Wow, That Was(n't) Embarracing!

As a mother I have learned that there are many times you sacrifice your embarrassment for the sake of disciplining your child. Yesterday was a perfect example of this. I was at the grocery store with Rilyn and she suddenly wouldn't stop crying and whining. I kept asking her what was wrong and if she wanted me to push her in the cart or walk. She wouldn't stop making a scene so I decided to threaten her with a timeout (thought that would do the trick). Anyways, she continued to cry even harder and unfortunately I have to stick by my word. I decided to have her sit at the end of the aisle in "timeout", while I turned my back and walked halfway down the same aisle, ignoring her for a couple minutes. This back-fired because not only did it cause her to freak out more dramatically and loudly, but at this point people were really starting to stare, wondering why this little girl was sitting on the floor screaming and especially why I wasn't doing anything about it. I was totally that mom yesterday, that everyone was looking at. It was at this point that I decided I wasn't even embarrassed, I was just angry. It's funny how once you have situations like these you really realize that only other mother's can understand and not judge you. Also, you start wondering when you stopped caring what people think of you!