tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044112899042311530.post5810257261732297320..comments2023-10-02T08:38:21.798-05:00Comments on The mailgirl: 5 Ways to Avoid the Wal-Mart Meltdown*Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09654975341043528431noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044112899042311530.post-53273279459436118892008-05-24T06:51:00.000-05:002008-05-24T06:51:00.000-05:00Telling a 3 year old 'we'll look but not buy" is l...Telling a 3 year old 'we'll look but not buy" is like standing in front of my husband naked and saying you can look but it's not going anywhere. ;)Sue Wilkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06611804749003805841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044112899042311530.post-16867065495804496482008-05-18T18:04:00.000-05:002008-05-18T18:04:00.000-05:00Yeah, I don't EVER go near the toys in Wal-Mart or...Yeah, I don't EVER go near the toys in Wal-Mart or any other store unless it's absolutely necessary. I had to go get a birthday present for a friend's kid the other day and had no one to watch my daughter in the meantime, and I actually considered pulling out one of the ugly stuffed animals she was given at birth and giving him that instead of facing the toy section. In the end, I braved the toy section.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06537531293532622145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044112899042311530.post-78339774807227162272008-05-16T20:59:00.000-05:002008-05-16T20:59:00.000-05:00i'm loving deedra's comment about telling carter h...i'm loving deedra's comment about telling carter he'd look like a sissy. we've used that one many a time on my pack of boys...lol<BR/><BR/>LisaLisa @ The Preacher's Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14448791069728897001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044112899042311530.post-20764009173881652112008-05-16T17:01:00.000-05:002008-05-16T17:01:00.000-05:00Brooke,I'm flashing back, not to my kids tantrums....Brooke,<BR/>I'm flashing back, not to my kids tantrums..but my own. My grandmother may she rest in peace, spent<BR/>many an afternoon picking me up the floor of various stores after I fell out because she wouldn't cave and get me what I wanted.<BR/>So..yes, it gets better, cuz I hardly ever do that anymore!Weelohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02963660309896180375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044112899042311530.post-51929772813014027852008-05-16T12:14:00.000-05:002008-05-16T12:14:00.000-05:00I am with you on Walmart! I don't ever go near the...I am with you on Walmart! I don't ever go near the toys but yesterday there was a big bin of balls in the isle on the OTHER side of the building and Carter had a meltdown for one of the Snow white ones. He thought it was Dora..lol (why couldn't his dad have been there for this one??) anyway, I told him that it was a ball for girls and did he want to look like a sissy? (mean i know, but it confused him enough to shut him up for a while since he has no clue what a sissy is yet!) Anyway, once he came to himself he proceeded to tell everyone we met that he was wet (he wasn't) and needed to poop (he didn't). I got all kinds of funny looks as I didnt' even try to explain, I just smiled and kept pushing my buggy with the wet poopy sissy in it...lol. It was a QUICK trip!Deedrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09524553659097867137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044112899042311530.post-28825881079898565302008-05-16T09:55:00.000-05:002008-05-16T09:55:00.000-05:00Ok, I ALWAYS avoided the toys. Period. I was not ...Ok, I ALWAYS avoided the toys. Period. I was not one of them moms that would even go look unless they had birthday money. Now I just totally avoid Wal-mart as much as humanly possible because I assure you it can ruin the best of days!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044112899042311530.post-64113303254791949762008-05-16T09:17:00.000-05:002008-05-16T09:17:00.000-05:00I promise you it does get better. Much better in ...I promise you it does get better. Much better in fact. The downfall is as they mature into tweens and teens they conjure up some quite intriguing justification strategies. But hey, at least they begin to "reason". :)<BR/><BR/>You're doing great! Hang in there. The days are long, but the years are oh so short!Irish Coffeehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09601005049274057617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044112899042311530.post-26956347293862447772008-05-16T08:15:00.000-05:002008-05-16T08:15:00.000-05:00You are a great Mom and there is no instructions o...You are a great Mom and there is no instructions on this issue girl. Just have to go with your feelings and you do not do "stupid things". You are just a Mom who loves her kids, like the rest of us. Just take it one day at a time, you are doing a great job with them!! Missed you Tuesday night. Love Ya!Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02264838568302157617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044112899042311530.post-64408687572229787092008-05-16T08:04:00.000-05:002008-05-16T08:04:00.000-05:00Oh Brooke, I try to avoid Wal-Mart at all times bu...Oh Brooke, I try to avoid Wal-Mart at all times but occasionally have to go there once every three months or so. I go to Wallgreens, they have a good selection at about the same price and I'm in and out faster. I don't think they have bicycles there.......LOLK. Tilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15370668182086659840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044112899042311530.post-38470674999171549512008-05-16T00:15:00.000-05:002008-05-16T00:15:00.000-05:00Oh, man...I SOOO feel your pain. Let me know when...Oh, man...I SOOO feel your pain. Let me know when you figure something out, cuz I'm right in line behind ya!<BR/><BR/>I blame the problem of tantrums on the crowd who is too quick to yell, "Child Abuse!"...because if we were STILL able to spank our kids in public without fear of Child Protective Services coming for a year's worth of 'home inspections', there would be no screaming, tantrummy children...just obedient, polite ones, lol.<BR/><BR/>We have friends (the husband who grew up in rural Oregon, God bless his heart) and he has publically spanked his toddler daughter in Southern California. A stranger came up to him once after he did this and flipped out, "ABUSE!" He was all, "SHUT UP, Lady! This is MY child, and I WILL discipline her as I see fit because I want her to grow up to be a law abiding citizen. If you don't like that, then go tell the cops." He pointed down the street towards the police station. <BR/><BR/>She walked the opposite direction in a bit of a huff, but apparently saw the logic in that, and he never got any calls as a result.<BR/><BR/>All that to say, I hear ya. I avoid the toy aisle like the plague, too!Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03362618797920704090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044112899042311530.post-76857111603996145502008-05-15T23:13:00.000-05:002008-05-15T23:13:00.000-05:00No advice, just I feel your pain. I try to leave ...No advice, just I feel your pain. I try to leave our son with his grandparents when I have to go to Wal-Hell. Congrats on your celebrity newspaper picture and I'm glad you had a fun (minus the barfing) time in Mexico.Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07836804230239409478noreply@blogger.com