Everest hates the car. It's not the car seat. He usually doesn't cry until he hears the engine start, or sees the car. Because of this we are taking a little hiatus from driving, unless necessary. Unfortunately, this restricts us to about a 3 mile radius from our home. In honor of this, the month of October will be themed local options. We'll hit as much as we can within the 3 mile radius.
Today was the first day of our "car fast", so I loaded him up in the Moby wrap, and took off for Ford Parkway. He fell asleep on the way, so we did a little shopping, and went to the library to feed him when he started to fuss. So far, so good. But I had made a critical error of packing the minimum that we might need in a diaper bag (i.e., 4 diapers, some wipes and 1 blanket). Everest had an explosive poo right after eating. In a matter of seconds it was all over him, me, and our only blanket. I stripped him down and changed his diaper. It was about noon at this point, and I didn't want him to be in the sun too much. If I'm completely honest, I was also a little self-conscious to be walking around with a naked baby.
As much as we do have, we do not have a baby clothing store in the area. I ducked into the consignment shop, but the littlest they had was a 3T. So, 3T shirt was, plus the one sock that was still poo-free. Once he was in the Moby, it just looked like I lost a sock, which happens all the time anyway, and was an aspiring football player with room for shoulder pads :-) We had lunch, did a little more shopping, and walked home.
Day 1 with no car, lesson learned, and I would call it a success!
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