Last night my cousin -A mother of 4- called me from Chicago, we were talking about how frustrating it is when you have a crying baby, and she was recommending some solutions... Then she told me that last year, she took one of her kids to buy him a pair of shoes, when her one year old baby suddenly started crying as if there is no one around listening! My cousin said that at that moment she wished Earth would swallow her! But she just had to get her son the shoes...
One lady there, went to her inside the store, and said loudly: Take your kids and GO HOME!!
My cousin was shocked and nervous at the same time...so she asked: excuse me?! The lady repeated: GO HOME!
My cousin got soooo mad and said: You B****!!! If you have no kids...then too bad! Why don't YOU go home?!
To be honest, if my cousin told me this a year ago, I would have thought: Yea! Why does she take her kids out if she knows they don't behave?!
But yesterday when she told me the story, I got soooo mad at that lady!! I know how hard it is to make a baby calm down...
I went to meet my friend few days ago at the mall, Mariyah was full, clean and quiet...I had few minutes for myself before she started crying so loud! I got so confused! I kept walking her and then lifted her up...held her close to me, and still she was crying... People were staring at me as if I have committed a crime or something :s Some were too nice giving me smiles and coming close by to have a look at her...but most of the people there killed me with their looks I decided to go to one of the fitting rooms to feed her...again she was not hungry! So I simply decided to go back home...and have her cry away from IGNORANT people!
Next time...if she cries..I WON'T leave! I will stay because it is my right to go out and see people..and not to isolate myself from the whole world! Even if I got the worst looks ever!!
I just CAN NOT wait for the book to arrive! "Happiest baby on the block" recommended by 7aki fadi, I read a lot about it already and seems that it's going to be a good help for me to learn how to calm my baby down :)
