I have deemed our hibernation/babymoon period officially over. My midwife wanted me to wait until Scout is 6 weeks old to take her to any stores, restaurants, and especially church......but I am SO done with staying in the house and being away from people. She will be 5 weeks and 3 days old when I take her to church tomorrow. I think that's close enough.

Scout and I went to our chiro appointment and then to Target on Thursday. I took her into Target using her infant car seat and put it on the shopping cart. (Do infant car seats usually fit on shopping cart seats....like snap on or something?? 'Cause mine didn't fit on there so well. Maybe I was doing something wrong) She ended up just wanting to be held the whole time anyway.

Is it just me or is there something kind of scary and unnerving about venturing out into public with a breastfed baby? I know I'll get more comfortable with it, but I was in constant fear that at any moment she would start screaming for the boob in the middle of the store and I would have to abandon my cart and run to the car or feed her in a dirty public restroom. Yuck! I'm not so confident in my ability to nurse in public discreetly yet, and since she is boycotting all pacifiers, there's no other way to soothe her when she wants to suck.

I got brave and decided to try on some nursing bras while we were there. I was glad they had a handicapped fitting room stall that my cart would fit inside so I could take the diaper bag and car seat in with me. (This is all stuff I never paid attention to pre-baby...I had no idea you could take a cart into the dressing room)

I put Scout down in her car seat for a minute to try the bras on and she started screaming bloody murder. I sat and nursed her for a while, hoping that she would calm down. It then dawned on me that fitting rooms are the perfect place to nurse a baby while in a store. Any of you other mommas use them for that purpose? I wondered if the fitting room attendant noticed that I was "trying on clothes" for a really long time and if they get irritated with women nursing their babies in there. She had to have known - One minute my baby is screaming, and the next minute, silence. I put her down and again, she started screaming. (she sure does love her momma!) I tried on 2 bras as if I were in a race to save my life. Luckily, one of them worked really well. I'll take 10 of those, please. No....I wish. I only bought two....but they are the most awesome nursing undergarment ever. The Gilligan & O'Malley Nursing Tank is super comfy and I want to wear one every day of my life. The only bad thing is, they are hand-wash/hang-to-dry only.....and that is just not my style. Oh well....I will do what I have to do.