Eating My Words...

Last week an experienced mom was telling me, "Just wait until she learns to climb out of her carseat." I scoffed in my mind at such a notion, surely she couldn't and wouldn't. She used to be very placid back there in her little seat but in the last couple of weeks she gets tired of it after about 15 minutes and starts going through the same list of protests that she uses at bedtime..."hold you Mama", pleas for water, lights, food, hair clips, lotion, socks, another blankie, animal, etc., and finally she pulls out the big guns - "poo-poo Mama" - to which I now say, "just go in your diaper". Well she was doing all this the other night in her carseat and when we got home I turned around to see that she had gotten the chest clip down by the buckle and pulled her arms through so that her whole upper torso was free and just her legs were buckled in. I told her in no uncertain terms what would happen if she ever did that again and her eyes looked serious but her mouth was curling up a little on one side and it seemed as though she was trying to hold back a laugh. I could not believe it. What will she be trying next?
On my way to the baby proofing store for a buckle cover, which I hope will last more than the five minutes that other baby proof items have lasted.