Comments on: None of What You Hear and Half of What You See. http://mihow.com/articles/2008/04/28/none-of-what-you-hear-half-of-what-you-see/ In Alpha Since 2001 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:17:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: sl http://mihow.com/articles/2008/04/28/none-of-what-you-hear-half-of-what-you-see/comment-page-1/#comment-113184 sl Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 urn:uuid:9d0c1ac3-7faa-4f8f-8eb8-abc9a9770385#comment-113184 <p>She must not have kids. I change my kids diapers in the “trunk” area of my hatchback all the time. A nice flat space, easier than worrying about the curve of a seat to put them on. She was just looking for something to be upset about, even her writing was not convincing that anything sinister was going on.</p> She must not have kids. I change my kids diapers in the “trunk” area of my hatchback all the time. A nice flat space, easier than worrying about the curve of a seat to put them on. She was just looking for something to be upset about, even her writing was not convincing that anything sinister was going on.

]]> By: mihow http://mihow.com/articles/2008/04/28/none-of-what-you-hear-half-of-what-you-see/comment-page-1/#comment-113185 mihow Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 urn:uuid:9d0c1ac3-7faa-4f8f-8eb8-abc9a9770385#comment-113185 <p>Oh dear. The first part didn’t happen. I wrote that. She didn’t write anything at all. I am not sure if she even has a blog. It was a just a “What if?” type thing.</p> <p>Also, this isn’t a hatchback at all. It’s a very deep trunk in a very old car. But, yeah, I imagine that she figured out what was actually happening. Just a funny (not ha ha?) story, is all.</p> Oh dear. The first part didn’t happen. I wrote that. She didn’t write anything at all. I am not sure if she even has a blog. It was a just a “What if?” type thing.

Also, this isn’t a hatchback at all. It’s a very deep trunk in a very old car. But, yeah, I imagine that she figured out what was actually happening. Just a funny (not ha ha?) story, is all.

]]> By: Becky Y http://mihow.com/articles/2008/04/28/none-of-what-you-hear-half-of-what-you-see/comment-page-1/#comment-113186 Becky Y Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 urn:uuid:9d0c1ac3-7faa-4f8f-8eb8-abc9a9770385#comment-113186 <p><span class="caps">LOL</span>!!! I can just picture the scene. If I’d been the woman rounding the corner, I wouldn’t have even raised an eyebrow. Heck, you could have just set the baby down so you could set up the stroller. It’s not like the car was running or anything. Heh. I use the back of the van as a changing area all the time. I have <span class="caps">TWO</span> car seats hogging up the second row, and no way in hell I squeeze this ass into the 3rd row, if we even have it installed (which we don’t most of the time). ;-)</p> LOL!!! I can just picture the scene. If I’d been the woman rounding the corner, I wouldn’t have even raised an eyebrow. Heck, you could have just set the baby down so you could set up the stroller. It’s not like the car was running or anything. Heh. I use the back of the van as a changing area all the time. I have TWO car seats hogging up the second row, and no way in hell I squeeze this ass into the 3rd row, if we even have it installed (which we don’t most of the time).
;-)

]]> By: Susie http://mihow.com/articles/2008/04/28/none-of-what-you-hear-half-of-what-you-see/comment-page-1/#comment-113187 Susie Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 urn:uuid:9d0c1ac3-7faa-4f8f-8eb8-abc9a9770385#comment-113187 <p>That was the most excellent thing I’ve read all day.</p> That was the most excellent thing I’ve read all day.

]]> By: MelissaC http://mihow.com/articles/2008/04/28/none-of-what-you-hear-half-of-what-you-see/comment-page-1/#comment-113188 MelissaC Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 urn:uuid:9d0c1ac3-7faa-4f8f-8eb8-abc9a9770385#comment-113188 <p>Too funny! I can imagine the look on her face, but I get what you were doing. I’ve done it myself. My son was changed in the trunk of an Altima on a few occasions, and my daughter in the trunk of a Corolla. Plus a few times in hatch part of a Jeep Cherokee. I never thought about what others much have been thinking. Just made sense at the time!!</p> Too funny! I can imagine the look on her face, but I get what you were doing. I’ve done it myself. My son was changed in the trunk of an Altima on a few occasions, and my daughter in the trunk of a Corolla. Plus a few times in hatch part of a Jeep Cherokee. I never thought about what others much have been thinking. Just made sense at the time!!

