A Man's Design

On Thursday after picking up the kids, we headed to Target to pick up some refills for the diaper genie. We have to have them or William's diapers stink up the whole place. As we were headed in, I put William in the buggy and usually give Isabella the option to walk holding onto the buggy or sitting inside. I was even able to ask her before she said "I have to tee-tee". I think this could possibly be the most dreaded thing I hear when I am out with both kids by myself.

"Great" I think to myself and I am silently yelling at myself for not having her go at Sarah's before we left her house. Oh well.

We walked over to the bathrooms and I decided it just might be easier to go into the family restroom which I don't know that I had really noticed before or possibly just forgotten about it. Isabella goes up to the door and knocks on it. I heard rustling around inside and someone say something. I told her she would have to wait. She proceed to knock a couple more times and say "can I come in?" I was laughing and trying to tell her that someone was in there and we would have to wait. It was so cute and funny. Between 5-10 minutes later, a mom, her2 kids and grandma come out of the bathroom. They said they were sorry and we exchanged a few words while I was laughing about Isabella trying to go in.

Now, here is the tricky part. All you mothers know this, espceially if you have more than one child and one of them can't walk yet but it too big to lay on the changing table because he just might fall off and suffer from a head injury. How do you assist your 3 year old get undressed and up onto the potty that is too high even though this is the family bathroom with no place to put your infant? Agh!

I got Isabella up onto the potty and she just wanted to talk. I was begging her to use the potty because by now I had to go too. So I pulled her off and sat down myself with William in my lap. I did seriously ponder if I could have asked a nice Target worker to assist me with him but thought better of the idea. Isabella did finally go on her second attempt while I got my clothes together and prayed that William would not fall of the changing table.

Then you have to try to wash your hands while holding your little one. Not my idea of fun since everyone gets wet no matter how hard to you to just wash your hands. Isabella then sat down on the floor, with her bare bottom, as I am saying over and over, "STAND UP, STAND UP!!!!" whiled trying to get her bottoms back up and on. I sure hope she doesn't contract some nasty disease from it.

So, now on to my point. I love it when store have the family restrooms. They can make things soooo much easier. I think they are a fantastic idea and applaud whoever came up with them. It is even nicer when they have nursing rooms (Macy's at Stonecrest does). But, my one complaint, whoever came up with them didn't think things all the way through. Or only has one child that is old enough to do everything himself. A man must have designed this idea. As a woman, I feel certain if a women had designed it, it would have a seat with straps for your infant to sit in so you could handle every one's business without difficulty. And I know they make them because I have used it at Babies R Us.

Have any of you had these fun experiences? Any advice?