Comments on: My worst enemy… http://mssinglemama.com/2008/10/27/my-worst-enemy/ Single Mom Dating? Real advice from a real single mom. Thu, 24 May 2012 03:18:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Hindsighthttp://mssinglemama.com/2008/10/27/my-worst-enemy/#comment-12647 Hindsight Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:18:54 +0000 http://mssinglemama.com/?p=1593#comment-12647 [...] adventures big and small - like the time we were yelled at by a hair salon owner or the countless grocery store trips that typically ended in knock down drag out tantrums. Then there were the big adventures like trips [...] [...] adventures big and small – like the time we were yelled at by a hair salon owner or the countless grocery store trips that typically ended in knock down drag out tantrums. Then there were the big adventures like trips [...]

]]> By: Ashleyhttp://mssinglemama.com/2008/10/27/my-worst-enemy/#comment-10203 Ashley Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:07:14 +0000 http://mssinglemama.com/?p=1593#comment-10203 I love this post, mostly because I have a 2.8 yr old too! I know EXACTLY what you are talking about. But i also have a 1.8 yr old & a 4 month old. I have taken ALL of them to the grocery store [once, only once thank god!] and boy was it a day to remember. But now when I take the two oldest kids I MUST have the following: snacks [cookies, popcorn, goldfish etc.] & paper and colors/pen. This keeps them somewhat busy through the trip, then you can supermarket sweep as fast as possible.. with little to no inturruption. Hope you have better grocery store trips in the future! =] I love this post, mostly because I have a 2.8 yr old too!
I know EXACTLY what you are talking about.
But i also have a 1.8 yr old & a 4 month old.
I have taken ALL of them to the grocery store [once, only once thank god!]
and boy was it a day to remember.
But now when I take the two oldest kids I MUST have the following:
snacks [cookies, popcorn, goldfish etc.] & paper and colors/pen.
This keeps them somewhat busy through the trip, then you can supermarket sweep
as fast as possible.. with little to no inturruption.

Hope you have better grocery store trips in the future! =]

]]> By: Jadenhttp://mssinglemama.com/2008/10/27/my-worst-enemy/#comment-10168 Jaden Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:45:58 +0000 http://mssinglemama.com/?p=1593#comment-10168 ahh, I know this feeling SO well. This was a great post! I'm so glad you linked to it today for those of us that haven't been around from the beginning... I love all the "she"s in the story... So true to life. Perfection. ahh, I know this feeling SO well. This was a great post! I'm so glad you linked to it today for those of us that haven't been around from the beginning… I love all the "she"s in the story… So true to life. Perfection.

]]> By: Tea, anyone?http://mssinglemama.com/2008/10/27/my-worst-enemy/#comment-10165 Tea, anyone? Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:13:54 +0000 http://mssinglemama.com/?p=1593#comment-10165 [...] the time I’m done with this blog I won’t be able to go grocery shopping anywhere. [Still no response to this post from Kroger, [...] [...] the time I’m done with this blog I won’t be able to go grocery shopping anywhere. [Still no response to this post from Kroger, [...]

]]> By: Kristinahttp://mssinglemama.com/2008/10/27/my-worst-enemy/#comment-6140 Kristina Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:11:06 +0000 http://mssinglemama.com/?p=1593#comment-6140 god you are so funny! There is this book i read to my kid its called "llama llama mad at mama", its about this kid whose pissed off at his mom whose made him come to the supermarket with him, its really funny for kids and moms alike! Seriously what is it with the looks? "your baby should really have a hat (its 20c outside)...shouldnt your child be in school (its my day off I keep her in the morning...she has daycare every other day) Awww poor baby she shouldnt be walking where is your stroller (shes 3...she can walk). she shouldnt have a sippy cup shes a big girl...(do you walk down the street carrying a mug of milk..i don't think so...) Un necessary comments I still havent gotten used to! Love your blogs they make me laugh! god you are so funny!
There is this book i read to my kid its called “llama llama mad at mama”, its about this kid whose pissed off at his mom whose made him come to the supermarket with him, its really funny for kids and moms alike!
Seriously what is it with the looks? “your baby should really have a hat (its 20c outside)…shouldnt your child be in school (its my day off I keep her in the morning…she has daycare every other day) Awww poor baby she shouldnt be walking where is your stroller (shes 3…she can walk). she shouldnt have a sippy cup shes a big girl…(do you walk down the street carrying a mug of milk..i don’t think so…) Un necessary comments I still havent gotten used to!
Love your blogs they make me laugh!