]]> By: Julie http://mihow.com/articles/2008/04/28/none-of-what-you-hear-half-of-what-you-see/comment-page-1/#comment-113189 Julie Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 urn:uuid:9d0c1ac3-7faa-4f8f-8eb8-abc9a9770385#comment-113189 <p><span class="caps">THE FIRST THING I WAS GOING TO SAY</span> is that I bet you’re changing his diaper. My best friend has a two-month-old little one and she changes him there regularly… she finds it <span class="caps">MUCH</span> more sanitary than some of the public options. I’m quite certain that when I have a baby, I’ll change him or her in the trunk of my car. This woman <span class="caps">OBVIOUSLY</span> doesn’t have a child.</p> THE FIRST THING I WAS GOING TO SAY is that I bet you’re changing his diaper. My best friend has a two-month-old little one and she changes him there regularly… she finds it MUCH more sanitary than some of the public options. I’m quite certain that when I have a baby, I’ll change him or her in the trunk of my car. This woman OBVIOUSLY doesn’t have a child.

]]> By: mihow http://mihow.com/articles/2008/04/28/none-of-what-you-hear-half-of-what-you-see/comment-page-1/#comment-113190 mihow Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 urn:uuid:9d0c1ac3-7faa-4f8f-8eb8-abc9a9770385#comment-113190 <p>I feel so completely late to the trunk, diaper-changing party! I have had Emory now for almost 9 months and this technique only just occurred to me.</p> <p>Who knows, maybe her facial expression was in response to a lingering fart? Something someone said over her phone?</p> <p>Yes, chances are, she was without child. She was young, after all. (Much younger than me.)</p> I feel so completely late to the trunk, diaper-changing party! I have had Emory now for almost 9 months and this technique only just occurred to me.

Who knows, maybe her facial expression was in response to a lingering fart? Something someone said over her phone?

Yes, chances are, she was without child. She was young, after all. (Much younger than me.)

]]> By: misha http://mihow.com/articles/2008/04/28/none-of-what-you-hear-half-of-what-you-see/comment-page-1/#comment-113191 misha Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 urn:uuid:9d0c1ac3-7faa-4f8f-8eb8-abc9a9770385#comment-113191 <p><span class="caps">LOL</span> – glad to see that you have joined those of us that are shameless…but i am single so i dont really have an excuse i (((heart))) you and really want to hear about your auto rail experience. hint. hint. for your next story…</p> LOL – glad to see that you have joined those of us that are shameless…but i am single so i dont really have an excuse
i (((heart))) you and really want to hear about your auto rail experience. hint. hint. for your next story…

]]> By: Gigi http://mihow.com/articles/2008/04/28/none-of-what-you-hear-half-of-what-you-see/comment-page-1/#comment-113192 Gigi Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 urn:uuid:9d0c1ac3-7faa-4f8f-8eb8-abc9a9770385#comment-113192 <p>Hi. Have been reading awhile but never posted but felt compelled to share my similar experience.</p> <p>I had to change my little one in a post office parking lot and used the back of our Toyota 4-runner to do so. For some reason I climbed in and closed the hatch. Lots of room in there for mom and baby, <span class="caps">BUT</span>, you can’t open the hatch from the inside. So, I left little one in the back and climbed into the front to exit through the passenger door. Needless to say I also got some strange looks when I opened the back of the car and pulled out my nine-month old.</p> Hi. Have been reading awhile but never posted but felt compelled to share my similar experience.

I had to change my little one in a post office parking lot and used the back of our Toyota 4-runner to do so. For some reason I climbed in and closed the hatch. Lots of room in there for mom and baby, BUT, you can’t open the hatch from the inside. So, I left little one in the back and climbed into the front to exit through the passenger door. Needless to say I also got some strange looks when I opened the back of the car and pulled out my nine-month old.

