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Sunday, February 17, 2008

2 weird things happened when Scout and I went shopping with my friend and her baby (who is 3 months older than Scout) on Thursday.

The first thing was that the 2 babies HATED sitting next to eachother in the car. My friend's baby's seat is forward-facing and Scout still sits rear-facing, so they had a good view of eachother. During the first 5 minutes, they were smiling and laughing and seemed to be interacting well. I didn't expect any different, since they see eachother in the nursery all the time at church. But, as soon as my friend's little guy started crying, Scout FLIPPED OUT and started her "I'm-freakin'-terrified" scream. I felt so bad for her. Her screams just fed his screams. He got louder. She got louder. They were both terribly upset.

I'm pretty sure what scared her what not necessarily that he was crying, but that he looks a bit scary when he cries. He's got a rather large mouth full of teeth and he was staring at her with his eyes and mouth open wide while screaming at the top of his lungs. I can see how that could be a little scary for Scout to look at and not be able to escape, trapped in her car seat. There were brief moments of peace, but if one of them let out so much as a whimper, the other would start bawling and the whole thing would start over again.

I think if I would've known that was going to go on during the entire car ride to "town" and between all of our errands, I would've asked my friend to take us back home when the babes first started their screaming 5 minutes into the drive. Luckily, we had plenty of stops, so they got to take some breaks from being in the car throughout the trip.

The second weird thing was that when we were at Wa1-Mart, I grabbed a little stuffed Valentine's puppy off a shelf and handed it to Scout when she was being fussy. She fell in LOVE with it immediately. She wouldn't let go of it and insisted on holding it when we went to lunch and while I nursed her. She's never shown much interest in stuffed animals, so her love for the little stuffed dog surprised me. After we got home and she kept treating it like a security blanket, it dawned on me that if this toy does in fact become her "lovey", we would never be able to replace it if it got lost or damaged somehow.

Since it's just a cheap piece-of-crap made-in-China seasonal toy that doesn't even have a brand name printed on the tag, I highly doubt we'd ever be able to find another one. So, I went back to Wa1-Mart and bought 6 more. DH thought I was being silly, but I figured that I might as well play it safe. The day after Valentine's Day, they were half off, so they ended up costing just $1.44 each.

Yesterday and today, she doesn't seem quite as attached to the dog. Although, her face still lights up and her arms flap in delight when she sees it. I'm a little worried. If it doesn't become her favorite toy, I just spent a whopping $8.46 on crappy stuffed dogs for no reason.

Labels: outings, toys

posted by Unkempt Mommy @ 1:19 PM,

1 Comments:

At Mon Feb 18, 09:52:00 AM CST, Dawn B said...: oh my gosh..Oh I'm so sorry but that's pretty funny!!! That was so smart to go and get replacements though!! And see it this way, you could put the dogs away for a little while and it all seem like new again when you pull them back out. LOL Something strange as far as "loveys" go..our son James has a blanket that I bought him when I was 20 weeks pregnant with him and thought that "hey, this could be something he'd may be attached too!!" Plus it was blue, we just found he was a boy..etc..anyway! Just a few months ago he became attached to it when I least expected it since he ignored it for so long. It's just all so funny...lol