As I had a squirmy, fussy baby sitting on my lap in church this Sunday, I was reminded of a particular sacrament meeting about 6 years ago...
I'm gonna guess that Jesi was about 7-8 months old. I don't remember if it was because she was squirmy or if I was simply being irreverant and wanted to satisfy my curiosity, but I had a brand new package of the baby Cheerio things and I foolishly decided to see how she would handle them. If I remember correctly, I fed her a couple, which she handled well, so feeling safe I fed her more.
Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed a lady behind me who seemed intent on what I was doing; she seemed to sit up very straight and had big horrified eyes. Of course, Jesi picked that very moment to choke on the cereal. At this point I think the lady behind me was hyperventalating. While wondering if I needed to perform the heimlic manuever on Jesi or offer the lady behind me an anti-anxiety pill, the errant Cheerio thankfully came out of her mouth and landed in my hand amidst a puddle of drool.
Of course, there were no screaming babies, hacking old men or gossipping teenagers around; all was silent except for the droning high councilman (which gave people extra incentive to be looking around) and the lady behind me who loudly whispered to her husband and the entire ward, "Did you see that!? She fed that baby a Cheerio!" Her husband seemed a little emabarrased and tried an inneffective hand gesture that said, "You are talking too loud." The lady was not passified and in the same voice said, "That baby's too young! She's too little!" Her husband "Shhhh" -ushed her and I think after a while she stopped talking about my little incident. I do, however, remember that she kept a careful eye on me, obviously wondering if she needed to report me to family services or perhaps the Bishop.
**What are your most embarassing public events?
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