I am one of those that rarely goes out with my kids alone. #1, during the day I also have my nephew, and strapping 3 kids in and out of the car is not fun, especially considering we barely fit all 3 in the backseat. #2, I get frazzled and stressed easy, and I also get distracted easy....so I may get distracted by something at the store, and then my 11 month old tries to climb out of the seat in the basket!
A couple weeks ago I took both kids to Walmart because DH was working late and we had no food, I was already hungry, so I went to the store to get taco stuff and a few other things, I let Mason pick out some ice cream, then while I was in line to check out, I realized I forgot tortillas, and we were having tacos! But at that point it was too late because the lady was already checking us out, and I couldn't just leave the kids in the cart to run fast and grab some. Then I get to the parking lot and go to turn the car on, and I come back to the cart to find Mason leaning over with blood pouring out of his nose. I grabbed my wipes out of the baby's diaper bag, and only had 1 left and his nose was bleeding bad, it was a 100 degrees and I had ice cream melting in the cart! I was so frazzled. So I try not to take them out for "necessary" things like grocery shopping or doctors appointments unless DH is there, or I can take 1 kid at a time!
I am however trying to take the kids out at least 1-2 times a week now to story time or the museum. Before I would rarely leave the house at all during the day with the kids. But they play outside A LOT with the neighbor kids. Practically everyday, so it's not like they are stuck inside all day everyday.
We also go out to eat as a family a lot, so my kids do know how to behave in a restaurant. I just don't take them out by myself that much.
What we all can handle, and what we even want to handle is different! I have some friends who literally take their kids out everyday of the week to different activities, parties, stores, etc. I like to get out, but I certainly couldn't handle having to go out and do something every day.
A couple weeks ago I took both kids to Walmart because DH was working late and we had no food, I was already hungry, so I went to the store to get taco stuff and a few other things, I let Mason pick out some ice cream, then while I was in line to check out, I realized I forgot tortillas, and we were having tacos! But at that point it was too late because the lady was already checking us out, and I couldn't just leave the kids in the cart to run fast and grab some. Then I get to the parking lot and go to turn the car on, and I come back to the cart to find Mason leaning over with blood pouring out of his nose. I grabbed my wipes out of the baby's diaper bag, and only had 1 left and his nose was bleeding bad, it was a 100 degrees and I had ice cream melting in the cart! I was so frazzled. So I try not to take them out for "necessary" things like grocery shopping or doctors appointments unless DH is there, or I can take 1 kid at a time!
I am however trying to take the kids out at least 1-2 times a week now to story time or the museum. Before I would rarely leave the house at all during the day with the kids. But they play outside A LOT with the neighbor kids. Practically everyday, so it's not like they are stuck inside all day everyday.
We also go out to eat as a family a lot, so my kids do know how to behave in a restaurant. I just don't take them out by myself that much.
What we all can handle, and what we even want to handle is different! I have some friends who literally take their kids out everyday of the week to different activities, parties, stores, etc. I like to get out, but I certainly couldn't handle having to go out and do something every day.