I'm not saying the best way to shop in Marshall's is to strap a sticky-finger toddler on your back; you should have seen the path of destruction behind us as I navigated the tight spaces and the looks on the poor salespeople.
What does rock though is to have a carrier that switches from back carrying to front carrying just in time for a very cranky toddler trying to doze and having it hard to do.
So there I am waiting at the bus stop, when I hear the two sweet ladies comment towards me "She's very big, she should be walking."
Me: "She does. Right now she's asleep, so we cannot demonstrate."
Old ladies: "Mothers these days use strollers."
Me: "If I had a stroller right now and my daughter sleeping in it about to board a bus, I'd be in trouble. And if I did manage to somehow fold the stroller and get on the bus, you'd be trouble, because there'd be wheels everywhere!"
Old ladies: "You are absolutely right! Way to go! I'm going to make sure my daughter uses a carrier instead of a stroller when she takes public transportation next time."
And then we become best friends.
Well, ok the last commen is made up, but we did have very amicable conversation about toddlers not wanting to hold hands and hands-free carrying being a very good option for kids that won't stay put.
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for realz??? maybe if the bus would let moms use the handicap ramp thing for strollers, and have an area to put them... carriers are so much easier on public transportation.
ReplyDeleteMaybe. But can you imagine the dirty looks from the removed disgruntled NYers? Atleast they won't snark at disabled people.
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