Hahaha, Mum2Romone, you crack me up! Chokerchain

Today, if you'd been at Target in Queanbeyan you may have seen a mummy with a little boy who was staging a "sit in" in the dvd aisle while the overhead announcements were coming about the shop closing in 10 minutes, in 5 minutes, closed. The mummy tried calmly telling him it was time to go, bribing him, ordering him, walking off without him and nothing worked. She tried taking him by the hand and gave up when it meant she would have had to drag him along the ground. Then the mummy decided to abandon the things she wanted to buy on the floor and carry the screaming crying child out of the shop... It was at this point that a staff member took pity and asked if the mummy needed help and then picked up the items off the floor and carried them to the checkout, followed by the embarrassed upset mummy with the wailing, crying boy on her hip.

I wish it had been another mummy but it was me.
Oh hun sounds terrible! Big hugs!

We have a harness but Dd is generally good at staying in the pram, supplied with snacks tho she cracked it really badly yesterday and DH took her back to the car while I finished off the shopping.

I think this thread has been an eye opener, when you see someone struggling in the shops or a child running off, or a child in a harness we just never know and it's not anyone's place to judge. You have to do what works for you and every mother is doing their best.