This week we are running a series of posts from one self-confessed “sling slut”, who rose to the challenge of managing without a baby carrier for a week! Here she tells us how she got on; what she found hard and what was easy.
Day Three
On Sunday I had to return to B&Q as I’d got the wrong product [sigh]. There was a long line for the returns desk – not a welcome sight with Isaac in the buggy. He was too low to look out the windows and he made it clear he didn’t appreciate having only the back of someone’s knees to look at (and mum, but it seems I was too boring). Giving him a box of raisins didn’t entertain him either. I decided to carry him on my hip but forgot to take my bag off the buggy handles first, so that tipped up; I caught it but still felt rather silly. Once he could see out the windows he was happy to entertain himself with people-watching.
We made it into the store and he happily leaned forward in the buggy, enjoying whizzing down the wide aisles with lots to look at. The lovely staff member on the checkout looked down and gave him a smile – it made his day and he smiled and chatted away to her; my happy boy was back!
Starting to cook the evening meal, Isaac wanted up to ‘help’ – he likes waving a wooden spoon in the direction of pots or pans on the hob from the safety of a ring sling (hip carry). Because it was a no-sling day and a weekend, I just asked my husband to take over the cooking – not a bad thing!
On Sunday I had to return to B&Q as I’d got the wrong product [sigh]. There was a long line for the returns desk – not a welcome sight with Isaac in the buggy. He was too low to look out the windows and he made it clear he didn’t appreciate having only the back of someone’s knees to look at (and mum, but it seems I was too boring). Giving him a box of raisins didn’t entertain him either. I decided to carry him on my hip but forgot to take my bag off the buggy handles first, so that tipped up; I caught it but still felt rather silly. Once he could see out the windows he was happy to entertain himself with people-watching.
We made it into the store and he happily leaned forward in the buggy, enjoying whizzing down the wide aisles with lots to look at. The lovely staff member on the checkout looked down and gave him a smile – it made his day and he smiled and chatted away to her; my happy boy was back!
Starting to cook the evening meal, Isaac wanted up to ‘help’ – he likes waving a wooden spoon in the direction of pots or pans on the hob from the safety of a ring sling (hip carry). Because it was a no-sling day and a weekend, I just asked my husband to take over the cooking – not a bad thing!
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