Soother in hand? Check. Bunny toy? Check. Fresh diaper? Check.White noise maker? Check. HUH?! Yeah, you heard me correctly...going on a routine grocery trip requires a whole lot of "stuff" to ensure Sophie doesn't have a meltdown in the middle of the grocery store, including a white noise maker app that I've conveniently installed on my iPhone. We place the phone inside her car seat if she starts getting fussy because it helps her calm down. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
Now, here's the key: said grocery trips are squeezed in Sophie's tight "window of agreeableness" since she basically has an hour of good behaviour (read: minimal fussing) before the meltdown commences. This kid needs naps, frequently. No joke. And, what makes it even more complicated, is that she will not, under nooo circumstances, sleep in her car seat. No, not even in the car.
Grocery trips have become a two-person operation between Mat and myself, and for good reason. People tend you look at you strangely if your kid is screaming and you're not remedying the situation ASAP; so, to avoid a World War 3 catastrophe, one of us will promptly take Sophie to the car, lock ourselves inside, and pray she calms down, while the other completes the shopping in record time. Then we'll race home so she can nap. Yipee! Mission accomplished...until next week.
As a result, Sophie and I have really come to appreciate the wonderful invention, the drive thru. Mathieu is an obsessive milk fanatic, so we go through a lot of milk, and I'd have to be running to the grocery store 2-3 times a week if it wasn't for Kawartha Dairy. What makes it even better is they have a DRIVE THRU!! Sophie and I make regular trips through the drive thru at Karartha. Sasha comes along too so she can get a doggy cone. The staff there have come to know me as the one with screaming kid in the back...they've even asked me to come to the window to give my order because they couldn't hear me over Sophie...hehe! Oh, the blessings of motherhood! :-)
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