Nursing in public

Today we took an expedition to the grocery store. We almost made it home without the baby waking, but I had to pick up a prescription and the pharmacist took a long time. After several trips up and down the aisles, Molly's little face turned red and her patience ran out. I pushed her stroller over to Jim and asked him, "What do we do?"

Jim suggested the car, but the store's restroom was right there and it seemed easier. I ducked in there and unstrapped her from her car seat. Holding her didn't settle her down -- she was screaming and it felt like the whole store could hear her -- so I sat on the toilet fully clothed (yuck!) and nursed her. That didn't soothe her for long, so I changed her diaper on the handy diaper changing station. She screamed all the way through the diaper change, which she never does at home. I don't know what got into her! It was scary that Jim couldn't come in and help soothe her because it was a lady's room.

Once she was in a clean diaper and snapped up she settled down a little, but she was still fussy. I went back into the handicap stall with the stroller and sat down for a longer feeding. Three women came in and used the stall next to us as we were sitting there. It was really awkward and yucky, not to mention uncomfortable -- but we did it!
Afterward she was calm, but she screamed bloody murder when I tried to put her back in the car seat. So I just carried her in my arms. I'm especially proud that rather than bolt out of the store, I went to the pharmacy and picked up my prescription, which was finally ready. Molly fussed a little in my arms, but I just "sssshhhhed" in her ear to keep her somewhat calm -- no big deal.


The other exciting news is that Oma and Grandpa came to visit this weekend. Molly got lots of snuggle time, and her mommy got lots of sleep. What a wonderful weekend!