#TALK TO THE BOOTY CAUSE THE HANDS OFF DUTY FREE#

We always make sure one adult (or super mature 8-year-old big sister) is free to follow behind her and redirect her before she topples a display of wine bottles, mason jars, or one-of-a-kind coffee mugs imported from Peru and individually hand-lettered by female entrepreneurs struggling to support their families. When you try to contain her, she screams so loudly and so shrilly at the injustice of being restrained that your brain actually recedes into itself, and even four Advil isn’t enough to make the ringing stop.īut it’s all good because we’ve developed a system for making sure little Charlie can explore without wreaking havoc. Trying to keep hold of her when she wants to get down is like trying to hold onto a wet dog mid-shampoo who just spied a squirrel 10 feet away. Last week, we were in a clothing store with our 8-year-old, 3-year-old, and 1-year-old – who, by the way, will accept nothing less than being put down on the ground to explore at her leisure. Related: The Only Thing You Need to Survive the “Terrible Twos” – With Your Sanity Intact Photo by Donnie Ray Jones And Then This Happened They pick up on the tone, not to mention when the words come with actual laughter. But my kids are right there with me to hear the comments, too.Īnd they’re no dummies. I’ll never see that person again, so I don’t care what they think. Case in point? The fact that I regularly leave the house with dirty hair pulled into a messy ponytail, I let my toddler and preschooler pick out their own (mismatched) clothes, and I have no qualms about busting out a round of “If You’re Happy And You Know It” if it staves off a temper tantrum. It’s not that I care what strangers think. I feel blessed to share my life with these little people, so it doesn’t feel right to just let the stranger’s comment sit there.

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