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About this blog: I'm a wife, stay-at-home mom, home cook, marathon runner, and PhD. I recently moved to the Silicon Valley after completing my PhD in Social Psychology and becoming a mother one month apart. Before that, I ran seven marathons incl...
(More)About this blog: I'm a wife, stay-at-home mom, home cook, marathon runner, and PhD. I recently moved to the Silicon Valley after completing my PhD in Social Psychology and becoming a mother one month apart. Before that, I ran seven marathons including Chicago and Boston. Exercise is an integral part of my life. I hope to one day go back to long distance running and tackle the New York City Marathon. Right now I run after my one year old son. Although I am a stay-at-home mom, we are rarely "at home." My mom also stayed at home with my brother and me. She warned me that, although rewarding, it can be isolating. So, with her help, I learned the importance of getting out into the community and meeting other mothers. On the rare occasion when I am at home and have a hand or two free, I squeeze in time to scrapbook. As a new mom, many challenges are thrown my way. I hope my opinions, triumphs, and struggles help experienced parents reminisce, new parents cope, and parents-to-be get an honest glimpse of what the first years of motherhood can entail.
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Grocery Shopping
Uploaded: Apr 26, 2014
It is a rare occasion when I go grocery shopping alone. I almost always have my son in tow (in my arms, in a carrier, in the cart, pushing his own cart, in his stroller...whatever works on a particular day).
Most of the time he makes the experience more enjoyable...we sing songs on the way over (or the same song over and over again) and talk about the different foods we see. He spots every Elmo in the store (there are many) and tries to swat at the low-hanging signs in the frozen foods sections.
I used to get stopped all the time when people wanted to sneak-a-peak at my sleeping newborn. But even with a toddler, we still occasionally get stopped by strangers - a brand new grandfather, a very excited grandmother-to-be, or a mother who just sent her youngest child to college. My son loves saying "hi" and "bye" to these other shoppers and the checkout people (and anyone else who will listen).
I was touched by a
story I read earlier this month about how two working parents turned grocery shopping into a very special experience for their son. Ours is special in it's own ordinary way, I don't go out of my way to entertain my son, we do what comes organically to us on that particular shopping trip. But these parents have cleverly turned grocery shopping into not only a way to buy food but also a storytime, a restaurant, and a scavenger hunt. What precious memories for all!
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