Last sunday we were at the park and while doing our best carrying the stroller up the stairs to a museum (yay for a stroller friendly city btw!), DH and I noticed a tourist with a huge camera lens shoot a bunch of pictures of LilO. Really? On the stroller, while we both have our hands tied and 20 steps behind us?!
I politely asked the man what he took a picture of - you know, in the rare possibility that he might have been taking a picture of the gutter on the building behind us. But no, it was LilO he was aiming at and suddenly when he saw I was upset he decided he no longer spoke English. How convenient.
I let it go, and we each go on with our lives. What could I have done? Confiscate his zillion dollar camera equipment? Grrrr.
So then today I'm at the park and I notice a young couple sitting nearby on the grass as well. I don't think much of it until I see the woman on the ground place her camera on the ground but towards LilO, take the cap of the lens and turn her DSLR on. I jumped when I saw she was about to take a picture and decided to move and sit where I would cover LilO from her angle. I turned around to see and she had actually gotten up with her camera to get a closer shot. Seriously people?! I have to admit I was a bit ticked off, thinking about what had happened on Sunday already) that I asked her loud and clear so other people noticed why she was taking a picture of my baby. No benefit of the doubt for her.
What can you do in a situation like this? Let it slide? Get upset? Steal their camera and run while pushing the stroller and hope for the best?
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Oh the stroller!
I was telling MLDad the other day I really need to (re)learn to walk without a stroller. When we’re out and he’s pushing the stroller I feel like I forgot something and I believe I even walk in a forward angle anyway.
Living in France is not easy when you have a baby and a stroller to carry around everywhere. Since we pretty much walk or take public transportation most of the week, there are so many difficulties to face each day. You’re bothering the people on the bus with your stroller, does it even fit through the bus doors? What about that store? Oh yes, there are EIGHT steps I need to fly to get up there…. and the list goes on and on. Thank goodness for our Manduca baby carrier, a comfortable baby carrier is a definite must in this city.
Also, where can I change LilO? Oh those nursing rooms in Canada are far away. Those were excellent by the way! Here – completely different story. I know of TWO places downtown where I can change LilO. One is in the mall and the other one is a restaurant with a changing table. I can’t go to the restaurant just for that, so when I’m downtown and feel like being out for more than 2-3 hours, a trip to the mall is absolutely necessary and that sometimes means walking 20-30 minutes to get there and another 20-30 minutes to get back. Diaper blowouts? Not fun. Never fun.
My point is that any help to parents out there as far as stroller and going out with a baby is greatly appreciated. When I went to Paris with LilO for the first time I wanted to get some addresses down and see how I could make our trip a little bit easier.
I came across two websites:
Ma Poussette A Paris (my stroller in Paris) – Great blog on different baby friendly and not so baby friendly stores and restaurants. I think I’m going to have to take a look at everything in there and decide where we’ll go according to the tips the author includes!
and
Luvaville – a guide on traveling with a baby/child in Paris, London, Copenhagen, Berlin and Barcelona. Shopping, getting around, accommodation, and even diaper changing places !
So did I plan on going to a couple of these places during the day so I knew I had a comfortable place to change and feed LilO? You bet.
And who knows, Barcelona, London, Berlin and Copenhagen don’t sound bad either.
Living in France is not easy when you have a baby and a stroller to carry around everywhere. Since we pretty much walk or take public transportation most of the week, there are so many difficulties to face each day. You’re bothering the people on the bus with your stroller, does it even fit through the bus doors? What about that store? Oh yes, there are EIGHT steps I need to fly to get up there…. and the list goes on and on. Thank goodness for our Manduca baby carrier, a comfortable baby carrier is a definite must in this city.
Also, where can I change LilO? Oh those nursing rooms in Canada are far away. Those were excellent by the way! Here – completely different story. I know of TWO places downtown where I can change LilO. One is in the mall and the other one is a restaurant with a changing table. I can’t go to the restaurant just for that, so when I’m downtown and feel like being out for more than 2-3 hours, a trip to the mall is absolutely necessary and that sometimes means walking 20-30 minutes to get there and another 20-30 minutes to get back. Diaper blowouts? Not fun. Never fun.
My point is that any help to parents out there as far as stroller and going out with a baby is greatly appreciated. When I went to Paris with LilO for the first time I wanted to get some addresses down and see how I could make our trip a little bit easier.
I came across two websites:
Ma Poussette A Paris (my stroller in Paris) – Great blog on different baby friendly and not so baby friendly stores and restaurants. I think I’m going to have to take a look at everything in there and decide where we’ll go according to the tips the author includes!
and
Luvaville – a guide on traveling with a baby/child in Paris, London, Copenhagen, Berlin and Barcelona. Shopping, getting around, accommodation, and even diaper changing places !
So did I plan on going to a couple of these places during the day so I knew I had a comfortable place to change and feed LilO? You bet.
And who knows, Barcelona, London, Berlin and Copenhagen don’t sound bad either.
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