Our First Outing

Today my cousin, Lauren, John Parker, and I loaded up and headed to Old Navy for a little shopping therapy. We made a discovery today...little John Parker does NOT like to shop! After we(and when I say we, I mean Lauren) finally unloaded and unfolded the monstrosity of a stroller, we set off for the entrance of Old Navy. We had been in the store a total of maybe 2 minutes before ole John Parker got cranked up. He pitched a MAJOR fit!! So I toted him to the bathroom and changed his little diaper. (FYI: public diaper changers are DISGUSTING! Thank goodness I had a portable diaper changing pad!) Well...that helped for all of 30 seconds...All the people in Old Navy were staring at our little entourage and looking at Lauren and I like we were abusing the child! We made a beeline for the checkout and I decided to hand John Parker (my son) over to Lauren. He immediately quit crying. The girl in front of us in line looked at me and said, "Don't you hate it when you are holding a baby and you hand him over to his mother and he immediately quits crying?" I looked at her and said..."I am the mother. He just hates me..." The girl just laughed. My question is...why do people stare at you when you have a crying baby? Can't they see that I'm trying to calm him down? Why look at me like I'm the worst mother in the world when I am already using every technique I know to quiet him down? Haven't these people ever been in public and been in my position? Oh well...guess you get over it as you delve further into motherhood...we're gonna try another store tomorrow but this time we're bringing a professional...my MOTHER! She knows what to do in CRISIS MODE and she knows how to it and keep her head held high! So to all those that stare when a baby cries...BRING IT ON...we're bringing out the BIG GUNS tomorrow!!!