have you noticed?

**lucyp** · 20-09-2005 08:36

Thought this might be a bit of a laugh.. but since becoming pregnant and having a baby - a lot of things that I didn't notice or think about before - are now noticable....some good - some not! eg.

Have you noticed:

1. that since having a pram - that many people in shopping centres etc are
inconisderate and STOP dead infront of you so that you have to pull up short or swerve off to the side?

2. that buses and public transport don't really cater for prams / parents - what do poeple without cars do?

3. you find yourself smiling at random mothers with children in supermarkets etc either admiring sweet baby or sympathising with them over their screaming toddler

4. that shoes that fit before you were pregnant - no longer are quite as comfortable as they used to be ( maybe thats just me

Feel free to add more as you think of them

**Briannabear** · 20-09-2005 08:41

So true!! (although I havent had the shoes thing - my best friend does though!!)
The other thing that I find myself noticing is the amount of pregnant women! They seem to be everywhere!

**ThomasMum** · 20-09-2005 08:45

Good one lucyp!

Every time I saw a heavily pregnant woman who looks so tired and fed up I just want to hug her and say, its OK soon the lil kicker/s will be here and you are going to love every minutes of your life!

**mum2ryan** · 20-09-2005 08:49

I agree with everything you've both mentioned. I find shopping centres the worst place to go. People seem to think that just because you have a pram you can move around them, and every shop wants to search through your nappy bag to see if you've stolen something... drives me crazy!

Have you noticed that the mother and pram spots are usually taken up by people who don't even have baby seats in their car?

Leonie

**ThomasMum** · 20-09-2005 08:53

Originally Posted by mum2ryan

and every shop wants to search through your nappy bag to see if you've stolen something... drives me crazy!

Have you noticed that the mother and pram spots are usually taken up by people who don't even have baby seats in their car?

Leonie

Yep Leonie those both are so true.
Btw, you know what I did when the shop assistants ask me abt my nappy bags? I ask them to open it themself if they dont trust me! Why should I. I'm waaay too busy looking after lil Thomas

**Briannabear** · 20-09-2005 09:02

Originally Posted by mum2ryan

Have you noticed that the mother and pram spots are usually taken up by people who don't even have baby seats in their car?

Leonie

Oh my gosh! That ticks me off so bad.

I went to the shops the other day and needed to be in and out in a hurry (DD teething

) and I couldnt get a park at all. There are only a couple of parents parking spots and 2 of them were taken up with tradie utes. (quite obviously no car seats or prams etc). Its just inconsiderate.

**Briannabear** · 20-09-2005 09:04

Having to open the nappy bag annoys me too. As mums we've usually always got no hands free to bend down and open a bag for them. I just say now - "You can open it I have my hands full". They just say "oh its ok"!

**jlrjyeboah** · 20-09-2005 09:23

I do the same thing, if they want to look inside soooo badly, they should do it themselves, and why do they have those detector things if we are going to have to open our bags anyway.

Public transport is shocking. When we first moved to Melbourne, we were staying in a tiny apartment in the city while looking for something more permanent, so I decided to take the kids to the zoo for the day. What a drama. I caught the tram from near the Womens Hospital to go up the zoo, and it was one of the horrible old ones, with the steps that are about 2 feet high. Well my youngest was only 8months at the time so needless to say he was in a buggy, the tram driver just sat there and looked and if as if to say, "would you hurry up and get on". Finally a lovely young man got out and helped me on. Public transport is a disgrace and badly needs to be updated.

**our little treasures** · 20-09-2005 09:34

I agree except I was one of those people who cursed prams always hitting you etc, now i'm one of them. public transport in country wont let prams on im told. my sil had 2 under 13mnths and the driver told her she couldnt bring the pram on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i actually have a go and people without prams in those parking spots