No F&*%kin Zipper Pajamas…Any Where?
This is something that really bothers me for some stupid reason. Why is it nearly impossible to find newborn and infant pajamas with zippers. What is the deal? Zippers are way easier, faster, and look better. So why would they do this to us. I was at Kohl’s today, and the Carters rep, just happened to be there. The conversion went like this…
Carter’s Lady: Can I help you find something?
Me: Yeah, I need to find some newborn or 0-3mth pajamas with zippers
Carter’s Lady: We have some really nice ones with buttons
Me: I don’t want buttons, I hate buttons, I want zippers
Carter’s Lady: Well, we don’t have any of those, in-fact we have phased zippers out of infant ware, and are not even making them anymore
Me: That’s the stupidest thing I have ever herd, are you kidding me? Why would you do that?
Carter’s Lady: Well, we have had some negative feedback about them. Some people are zipping up their kids skin
Me: Those people are stupid. With a zipper you just zip once… with buttons you have at least a dozen chances to pinch their skin in the button snaps
Carter’s Lady: And people also….
Me: People are stupid, zippers are faster, eaiser, and look better.
Carter’s Lady: I will let someone know
Me: You do that.
So… I’m an asshole. But is it too much to ask to have at least the option of having a zipper. I spent all day looking for these endangered species of sleepwear, and only found two, really ugly ones. So I stocked up and bought a few of each in different sizes.
I’m now deciding to put together a store that has nothing but pajamas with zippers.
Temper Tantrums… Handled… Sort Of
A few posts ago I was dealing with some serious temper tantrums. I got some info online on some ways to deal with them. They seemed to work great. When the kid freaks out for no reason or for something stupid… ignoring her has seemed to work great. Then explaining to her that the screaming and yelling was not OK, seemed to calm her down. I think that she might even be learning from it.
Ignoring a temper tantrum at home is hard to do, even harder on the road or at a store or something. So when she gets really mad at home, and its for some stupid reason, I just ignore her… don’t even make eye contact, or its all over for me. If the screaming is just too much for me to handle, I will put her in her room and shut the door. After a few minutes, usually she calms down. Then I go right in, and have a nice little talk about what happened, and get a nice hug and kiss.
On the road is another story. If I’m in the car, no problem. She is trapped, and I have a loud radio. But when where at a restaurant or in the store… I just have to leave… I’m still working on that one.