Kate is both hilarious and utterly frustrating right now. The tantrums about every little thing are just ridiculous!<\/p>\n
I had to take both kids grocery shopping with me today. I made a list beforehand since I knew my brain would be fried and I would be racing to complete my mission before meltdowns occurred. Ember went in the mei tai and then I took Kate out of the truck, walked her inside to the car cart, and strapped her in as securely as I could. (I am very glad she has grown a bit so she can’t just slip out anymore.) Ember blessedly fell asleep, Kate was chatting at me about foods that she saw, and I started thinking maybe I can do this… this is going to work! But then Kate wanted the bananas. I said no. She cried. I gave her the bananas. (Yes, I know, consistency blah blah crying toddler in grocery store. Bananas were a small price for quiet.) But then she wanted the lettuce. And the chicken. And the milk. And the bread. I said no to all of these… especially the bread. I was even trying to be good about it, saying things like, “The milk has to go in the cart. You can carry the bananas! See? Bananas!” It didn’t work very well.<\/p>\n
By the end of the shopping trip Ember had woken up and was crying a little bit and I knew my time was rapidly running out with her. Kate was hanging out the side of the car cart in an overly dramatic (but thankfully unsuccessful) attempt to escape it. She twisted in her seat sticking her fingers into the cart trying to grab food and crying things like, “Stuck!! Bread!! WAAHH!” when it didn’t work. Then she threw an utter fit when I went to the cashier and started putting all the food on the belt. I’m trying to give my rewards card to the cashier, run my debit card through the payment machine, bouncing up and down to try to keep Ember calmed down, and trying to ignore the toddler that was sobbing “Out! Out!”<\/p>\n
When at the car I decided got the food in the truck, which caused another round of freak-out from Kate when she saw the stroller back there and started yelling for a ride in the stroller. I had to lift her into her carseat (while Ember was still in the mei tai – I didn’t want to leave Kate sitting in the cart in the parking lot while I strapped Ember in), and basically hold her down to strap her in. Then I put Ember in her car seat, she started crying.<\/p>\n
I got in the truck to drive home, both of them sobbing, and decided that I am never doing this again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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