Ben and I went to the library today for storytime. I was sadly disappointed. Our favorite storytime lady, Miss Joan, has retired. She has been replaced by a woman with the personality of a rock. Seriously, a degree in Library Science does not make you good with kids. I doubt this woman has children of her own. Needless to say, she couldn't keep my attention let alone the other 2 to 3-year-olds in the room. By the way, who thinks it is okay to take a child out when they are coughing up a lung. Seriously, do we all want RSV? There were kids there that I could officially diagnosis with bronchitis. Back to the point, how hard is it entertain some preschoolers. If any of you moms need a second job, we are in desperate need of a story lady with some personality.
The highlight of the trip was when the mother with three kids under the age of 4 had a complete nervous breakdown in the library and started SCREAMING at her kids. It made everyone (including the library employees) uncomfortable. I admit there were times I took on too much when I had all little ones at home, but this was out of control. She was yelling, "You are stressing me out" loud enough for all to hear. Are you ever embarrassed for someone else? This was bad. It made me wonder if she had ever tried this before.
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How sad to lose your favorite storyteller! As for the moms of coughing kids and moms who yell at their kids, I have been on both sides, for sure. It used to bother me a lot more when I heard kids coughing like that in public, around me and my own kids. Now that I am the mom of at least two cough-round-the-clock kids, I realize how long those coughs last (a month or more!) and that if I waited for my kids to stop coughing I would never leave the house. It's amazing how much an asthmatic cough can sound like a contagious one. I hope that mom's kid didn't have the latter! Good luck staying healthy!
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