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Mall Madness
Tackling Shopping With a Baby or Toddler
By Lisa A. Goldstein
(Abbeville Press, 1997). He also says not to forget a hand sanitizer or something similar for when you or your child need a hand washing but can't find a place to do it.
Most important, pack a spare shirt and pants for yourself. Most parents overlook this, says Pinsky. "Just when you think you are prepared, the baby will execute the dreaded blowout [bowel movement], which not even the techno-diaper designed by NASA can contain," he says. "It will find its way onto your clothing."
When it comes to diaper change time, "predicting a baby's diaper need is like predicting rain in Seattle – it's gonna happen," says Pinsky. "Assume the baby will execute the loudest, smelliest, messiest bodily function imaginable the moment you enter the checkout line with a cart full of rapidly thawing frozen foods."
Always put a fresh diaper on the baby before leaving the house. When the inevitable happens, sometimes the men's room doesn't have a changing table. Some dads, like Brott, get the evil eye when bringing their daughter into a men's restroom. Eventually you'll be able to ignore the looks and comments, he says.
If there's no changing table, you might have to find a low-traffic spot on the floor. Sometimes you might have to resort to changing at the most convenient location available – this could be on the floor away from the crowd or outside on the lawn, says Derek Randel, a parent consultant and author of Bittersweet Moments: Questins and Answers to Parenting and Life Issues
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