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THE FIVE WORST PLACES FOR KIDS UNDER 5

Last week I stumbled across a blog post by Elizabeth Fallwell about the five worst places you could take your kids under the age of five, and found it quite interesting and amusing.  I just wanted to share my experiences with my daughter on that subject. :-)


MY FIVE WORST PLACES TO TAKE MY DAUGHTER...


1. A PUBLIC BATHROOM

This is a terrible place to take an active, disobedient toddler for several reasons, but I had to find out the hard way!  Nothing is more embarrassing than having to chase your baby who is crawling under the bathroom stall door with your pants and underwear down around your ankles!

2. A PRISON VISIT

Ok, I'll admit that this one is kinda ghetto, but hey...we all know someone who has been, or is currently incarcerated.  At the risk of putting all my business out there, let me just say this, the lines are long, some places don't allow snacks, the frisking can be traumatizing for a toddler and most kids just don't want to put up with that crap...period!

3. CHURCH

Although I think it's important to teach my baby about Jesus and that she learns her bible because that's was how I was brought up, there is definitely an age limit to when church visits should start...at least for my kid, there is.  If your child isn't familiar with church etiquette before the age of five, it can prove to be quite embarrassing if he or she pipes up during a point in the service when you are suppose to be silent...especially if it's an expletive...don't judge me.


4. THE LIBRARY

I love to read to my daughter, and she loves the stories, but I found out the hard way that it was too early to take her to the public library...the folks there didn't find it very amusing when she took off running through the shelves with her shirt pulled up over her head, screaming at the top of her lungs when I wouldn't read Green Eggs And Ham...FOR THE TENTH TIME...



5. THE HOSPITAL 

Sometimes, it's unavoidable...unfortunately, as parents we all reach a point where we have to take our kids to the hospital, be it a fever, a broken bone, or God forbid something worse, but in my case, it was just a fever.  I was hoping this would be an in-and-out situation (how foolish of me, right?) but of course, it wasn't.  And lucky me, my daughter decides to put on a grand performance and have a full blown meltdown.  But this time, I couldn't blame her.  Who wants to be in a smelly, cold hospital, being poked and prodded by strangers, with a fever and body aches at 5 am in their pajamas?  


But anyway, that's my thoughts on that...I will have some hauls, reviews, and looks coming up this week, if I can manage to sneak away for a bit! 
;-)