"DADDY!!!!!!!!"
"It's okay," I comforted my screaming child "Daddy's going to work. He'll be back soon."
He would have none of it.
We drove off and he was still screaming for daddy. I shouted over his cries:
"DO YOU WANT ME TO SING YOU A SONG?"
He replied:
"YEAH!!!!!"
I began a combination of yelling/singing:
"The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round, the wheels on the bus go round and round, all through the town!"
That worked...for a while. Then the screaming commenced again. It occurred to me that he could be hungry. So I asked:
"Are you hungry?"
He replied:
"COOKIE!!!!"
Which I took to mean "Yes I am hungry."
"Okay, okay," I said trying to calm myself down yet feeling like I wanted to jump out of the car into oncoming traffic "We'll stop and get something to eat. We can't stop right now though."
I wasn't lying to him. We were on an incredibly busy road with no restaurants or stores in sight.
He was wailing:
"MAMA COOKIE MAMA COOKIE!"
All of a sudden I got a funny feeling something was not right. The wailing sounded muffled. I turned around to find that he had unbuckled his car seat and he was hanging to the side from his torso up, wailing away.
"ARI! SIT UP!" I yelled frantically.
I looked for a place to pull over, but there was none in sight.
I begged and pleaded with him to sit up. But he continued to lean over the side of his car seat crying and screaming. This child is Houdini! I thought to myself. How did he manage to unbuckle his car seat?
Finally, he sat up and I breathed in.
I almost started to cry when I saw the Dunkin' Donuts in the distance. We pulled over, I took him out of the car seat and into Dunkin' Donuts.
"Are you hungry?" I asked him once again
"Yeah," Ari said smiling
"Do you want a bagel?"
"Yeah!" He said
"Can you give me a kiss?"
He did.
"I wanted to jump out of the car into oncoming traffic" - I know the feeling! I am never judging Britney (for holding her baby on the lap while driving) again!
ReplyDeleteP.S....aaaand now I want a bagel....
LOL about Britney.
ReplyDeleteBut it's true! You just don't want your baby to suffer while you're driving. However, Ms. Spears, safety first! I hope you got that bagel, Mrs. No!
Cordy- I LOVE the talking. They are so determined to get what they want. What a crazy night that was. I felt like I just did a mental work out! Whooo!
Well, he certainly knows how to get what he wants. What a resourceful boy! I don't know how you do it, toddlers on top of subbing? Where do you get your patience from? And can I get it on sale?
ReplyDeleteI remember the first time my daughter unbuckled her car seat. To date, it has been the only time. I think that my reaction just freaked her out WAY too much to repeat that. I hope that this is a one-off for you, too.
ReplyDeleteAmber-I hope my reaction freaked him out enough to NEVER do it again too! Man, you're lucky it was a one time occurrence.
ReplyDeleteDonna- I am still looking to purchase more patience. Do they sell it at Target?
Oh god I'm SO not looking forward to that stage! It makes me cringe thinking about it...so scary!
ReplyDeleteIt was SOOOOOO scary! I am freaked out!
ReplyDeleteHey, don't steal our stories, lol! Benjy will sue Ari so fast...!
ReplyDeleteHA HA HA! Benjy must have been mentoring Ari for this incident!
ReplyDeleteI've always been a Starbucks woman myself, but I am sure glad that your little Houdini likes Dunkin Donuts!
ReplyDeleteI love Starbucks iced beverages. Yes, my Houdini loves his D&D, although I've taken him to Starbucks to sit down for a rest before!
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