I haven't been in the place to write. There has been much going on to write about but I just have not found the time. Then I overheard this idiot behind me while leaving the Cherry Blossom Festival last week with Camden and Z. ((Oh Z is the boyfriend btw)). Now I have so much to say since I didn't say it to her, mostly because Z would have had to break up a fight between an old hag and my skinny butt.
There are a million people at the parade on Saturday. And like any smart parent with a three year old I had Camden in the stroller. It's a 17 block walk and we went to two different museums afterwards. There was no way Camden would last walking. And he would also need a nap at some point. While walking back to get on the metro and I guess after some other parent cuts her off with a stroller, this lady starts to lay into all parents that use strollers for walking kids. "They need to teach these kids that it's healthy to walk...kids are so lazy these days because parents are lazy...I made my kids walk everywhere...these kids are two and three they need to be walking".
This pissed me off!!!! Because Camden is clearly three, soon to be four and I still use a stroller for long days out. The part that pisses me off the most is that she looked like she gave birth to her last child during the Stone Age. They didn't even have strollers so of course your kids walked everywhere. And I bet you wished you could have pushed them around in something rather than carry them everywhere when they didn't want to walk anymore.
Plus what's wrong with me being lazy if I want to be?! NOTHING! If I want to enjoy the day myself too, I bring my stroller. If we are running into the mall for a second I don't bring it. If we are going to the park I leave it home, movies, stores, or pretty much anywhere these days...I leave it home. But if I'm walking long distances, amusement parks, festivals, or events where my child can get lost, I bring it along. Not just because I'm lazy but for safety reason and for the people around me. Who wants to walk behind a child that's walking and stopping every 5 seconds? Not you! Who wants to be the parent that has to hold up a whole crowd because their child decided it was time to have a fall out on 7th and Constitution? You don't want to be that person held up because that parent decided to pick the busiest day and most crowded to take on the adventure without a stroller.
I need to stop talking about this because it's making me so mad! I'm regretting not turning around and saying "listen you old hag! You last parented a toddler in the mids 1700s ... Your opinion doesn't matter"
Here are pics from the Parade nonetheless