Pushchairs

The Toddler has been out of her pushchair for a while now.  Mostly because it broke, I admit.  Though she was getting a bit big for it, and that is probably why it broke.  Hmm.  But anyway, being out and about this afternoon, seeing all the pushchairs around (a surprising number were neon pink), reminded me of our pushchair days, and the bizarre looks I would get from many passers by as I happily chatted away to The Toddler.  Hmm.  I assume they were aware that I was not talking to myself, but the big curly haired monster in the pushchair.  But then again, in this place, possibly not.

It also reminded me of the fact that The Toddler’s four year old cousin, who started primary school last September, still has his pushchair.  He was in it last weekend.  Now I do hate to judge, and am aware that his birthday wasn’t until August, but still.  He’s at actual school.  And they don’t live miles from town.  They live at least as near as us, if not nearer.  Hmm.  But it is somewhere handy for them to dump the shopping I suppose.

I also remember someone once moaning under her breath while I battled with the stroller through some shop, saying something along the lines of “People shouldn’t be allowed to bring pushchairs into shops!”  Now I admit, pushchairs in crowded cramped shops piss me off too.  They pissed me off when I had the sodding thing.  Shopping is a heck of a lot easier without it believe me.  But what did she want me to do?  Abandon the toddler outside?  Neglect surely.  Or take The Toddler out of said stroller, and leave that alone outside?  Hmm.  Potential risk of theft there.  Or maybe I’m too used to city life.  Maybe such things don’t happen here.  In the centre of town.  Hmm.  But anyway, I just glowered at her and got on with it.  Of all the pushchair/pram varieties out there, we were going with the least voluminous.  At least I wasn’t pushing a four year old around in a giant pram!  The cousin has downgraded to a stroller now that he’s at school though.  And yes, the cousin in question is a member of The Family.