The phrase "run a quick errand" really doesn't exist anymore once you've had a kid — you can't just leave them behind, but it takes 10 times as long to run that errand if they're with you. If you're a mama, you know the struggle that is walking into any type of store with your kid — Target, the grocery store, CVS. No matter how few items you need to grab, chances are you're coming out of that store having bribed your child in order to make your life easier, and your level of sanity has likely gone down.
If you've ever taken a child shopping with you, you'll definitely be familiar with these 20 brutal stages of going to the store with a kiddo in tow.
I mean, not much can go wrong, right?
Let's do this.
Easy breezy. All is fine.
You’re a woman on a mission.
“Mommy, I want one!”
You’re raising a rational child, so this information should sit well with them.
You ignore him because attention will only make it worse.
He seems pleased and you feel like you have this whole parenting thing under control.
You are superwoman and you’re doing great.
And of course, nothing you’ve packed in the way of snacks is what your kiddo wants, because why should that ever work out in your favor?
To no avail, obviously.
You just needed a few things and now you’re on an emotional roller coaster!
But you know now that you can’t take the silence for granted.
"Thirteen people in front of me, seriously?"
Cue the waterworks (again).
You'd think the world was ending.
You wish that people would stop judging your parenting skills in this moment of weakness.
Home is a judgment-free zone. You just need to get there.
You promise yourself you’re never doing that again.