]]> By: mihow http://mihow.com/articles/2008/04/28/none-of-what-you-hear-half-of-what-you-see/comment-page-1/#comment-113193 mihow Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 urn:uuid:9d0c1ac3-7faa-4f8f-8eb8-abc9a9770385#comment-113193 <p>Gigi: Thanks for sharing. I am glad I’m not alone!</p> <p>Is this why people buy minivans? More and more as I try and retrieve my little guy from his car seat I grow increasingly less judgmental of all those who own minivans.</p> Gigi: Thanks for sharing. I am glad I’m not alone!

Is this why people buy minivans? More and more as I try and retrieve my little guy from his car seat I grow increasingly less judgmental of all those who own minivans.

]]> By: melhow http://mihow.com/articles/2008/04/28/none-of-what-you-hear-half-of-what-you-see/comment-page-1/#comment-113194 melhow Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 urn:uuid:9d0c1ac3-7faa-4f8f-8eb8-abc9a9770385#comment-113194 <p>I’ve changed both mine many a time in the back of our cars. Both of ours are hatchbacks though so the world gets too see their behinds:) I have even been known to change a diaper in a public place (park bench) rather than use a nasty bathroom. Usually it is secluded though.</p> <p>Of course, I reached white trash mom status some time ago. I think it was when the kids and I instituted ‘car picnics’. Simone takes dance once a week and <span class="caps">HAS</span> to eat before she goes (the joy of diabetes). I leave work early so that we can get from day care, to Wendy’s or Chick-fil-a, dressed for ballet, and to dance by 5:30. It was always a crazy mess and I was generally yelling that I wasn’t going to do another week of dance until one day I was running so late I decided she would have to eat in the car. Went through the drive through (paying with debit because in true white trash status I didn’t even have enough cash on me), pulled over, did her finger check, and divided each up their food in the bags. Worked beautifully. The kids thought it was fantastic and we actually got to dance on time. I am sure if anyone sees us though it must look really pathetic that I am feeding my kids fast food in the car. Maybe not though—we do live in Alabama;)</p> I’ve changed both mine many a time in the back of our cars. Both of ours are hatchbacks though so the world gets too see their behinds:) I have even been known to change a diaper in a public place (park bench) rather than use a nasty bathroom. Usually it is secluded though.

Of course, I reached white trash mom status some time ago. I think it was when the kids and I instituted ‘car picnics’. Simone takes dance once a week and HAS to eat before she goes (the joy of diabetes). I leave work early so that we can get from day care, to Wendy’s or Chick-fil-a, dressed for ballet, and to dance by 5:30. It was always a crazy mess and I was generally yelling that I wasn’t going to do another week of dance until one day I was running so late I decided she would have to eat in the car. Went through the drive through (paying with debit because in true white trash status I didn’t even have enough cash on me), pulled over, did her finger check, and divided each up their food in the bags. Worked beautifully. The kids thought it was fantastic and we actually got to dance on time. I am sure if anyone sees us though it must look really pathetic that I am feeding my kids fast food in the car. Maybe not though—we do live in Alabama;)

]]> By: *pixie* http://mihow.com/articles/2008/04/28/none-of-what-you-hear-half-of-what-you-see/comment-page-1/#comment-113195 *pixie* Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 urn:uuid:9d0c1ac3-7faa-4f8f-8eb8-abc9a9770385#comment-113195 <p>I’ve done this in parking lots on more than one occasion. I imagine it’s cleaner than many public restrooms.</p> I’ve done this in parking lots on more than one occasion. I imagine it’s cleaner than many public restrooms.

