As a new mom you tend to stay home and love on your little one well, because it is wonderful thing to do, and also because it is so much stinking trouble to get the little one out of the house. I will tell you that by Child Four I had streamlined the getting out of the house paraphernalia down to the bare necessities~a diaper, travel size wipes, and a paci stuck down in my purse. But with my first, I had my purse, a huge diaper bag, a insulated warmer for the bottle, the stroller, and that dumb car seat. Oh that I had known about baby slings then. I lugged Tyler around in that heavy car seat when all he wanted to do was be close to me. He loved to be snuggled and held.
Anyways, as the months progress you start to get a little excited because getting out seems like it will be a little easier. They are easier to just prop on your hip and carry and they can sit up in the buggy at the grocery store. You start to dream of all the places you will go and all the things you will do and how everyone will admire your beautiful baby and tell you what a wonderful mother you must be to have produced such a gorgeous well-behaved baby.
And then reality hits. Here is it ladies-you ain't ever going anywhere.
You want to know why?
Because from the time the child can walk he will be standing in front of you NOT WALKING.
Children have an instinct that can only be described this way: They will stand directly in front of you whenever you want to move. They know the direction you want to go and they move there. They particularly like to do this when you are in the grocery store and pushing a buggy. Ask me how I know.
They also like to do this when you have your hands full of something and you are moving to put it down.
They are particularly fond of doing this when you are in a hurry. They feed off your hurryiness (yep, a word I just made up) and respond in direct proportion to it.
So, in the spirit of just telling it like it is---Get used to either staying at home or get used to politely (in your most frustrated mommy whisper voice) asking your children to move. Just one step over. That's all your asking of them-just move one step over.
That step is a leap those children have a hard time making.
Do your children like to stand right in front of you all the time? Or is just mine?
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