The Strange Case of Sadie and the Stroller
We’ve got one of those big travel system dealies, kindly donated to us by someone somewhere along the line (Jay would know who, no doubt) that’s been gathering dust for a while now. Sadie used the infant seat, which has since been retired since it was showing signs of strain in exactly the areas you wouldn’t want it to, and we used the stroller a few times back before we moved but it’s been in storage on the front landing ever since.
That’s all changed now.
The thing is, Sadie’s never been all that impressed by the idea of a stroller, and given how pissed off she gets at having to stay in the cart at the Wal-Mart, I didn’t figure it was worth trying out on her again. So I wasn’t expecting her reaction when I had the thing out to switch where I had it stored.
She lost her damned mind.
She had to sit in it. And she sat there in the living room rocking, trying to make it go go go. When I folded it up she cried and whined and knocked it over repeatedly until I just gave up and took her for a freaking walk.
I don’t know when I’ve seen her so happy.
All I could think is, WTF? This is quickly becoming a challenge for me, as walking for the forty-five minutes to an hour it’s been taking her to get bored with the idea is tough, especially with the baby strapped to my front. If she keeps her total stroller-mania up, I’ll have to break down and buy a double for sure. OTOH, I’m sure I could use the exercise. and it’s good to get her out of the house. I’m sure it’s improving her disposition, which is very...mmmm...TWO YEARS OLD at the moment, IYKWIM. LOL. Even with new shoes, though, my shins are complaining something fierce about all the walking.
Ah, well. Enduring pain for your children starts with the phantom cramps and never actually ends, yes? ROFL. I’m so terribly, terribly amused by all of this. I just never know what in hell the child is going to come up with next.
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