Challenges with Carseats

This morning I discovered just how challenging it is to try and cover myself with an umbrella in the rain while trying to get Jackson out of the car in the carseat, all the while trying to keep him covered as well! Whew....it was tough, but I managed to make it happen somehow. Now, take into consideration that I did not even have my purse on my shoulder, or car keys in my hand while attempting this complicated feat. I can only image how much more difficult it would have been trying to keep my purse positioned just perfectly so that it wouldn't swing back and forth causing everything else to be off balance. What a circus act that would have been!

To give you a little background information on the carseat, it is the Evenflow brand - which I do not suggest to anyone - and I already have to wrestle with it each morning to get it out of the car as it gets jammed in the base. If you haven't worked out your upper body in a while, then this can become quite exhausting in itself, especially when you finally get the carseat and baby out and have to carry it even a short distance. Those things, with baby, can get very heavy! And I'm sure Jackson feels like he's in a tilt-a-whirl while I'm wrestling to get the carseat to release!

Lesson for today; the next time you see a mother carrying a carseat from point A to point B, think about just how difficult carseats can be. It's not always easy, but just like anything else in life, I'm sure it gets better with practice!

Have a blessed day!