The Mall...
Mavity took her first trip to the mall this last Monday. She was such a big girl! I put her in her stroller like a big kid, not in her carseat but actually sitting up in the stroller. I almost cried it was so freakin cute!
While at the mall I of course went into Carter's, I was in search of a bathing suit for her. Mavity must have really enjoyed the store because she pooped while we were there. How funny is it to think about pooping in a store at the mall. Anywho, we had to make the treck back the other direction to the family restroom to change her booty. When we got there, there was this strange intercom outside the door that said we had to call to be admitted to the family restroom. So I'm picturing the Wizard of Oz when the doors open to the Emerald city, unfortunately there were no purple horses. There was however a very clean and nice smelling restroom! I changed the munchkin's diaper (no not a munchkin from the lollipop guild) and as we were leaving I noticed another door in the bathroom. Could this be the door to Oz? Or maybe where the wizard is hiding??? No, but in fact it was a nursing room complete with rocking chairs! We left the restroom and continued on with our trip.
We went back to Carter's (where the poop happened) and continued shopping. While shopping around the store I was picking up a dress for Mav when I look down to see a STRANGER HOLDING MAVITY'S HAND!!!!!!!! WTF! Who does she think she is? First off, who gave her permission to touch my child, second..couldn't she at least touch her feet, at least she doesn't put those in her mouth! As soon as she saw me give her the stink eye she released Mavity's hand and quickly went on her way while telling me how adorable my daughter is, as if I didn't already know! We looked around for a while and then finally found a semi-cute bathing suit but since it was the only one I had seen so far I decided to spend the $15 on it.
We make it a few stores past Carter's (where the poop happened) and into Old Navy **angels sing**. We walk around the store so that I can feel bad about myself not fitting into any normal clothes right now and the fact that even if I did I have no money to spend on myself. I end up in the baby clothes section where I find the CUTEST bathing suit I've seen. It has a wet suit like shirt and some cute little booty shorts! FREAKIN ADORABLE!!! And it is only $10, I buy it. I now have to go back to Carter's to return the first suit.
We head back down the mall to Carter's, return the suit and then Mavity decides it is time to eat!!! We then head back to the family restroom with the aforementioned nursing room equipped with rocking chairs. We push the call button and are quickly admitted to the secrect room accessed only by families. How do they know it is a family entering the restroom, are their secret cameras? Is there actually a job where someone sits at a desk and admits people to the family restroom, if so where do I apply?
We enter the restroom and begin to open the door to the nursing room and we are denied access! The nursing room is occupied by another family. The husband and young son leave the mother and baby alone to nurse and allow for me and Mav to enter the room. At which time I had to ask myself how comfortable I was with nursing in a small room with another woman. The answer...AWKWARD! So I wait outside the room pretending to keep myself busy with washing hands and all so the husband of the other woman doesn't feel like I'm being rude and not appreciating his generosity of leaving the room. Also it's kind of weird being in a public restroom with a man and a young boy, I feel like I'm in the wrong room. Anywho, the lady finishes feeding her child and leaves. The room was ours.
While in the room I wonder what if someone else decides to enter the nursing room while I'm nursing, what would I do??? My friend who was with me was sitting in the only other rocking chair in the nursing room. She asks if she should leave should another mother need to nurse, I told her to get a blanket from the diaper bag, put her purse under it and pretend to be nursing too so she doesn't have to leave me. Now that I've written that down I feel like a bitch, I'm glad that didn't actually happen. No one else needs to nurse while we are there.
After the feeding we decide to leave, after a brief stop at Starbucks of course. Mavity slept the whole half hour home and had had a successful and eventful first trip to the mall.
I love being a mom!
