I am not one to complain and I am certainly not one to point fingers at other peoples parenting. I think today that may have to change for just one split second, just long enough for me to rant about this one. I know all parents think their child is the cutest kid in the world. (Trust me; I am one of those people except mine really are the cutest ;) I am also one of those people who think that ALL children are cute. I see a child and I am immediately wrapped around their finger, even not so “cute” children. J SO PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND AS I CONTINUE!
Yesterday, I was on my lunch hour at Von-Maur looking for a new jacket. I have a limited amount of time and am really concentrated on the task at hand: Finding a new Jacket! As I am speed shopping through the racks, I hear this: “squeak, squeak, squeak” Now I am looking around to find where are earth this ridiculous noise is coming from. I still can’t find the source; however, I did notice that I was not the only women wondering what this horrendous sound was. It sounded like a dog was viciously murdering a rubber duck, and the duck was squeaking for its life. Fun, huh. You know you want to experience this heavenly sound now after I tempted you with that wonderful description. For a split second there was nothing, I took a deep breath and continued my exploration. It started again. This time the beat was faster and one squeak was a smidge louder than the other. “Squeak, SQUEAK, squeak, SQUEAK.” What the heck was this noise? I am by the clothing rack closest to the door and all of a sudden this mom comes from the children’s clothing area. (Happens to be right by women’s clothing) The sound seems to attached to her somewhere because it is getting louder the closer she comes to me. Just then, out pops a little girl from in between the clothing racks! This noise is coming from her.
I frantically looking her up and down and check her hands. Nothing. No duck. No dog chew toy. No Wheezy from Toy Story (I should’ve known about that one, since he no longer had a squeaker!) Where is it coming from? HER SHOES!! With every step this precious little girl took, a ridiculous noise projected from her feet!!! I thought something must be stuck to her feet or something, then I overheard a woman close by tell another lady about the shoes. I thought “you have to be kidding me, someone would do this on purpose?” If you are a mother, you know that your kids are never quiet; they are noisy enough without some silly shoes. On a side note, the shoes themselves were adorable but if I bought these and heard this crap I would have immediately returned them. I do what I always do and research it the moment I get back to work. Sure enough, these were actually shoes and they had a brilliant name “Squeak Me Shoes”. WHAT!?!?!? Oh wait it gets even better, not only is there a whole website for this lovely foot work but it also comes with a catchy little slogan “Hear your child at all times”. Really? Have the makers of these shoes ever been around children? Do they have their own children? I understand what the makers were thinking: “O you’ll never lose your child and they will always be in ear shot.”, but we all know that the majority of the times when you need to worry about your child is when they are completely silent! Those shoes will not help you then. Try keeping an eye on your child instead. Furthermore, I am going to go out on a limb here and say that you ALWAYS hear your children!!!
After I come down from my pedestal above the shoe making company, I then start to think about it. Let’s say they do make this annoying shoe, WHO on earth would buy them. Lets then say that maybe grandma bought them for their sweet first born grandchild…. What mother in her right mind would then put these darn things on their feet? Could you imagine if you were that child? I would be eternally scared from this, every time I watched Ernie on Sesame Street I would have an uncontrollable urge to gallop and not know why! Hehe
Even if you were not worried about your child’s psyche and were deaf to high pitch sounds, wouldn’t you think of others as you were swiping your credit card to purchase these teeny little noise makers?
So the question remains… Why on earth would you buy these? If someone can give me a LOGICAL explanation, I will retract my opinion on these ridiculous creatures! Hey, I’m open-minded!
Yes, you ARE correct......every good Mom knows her own child. I can be in a woman's dress shop and can tell by the way the door opened at the front of the store that it is my 11 year old son (your brother) coming into the store! It's just something you know as a mother....you certainly don't need squeaky shoes to know where your kid is....and you're right it's when they are perfectly still that you need to know WHERE they are at and WHAT they are doing!
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