]]> By: Solomotherhttp://mssinglemama.com/2008/10/27/my-worst-enemy/#comment-4940 Solomother Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:06:13 +0000 http://mssinglemama.com/?p=1593#comment-4940 It sucks, but here's how we deal with tantrums -- especially when we are leaving places we love to be (friends houses, park, etc.) "If you don't make leaving easy, coming back will be too hard. Mommy will worry that you won't leave nicely, so we won't come back to the park for a while. If you can leave nicely we will come back to the park {tomorrow, on the weekend, whenever}." And if my kid started a fit in the grocery store? We'd turn around and leave. And I'd point out to him that we would go straight home, we wouldn't stop to look in the [favorite store] or get a snack, or see a movie, or anything. He wouldn't get his new clothes we were shopping for, or his favorite cereal, and he would have to eat whatever was at home, because, while he's entitled to his big feelings, it's mean to make other people feel bad and make their ears hurt..." and on and on and on. I like the milkshake idea best, though. If only my kid didn't lose his mind when he gets sugar in his system. Is there a grocery store around you that delivers? I haven't been to a grocery store with my kid for a big shop in years. Heaven, I tell you. It sucks, but here’s how we deal with tantrums — especially when we are leaving places we love to be (friends houses, park, etc.)

“If you don’t make leaving easy, coming back will be too hard. Mommy will worry that you won’t leave nicely, so we won’t come back to the park for a while. If you can leave nicely we will come back to the park {tomorrow, on the weekend, whenever}.”

And if my kid started a fit in the grocery store? We’d turn around and leave. And I’d point out to him that we would go straight home, we wouldn’t stop to look in the [favorite store] or get a snack, or see a movie, or anything. He wouldn’t get his new clothes we were shopping for, or his favorite cereal, and he would have to eat whatever was at home, because, while he’s entitled to his big feelings, it’s mean to make other people feel bad and make their ears hurt…” and on and on and on.

I like the milkshake idea best, though. If only my kid didn’t lose his mind when he gets sugar in his system.

Is there a grocery store around you that delivers? I haven’t been to a grocery store with my kid for a big shop in years. Heaven, I tell you.

]]> By: Maverickhttp://mssinglemama.com/2008/10/27/my-worst-enemy/#comment-4881 Maverick Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:12:49 +0000 http://mssinglemama.com/?p=1593#comment-4881 Advice from my sister, a special education teacher, get a milkshake before you go to the store...Holding the cup with both hands at their center is very calming for kids, as is the suck and breathe method needed for that thick milkshake. Advice from my sister, a special education teacher, get a milkshake before you go to the store…Holding the cup with both hands at their center is very calming for kids, as is the suck and breathe method needed for that thick milkshake.

]]> By: O’ the stores outside are frightful…http://mssinglemama.com/2008/10/27/my-worst-enemy/#comment-4767 O’ the stores outside are frightful… Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:17:16 +0000 http://mssinglemama.com/?p=1593#comment-4767 [...] Stores in general just scare the living shit out of me. If you don’t believe me, read this. [...] [...] Stores in general just scare the living shit out of me. If you don’t believe me, read this. [...]

]]> By: Swept.http://mssinglemama.com/2008/10/27/my-worst-enemy/#comment-4513 Swept. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:54:17 +0000 http://mssinglemama.com/?p=1593#comment-4513 [...] You? Kelly on The Married Single MomMomma Mac on Do you still believe in “The One”?N on My worst enemy…Mike on Do you still believe in “The One”?Do you still believe in “The One”? | [...] [...] You? Kelly on The Married Single MomMomma Mac on Do you still believe in “The One”?N on My worst enemy…Mike on Do you still believe in “The One”?Do you still believe in “The One”? | [...]

]]> By: Nhttp://mssinglemama.com/2008/10/27/my-worst-enemy/#comment-4509 N Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:08:08 +0000 http://mssinglemama.com/?p=1593#comment-4509 :) My little she is not much younger than your little he. So far, we've escaped store tantrums. But she is a tantrum thrower at home, at times, so I imagine it will only be a matter of time before the public tantrums commence. We have not escaped choking on a grape and throwing up all over the store, however. : / What is it they say...if its not one thing, its another? :O) But you know...if it wasn't for the single exhausted moms and their tantrum throwing cherubims at the grocery store, there would be no entertainment for the passers by... It all works itself out. :O)~ (P.S. Can I be a member of your fantastic single warrior blogroll?) :) My little she is not much younger than your little he. So far, we’ve escaped store tantrums. But she is a tantrum thrower at home, at times, so I imagine it will only be a matter of time before the public tantrums commence.

We have not escaped choking on a grape and throwing up all over the store, however. : /

What is it they say…if its not one thing, its another? :O) But you know…if it wasn’t for the single exhausted moms and their tantrum throwing cherubims at the grocery store, there would be no entertainment for the passers by… It all works itself out. :O)~

(P.S. Can I be a member of your fantastic single warrior blogroll?)

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