Well, for me it would depend where they were walking, probably. I'm a stickler about two hands on the stroller with traffic around, but if it were on my little dead end street with sidewalks, I'd bring coffee.
Post by game blouses on Jun 6, 2013 14:56:49 GMT -5
I thought you were going to say that she wanted to cram the mug into the stroller, where it might spill on your baby's head. That wouldn't be acceptable to me. I almost always push the stroller with one hand, it's NBD.
Post by snipsnsnails on Jun 6, 2013 14:58:29 GMT -5
Ha, if you've seen the things I've tried to do with navigating my infant's stroller and trying to wrangle a 2.5 yr old, you'd think the coffee mug was nothing.
What's the background? Right now you look a touch overbearing. I frequently use only one hand to push the stroller. Sometimes I have drinks in my hand, sometimes I'm texting or FBing.
Well, I think the issue here is that your mother is physically unable to push the stroller and for that you should be concerned - cup of coffee, one hand or two.
In that case, I would send the 7 y.o. w/my cell and let them stroll together. Otherwise, no. Mom wouldn't be alone around the kids.
Adding in the purposely left out info: She has an eating disorder and weighs about 70 pounds and is prone to falling a lot. (She's fallen twice today.) We live on a quiet block but no sidewalks and a bit of a hill. I sent my 7-year-old with her to "supervise" the walk since she complained that I never let her do anything alone with the kids. (I won't let her drive them anywhere.) She's basically not right in the head anymore, and I never know if I'm being cautious or ridiculous.
I heard her bitching about me on the phone to her sister about this, so I was wondering how it sounded without adding all that in.
Well, with this follow up I think you've probably got a flare for the dramatic.
If your mother is not physically or mentally capable of taking care of your children, I think you're "not right in the head" to send out out with a seven year old and a baby. Lordy.
Ha, looks like I'm a weirdo too. That being said, I only monitor my own stroller pushing and don't micromanage how other trusted people push my kid around.
But yes, the additional info does change things a tad.
Adding in the purposely left out info: She has an eating disorder and weighs about 70 pounds and is prone to falling a lot. (She's fallen twice today.) We live on a quiet block but no sidewalks and a bit of a hill. I sent my 7-year-old with her to "supervise" the walk since she complained that I never let her do anything alone with the kids. (I won't let her drive them anywhere.) She's basically not right in the head anymore, and I never know if I'm being cautious or ridiculous.
I heard her bitching about me on the phone to her sister about this, so I was wondering how it sounded without adding all that in.
Well, you sent your 7-year old, and I'm guessing at 7 he or she could grab the stroller if need be. I fall a lot, so I would never carry a baby (just hold them while I'm sitting down), but my friends and I have no issues with me pushing a baby in a stroller (obviously in an area without hills that the stroller could go down). And quite frankly, as someone who falls a lot, you learn to manage. If I thought I was at risk of falling, I would sit down, hold the stroller where it was, and call someone. There's a reason my phone is always charged and always in my pocket.
For most people, unless there were steep hills or a ton of traffic, I think they could deal with a stroller with one hand.
If she's not right in the head, she shouldn't be watching the kids. Using two hands on a stroller doesn't make her more competent so maybe the apple doesn't fall far from the tree here...
OP I have nothing to add but I just wanted you to know I get what your saying since everyone is freaking out. She is just taking the kids outside for a bit while you are in the house. And you just wanted to know how nuts you sound when your mother tells people who presumably don't know that is a few crayons short of a box and that she falls a lot.