Re: How long would it take you?
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:41 am
OK...I answered no more than a second or two, but I know that is going to change over the next couple of years. I have three: DD10, DS8.5, and DS2 (today! :) ). I had a devil of the time keeping the 2 year old under control yesterday at the zoo....he wanted to check everything out without his mother's help, thank-you-very-much. I hold his hand ANYTIME he is not in his stroller and get pretty peeved with him (to the point where I hold him under my arm) if he refuses to comply. Now, the older two - I can see letting them wander around the Emporium or something by themselves (together!) as long as I am in the same general area as them. Yesterday at the zoo, they watched a movie about migrating birds while I waited outside the theater for them (only one way out and I spoke to a staff member who went in with them). Their getting a little more freedom these days, but I always wonder about the "what if" and don't let them go more than a few feet from me generally.