Before it got warm and we could walk outside, Nate and I would take Kendall to the mall to walk around. The mall is an interesting place for a kid, lots of colors, movement, and people to stare at until you pass out from exhaustion. And mom gets to shop. A win win for all involved (except maybe daddy who has to go to the mall).
When I am at the mall, I always like to use the restrooms at Nordstrom. If you were not aware, Nordstom keeps an excellent restroom. Spacious, bright, nicely decorated, and almost always clean (or at least cleaner than the other mall restrooms). Nordstrom at least makes it a less scary experience, or so I thought.
When you take the baby to the mall, inevitably you will need to change a diaper. As I have been using the Norstrom facilities for years (very frequently while pregnant), I knew there was a great changing station. So off we went to use the restroom.
Things were going well, dirty diaper was getting changed, no crying, and then, the toilet. Dum, Dum Dum...
Guess what? Norstrom has auto-flush toilets, and they are loud. And sometimes they flush at random when no one else is in the room. Kendall does not like this at all, not one bit. Uncontrollable screaming ensues. You would think someone just tased the kid for all the screaming due to a toilet flushing. It took a lot of rounds of the ABC song while in the bathroom lounge to calm her enough that I was not embarassed to take her back into the store. (I hate screaming kids in stores.)
I was hoping this was an isolated incident. I was wrong. Champs also has auto-flush toilets. And they are also loud. I'm pretty sure most public bathrooms have them these days. And apparently Kendall's fear is not an isolated problem either. Other children are experiencing this same fear - For Children, a Scary World Out There (in There, Too). My child is not alone.
I'm hoping to break her of this. Maybe sounds of toilet's flushing on the iPod? Either way, for now, we are changing diapers in the car.
When I am at the mall, I always like to use the restrooms at Nordstrom. If you were not aware, Nordstom keeps an excellent restroom. Spacious, bright, nicely decorated, and almost always clean (or at least cleaner than the other mall restrooms). Nordstrom at least makes it a less scary experience, or so I thought.
* Not me, but this is a Nordstrom bathroom lounge. You can find anything on the Internet*
When you take the baby to the mall, inevitably you will need to change a diaper. As I have been using the Norstrom facilities for years (very frequently while pregnant), I knew there was a great changing station. So off we went to use the restroom.
Things were going well, dirty diaper was getting changed, no crying, and then, the toilet. Dum, Dum Dum...
* Again, you can find anything on the Internet. *
Guess what? Norstrom has auto-flush toilets, and they are loud. And sometimes they flush at random when no one else is in the room. Kendall does not like this at all, not one bit. Uncontrollable screaming ensues. You would think someone just tased the kid for all the screaming due to a toilet flushing. It took a lot of rounds of the ABC song while in the bathroom lounge to calm her enough that I was not embarassed to take her back into the store. (I hate screaming kids in stores.)
I was hoping this was an isolated incident. I was wrong. Champs also has auto-flush toilets. And they are also loud. I'm pretty sure most public bathrooms have them these days. And apparently Kendall's fear is not an isolated problem either. Other children are experiencing this same fear - For Children, a Scary World Out There (in There, Too). My child is not alone.
I'm hoping to break her of this. Maybe sounds of toilet's flushing on the iPod? Either way, for now, we are changing diapers in the car.
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