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Sunday 16 October 2011

Tesco is tough..

I hate going to do my weekly shop, it fills me with dread. I know I could do online and blah blah but the fact is I need to physically see stuff as Im rubbish at making lists...Anyway...it has only just hit me properly why I hate it sooo much. I mean, I hate it like everyone hates it, for the trolley with the wobbly wheel, for the old lady you get stuck behind, for the way they swop everything round when you only just felt comfortable with where everything was. But for me there is another reason, probably one I didn't want to admit to...it's the kids. So, so many children with their Mummy's, sitting in the trolley seat or walking beside the trolley..and this is hard for lots of reasons. I can never take Elin to the supermarket. Too big for the baby seats and cannot sit up so toddler 'flap' seats are useless. Cannot push wheelchair and trolley at same time. Even if Paul came in order to do that latter, she would simply not tolerate sitting in one position in her chair for that long. So I have to go without her and I know most Mum's out there probably wish to god they could leave the kids at home for the weekly shop but I wonder how long it would be before that novelty would wear off? Before they missed the tug on their sleeve, the chatter, the begging for sweets, the help, even? So obviously I find it hard to see other kids with their Mummy's in such a mundane situation that they simply take for granted knowing it's yet another thing Elin and I cannot do together. But it's more than that even, it's simply seeing so many Parents with their children at the same time, hearing snippets of cute conversation, observing parent/child relationships. Obviously I see loads of children in my job a as Nursery teacher but the parents aren't with them. I see Parents with their children in other situations obviously, walks to the park, going to town etc but never so many all at once- literally round every corner and in every aisle. They all always seem to be Elin's age too as if highlighting the torment by also clobbering me with the chasm of difference in their abilities when compared with Elin's. I have been known to practically jog around the supermarket wishing I could wear blinkers like a horse to avoid being frightened by my surroundings! Actually I think I should re-consider the online shopping...it would probably save me a fortune in kids clothes as a bonus if nothing else... :-)
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  1. I get it. Seeing 'ordinary' people doing 'ordinary' things. It gets to me too BUT I am someone that has to take my kids with me...it's far from romantic! My son is autistic and he can be horrendous in the supermarket so, like you I look at everyone else and feel a pang of jealousy too at times. I would be envious of you shopping solo ;-) x

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  2. Can you go to ASDA ?- http://your.asda.com/news-and-blogs/happy-photos-show-what-a-difference-these-trolleys-are-making
    I do understand what you mean as you want to be able to just doing a normal thing within all the planning and special arrangements. I tote my 2 around with me everywhere i go and truthfully i would miss them.If it's upsetting you then do the online shopping and dont go to the supermarket. Dont make life harder for yourself than it has to be. Your doing FAB !! #Todaysmomentintime

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  3. Sending so much love to you. It must be so very hard at times. You are wonderful lady, with a little girl with the best smile in the world. It is Tesco's loss that Elin can't go, she would light up their store #PostsFromTheHeart

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  4. So sorry that you feel excluded from something that seems so ordinary to most. I too can't be doing with online food shopping although at times it probably would have been easier. I have to take my son food shopiing and it's a race against time before he is trying to escape the trolley!
    #PostsFromTheHeart

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  5. It must be so hard feeling that you can't do something like taking your own child shopping to Tesco. It is terrible that supermarkets can't think of ways to help parents like yourself. These things shouldn't be so painful. #PostsFromTheHeart Hugs Lucy xxxx

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  6. I always cower behind my computer with a mouse but I do get where you're coming from! #postsfromtheheart

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