obviously pregnant belly, thus leading the already appalled passers-by to silently fume, “It’s people like THAT who need to get their tubes tied!”
And part of me wanted to scream, “This is our last baby! I promise! I am not a crazy breeder! We just wanted one more. We’re hoping that the crazy genes the first two kids got will pass this last one by! STOP STARING AT ME!”
I just needed to get that off my chest.
Kids are hard, and I know that adding one more to the mix is going to be positively insane for a while, but we know it will be worth it in the long run.
Until then, I am going to start grocery shopping in the evenings once the beasts are asleep and home with their daddy.
Thank you for posting this! It made me smile, and realize that we’ve all been ‘that Mom’ at one point or another, sometimes more often than not! I’m a mother of four, and definitely feel we must have alittle of that crazy gene! My new house rule is that I only take one child with me to grocery shop, that’s if I take one at all. It’s their one-on-one time with Mom and you’d be surprised how well behaved they can be when they have you all to themselves. Best of luck with your newest addition, it just keeps getting better ;)!
I made two grocery trips in the last couple weeks. The first one, both kids were crying in the cart – at the same time. The second trip, my daughter tried to push her younger brother out of the shopping cart – he is a year old. I can still imagine the “thunk” his head would have made when it hit the floor, it makes me sick. Yup, I’m that Mom too, I feel your pain!
i know exactly what you mean. the worst thing is that i usually come home with items i never would have bought on my own, just to placate them. i have three kids under the age of 7, and i have officially become “that person” who gets onto a plane and is hated by all. i see their looks of fear that I may sit next to them.
Ugh – I feel your pain! I canNOT bring my 3.5 year-old to the grocery store. Something in the air there turns her into a monster that I cannot control! I get up early on Sunday mornings so I can go all alone!
I cannot imagine what it will be like trying to do things with 2 little ones (guess I’ll find out in 9 weeks!)