]]> By: mihow http://mihow.com/articles/2008/04/28/none-of-what-you-hear-half-of-what-you-see/comment-page-1/#comment-113196 mihow Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 urn:uuid:9d0c1ac3-7faa-4f8f-8eb8-abc9a9770385#comment-113196 <p>Melhow: You were feeding her fast food in the car and then taking her somewhere active! Like dance! Now, had you been on your way to the local 7 11 to buy 50 dollars worth of lottery tickets and a couple of calling cards and then back home to deposit them in front of the TV then maybe I’d give you white trash status. ;]</p> Melhow: You were feeding her fast food in the car and then taking her somewhere active! Like dance! Now, had you been on your way to the local 7 11 to buy 50 dollars worth of lottery tickets and a couple of calling cards and then back home to deposit them in front of the TV then maybe I’d give you white trash status. ;]

]]> By: Nessa http://mihow.com/articles/2008/04/28/none-of-what-you-hear-half-of-what-you-see/comment-page-1/#comment-113197 Nessa Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 urn:uuid:9d0c1ac3-7faa-4f8f-8eb8-abc9a9770385#comment-113197 <p>yep – we’re long time trunk changers! In fact, I’m pretty excited about opening the back of the new Edge to change this new baby (that is, IF she ever <span class="caps">GETS</span> here!). With Baby D, it was the very large trunk of the very large sedan and I never thought of it looking funny before, but I guess it did!</p> yep – we’re long time trunk changers! In fact, I’m pretty excited about opening the back of the new Edge to change this new baby (that is, IF she ever GETS here!). With Baby D, it was the very large trunk of the very large sedan and I never thought of it looking funny before, but I guess it did!

]]> By: carrie http://mihow.com/articles/2008/04/28/none-of-what-you-hear-half-of-what-you-see/comment-page-1/#comment-113198 carrie Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 urn:uuid:9d0c1ac3-7faa-4f8f-8eb8-abc9a9770385#comment-113198 <p>If I had a nickel for every time I changed Henry in the trunk of my car, I’d be a nickel-aire. I feel for you that this stranger thinks this about you, but it’s pretty funny to us moms.</p> <p><span class="caps">BTW</span>, I love, love, love the videos you are making for your son. Such a great idea. I wish my mother would have done that for me. I miss hearing her stories.</p> If I had a nickel for every time I changed Henry in the trunk of my car, I’d be a nickel-aire. I feel for you that this stranger thinks this about you, but it’s pretty funny to us moms.

BTW, I love, love, love the videos you are making for your son. Such a great idea. I wish my mother would have done that for me. I miss hearing her stories.

]]> By: Lisa http://mihow.com/articles/2008/04/28/none-of-what-you-hear-half-of-what-you-see/comment-page-1/#comment-113199 Lisa Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 urn:uuid:9d0c1ac3-7faa-4f8f-8eb8-abc9a9770385#comment-113199 <p>Man, I can’t believe I never thought of using the trunk for that..</p> Man, I can’t believe I never thought of using the trunk for that..

]]> By: CC http://mihow.com/articles/2008/04/28/none-of-what-you-hear-half-of-what-you-see/comment-page-1/#comment-113200 CC Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 urn:uuid:9d0c1ac3-7faa-4f8f-8eb8-abc9a9770385#comment-113200 <p>HA! I love this story!</p> <p>And seriously, I’ve seen worse like a car stopping next to a tree, two hands and a baby coming out of the window and said baby then <span class="caps">PEEING ON THE TREE</span>.</p> HA! I love this story!

And seriously, I’ve seen worse like a car stopping next to a tree, two hands and a baby coming out of the window and said baby then PEEING ON THE TREE.

]]> By: Michelle http://mihow.com/articles/2008/04/28/none-of-what-you-hear-half-of-what-you-see/comment-page-1/#comment-113201 Michelle Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 urn:uuid:9d0c1ac3-7faa-4f8f-8eb8-abc9a9770385#comment-113201 <p>I love it! My daughter is a week younger than your son and I too seem to care less and less each day what others think now a days. For me, it’s like freedom not to think so much about what others are thinking and caring for my little one. Motherhood totally changes you…for the better! I share many of the feelings, struggles and thoughts you have. Thanks for sharing!</p> I love it! My daughter is a week younger than your son and I too seem to care less and less each day what others think now a days. For me, it’s like freedom not to think so much about what others are thinking and caring for my little one. Motherhood totally changes you…for the better! I share many of the feelings, struggles and thoughts you have. Thanks for sharing!

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