On Saturday our whole family went to the grocery store to do our weekly shopping. Usually I just shop with the girls and Glen stays home with the boys. It’s just easier. It was a busy Saturday afternoon at the grocery store and I was trying to herd all the kids and keep them out of everyone elses way.I usually have at least one “helper” helping to push the cart and at times on Saturday I had three helpers pushing the cart (and tripping me) Adrian, Nevaeh, and Lincoln.
First of all my adorable, sweet, little Lincoln wanted to help shop by throwing random things in the cart. I got that curbed by handing every item to him and having him put it in the cart.
Adrian was extremely hyper and “stimmy” on Saturday. He kept yelling out and jumping up and down. Many times I don’t notice when he’s stimming but he was extremely loud and I could tell that Sanura was embarrassed. She kept saying “Adrian!” every time he would yell out. By the end of the trip when my patience was hanging by a thread I kind of snapped at her and said “you let me deal with him and you worry about yourself” we’ve had talks about how Adrian can’t help the stimming and that we just have to be patient but truly I’m not sure how to help her deal with being embarrassed in public. I understand why, I’m still trying to figure out how to talk with her about those feelings. It’s hard.
Anyway, as we were walking along Adrian yelled out really really loud and Glen said “Calm down buddy.” and Adrian likes to be squeezed sometimes when he’s overstimulated. Glen will squeeze his head a little bit and he started to do that in the store and I looked back and told Glen “That looks really bad” and it did! LOL He was squeezing his head which is something comforting to Adrian but to an outsider…Who knows what they thought was going on. We had a good laugh and got out of that store.
So not only was it a somewhat stressful trip….every time Glen joins in on the grocery shopping I think our bill goes up by about $50! I think I might stick to just bringing the girls next time.
