I'm down!. Have just spent n hour trawling the local shoe shops to buy some shoes and trainers for my wee one. Having got 3 pairs of footwear..shoes for school, trainers and kick about shoes at unearthly prices for a child just outta nappies, I'm absolutely horrified to find that my child has turned into the spoiled brat from hell!
They started out being warned that any aggro in the shop and we would be buying zip...which was completely unrealistic as the child has gone up a full shoe size and if nothing had been bought I would be hauled up on neglect charges. However the warning in place, which usually suffices I might add, off we went.
The feet were measured and I picked out a semi reasonable pair of shoes that we both agreed on were ok for school. Hurdle no 1 overcome without too much trauma.
The 2nd pair for kickin about in weren't too much of an ordeal either....they picked out a delightful pair that we both liked and as it was their choice I was more than happy to concede defeat.
The trainers....I knew the good going was too good to last.
We came out of the shoe shop with the start of a major tantrum. Very unwisely I took small child into shoe shop number 2. We or rather should I say I found a suitable pair of trainers. My child hated them on sight. Unperturbed by the onset of a most outrageous tantrum I bought them anyway. I could've fed an entire room full of people for the amount I spent on shoes today.
The tantrum erupted full bore. Crying and whingeing enough to have people doing that 'Aaaahhh!' 'poor mite' thing. You know the way people look at a small child crying and you can see them thinking 'What have you done to them?' accusatory look. Yep...that was me...evil mommy.
What made it worse was that my small child then proceeded to try to get my partner to side with them.
As if it isn't bad enuf that they make you feel about 2 inches tall, they have to play you off one against the other and then they have the audacity to tell Granny that they didn't like them!
Soooo.....I'm unhappy and feeling crap. I feel like I'm failing as a mom. There's no instruction manual and I WANT ONE.....NOW!!!!!