Thursday, September 30, 2010

Baby In A Bar

I spent my morning in a most unexpected place - a pub. Why they chose a pub as the site for free TB tests for school volunteers, I don't really know, but the coffee was hot and good and I'm not complaining (too much.)

Given that I still have one child not in school and no nanny like most of the rest of the moms seem to have, I just packed that big baby into the bar with me. Where am I supposed to put him while I fill out paperwork? On the dirty floor, of course! I'd sit him down at my feet with my entire purse in front of him to choose his toy from (something he would normally go crazy for) but he had no interest in that women's accesory today. He had bigger aspirations - the bar.
I'd just get my papers back in my lap and start writing again, when he'd be off, sprint-crawling, trying to get behind the bar before I could catch him again. I finally sat my chair right down in the way of that path, so he decided under the table full of papers and files and directed by bossy nurses would be a fun place to explore. "Excuse me, bossy boots, I need to get my baby out from under your table."

When that lost its charm for him, he decided to make friends. Every woman in there had her purse at her feet and Jack took that to mean they were set there for him. Plenty of unsuspecting women looked down to find a big, slobbery baby chewing on her expensive purse or digging around in it to find her cell phone and make an embarrassing phone call.

Any attempts at annoyance at this child though disappeared the moment they spoke to him and he looked up and showed them his toothy smile. Yes, those teeth were a hit! I must have had a dozen comments on how cute his teeth are! At least we have moved on from "Wow, he sure has big cheeks!"

Now this process of getting one tiny shot took longer than you can imagine and we ended up spending over an hour at the bar, waiting for my turn. Where were all the other babies and young kids? Like I said, I think a lot of these moms either work outside the home or can just afford it for their own sanity and have nannies who help out so they left the little ones with them. While Jack was definitely a nuisance, he was still a hit with all the moms and even charmed the owner of the bar. Once, he pulled himself up to a standing position, using a woman's legs to help and ended up standing with his head under her skirt! "Excuse me, let me get my baby out from under your skirt."

What an interesting way to spend a morning. I hope this isn't the beginning of a love of bars for him.

12 comments:

  1. I want to know what kind of things he found to put in his mouth as he was really exploring the space under her skirt.

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  2. oh man, that was too funny, the way i had that written! it is fixed now :)

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  3. this is hilarious. one of your best blogs Deb.

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  4. Hahahhahahahahahah!!!! HIlarious! Wish I could baby-sit for you!

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  5. The hand-sanitizing part of me is twitching as I read this... Cute boy. How nice is it to have good babies. Thank God.

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  6. Love. love, love your daily happenings and the humorous way you tell about them. Even if only for your children to read later in life, you have got a gold mine here of a collection of memories for a great book, one day.

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  7. oh, i keep hand sanitizer in my purse as often as i can for things just like this! unfortunately, he loves to play with that little bottle so much that i loose them quite often as well. there is probably one on the floor of the pub still!

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  8. Too funny, too bad there was no one to film it.

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  9. Classic. That's got to be one of the best ones you've done!

    I've heard that there is much of value to be found under the skirts of strange women at bars :)

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  10. haha! Deb I LOVE reading these stories!! you are a great writer! :D I miss your boys!!

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  11. we miss you too! did you know that ben and mitch play "tom and ashley's house" all the time?

    i think it is time for a chicago trip

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  12. How about a palm springs trip!!

    That was a great one phwap!!

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