so, how do you teach a two-year-old to answer when you call? or come to you? hiro wandered away from me twice yesterday. three times, if you count the time when i was breastfeeding sasha and he left the baby room....

he was really trying my patience yesterday! we had gone to diamond city to look for some food for christmas. in jusco they were having bargain sales around the store. i started looking at clothes for hiro. he was toddling about making noise and then suddenly...he was gone! where the hell did he go?? i thought he'd be right near by, but no. i found him far off into the bigger boys clothes. *sigh* i went to the baby room to change and feed sasha. i also changed hiro before feeding her, and bought him a juice. he wouldn't go into the nursing cubicle with me, but sasha was so hungry and my breast was full to bursting (and hurting) that i sat down and starting nursing her. on thursdays there's a nurse type person there, and she actually (very kindly) fetched hiro for me. he was pretty good, drinking his juice and climbing on furniture--until he decided he wasn't thirsty any more and instead of putting the juice box down, he just spit the juice all down his front. everything got wet, including his jeans! when sasha and i finished, i took him out to buy him some new clothes--because i had used his spares during our weekend in miyazaki and hadn't replaced them yet! *sigh* so the second we left the baby room he disappeared! at that point i was running out of time (had to go to kita-q for 'work', which is probably more than two hours from diamond city!!) so i let him wander while i got him some clothes at the bargain table. (as an aside, let me just say that i got the last matching outfit, and while it wasn't my usual 'style', it was not so bad for being purchased off the bargain table!!) i looked for him again, calling him, but no hiro. i went back to the baby room and asked the nurse. no hiro. *sigh* she said she would help me again, but i had to buy the clothes. two minutes later, we found him. *double sigh* i took him back to the baby room and changed everything (he had a poopy diaper by then...) and we were on our way...

i think that next time i take him out it's going to be with the harness. my mom told me (when she was here) that she thought that i would shock her by using the harness and i honestly didn't know what she was talking about! since i bought it i only used it twice and until now, i haven't needed to use it. and one of the times i did use it, and old guy said, 'he looks like a dog.' i think he was actually amused, but i took it as a criticism. but...i can't let him get away from me! he may look like a dog on a lead, but i don't want to lose him. and until he can answer me or come when i call, we will be using it.

the real trick is whether or not i remember to bring it or not!!