Thinking Ahead

It's hard to imagine that in about three months, we'll have two munchkins to take care of. Already I've been puzzling over everyday dilemmas I'll be running into, like how do you go grocery shopping with two? Wear one in the sling while the other sits in the front of the cart, I suppose, but you can only do that for so long. Other moms I've asked say they wait until their husbands get home, but I need to get out of the house during the day, and a trip to the store is as good a reason as any. And how am I going to get them both in and out of the car? In order for there to be room enough for both of our cars to fit in the garage, I park my car as close to the right as I can, so you can only get in from the left. That means I'll have to climb over one car seat to reach the other. Ought to be interesting. As for managing at home, I've already decided to keep a play yard with a changing station downstairs, so I don't have to haul both kids upstairs every time I need to change a diaper. Eva can usually be left unattended long enough for me to go to the bathroom, but leaving her alone with a baby is another story. You never know what toddlers might try with a helpless new sibling at their mercy. One thing is for sure, some of this I won't be able to figure out until I'm actually faced with it in reality. There are just some things you have to learn from personal experience.