Coach Buggy

Daddy and I went jogging tonight with one of our friends, but unfortunately Little Bug didn't want to stay in her jogging stroller. After taking a bunch of breaks for her to get out and walk, I finally told the two guys to run on ahead so I could have a talk with buggy. I've seen Super Nanny, so I've started disciplining her by getting at eye-level and holding onto her shoulders while I explain what she is doing wrong and ask her to say "sorry" and give me a hug. Apparently I've been disciplining her a lot because as soon as I kneeled down and grabbed her shoulders she looked me in the eye and said, "sorry" and gave me a hug - saving herself a lecture.

I asked her to get back in the jogging stroller and she climbed right in. I told her we were going to catch daddy and our friend. So as I started jogging, I could hear her yelling, "I'm coming daddy, I'm coming daddy." We jogged onto a long stretch where I could see the guys in front of us, and Little Bug noticed them, too. She started yelling at me, "mommy, daddy, run". At this point I was in a full sprint and was starting to lose energy, so having my little coach hollering at me really didn't help. The guys turned around a corner, out of site and poor little buggy just said quietly, "daddy...." Nothing like the motivation of a sad little girl to kick me into high gear and start sprinting again.

I sprinted until I caught up with the guys and little bug was so happy to see them. As we got closer to the end of the path, she decided that she was finally through with the jogging stroller, so daddy decided to take her. I jogged on ahead with our friend and the jogging stroller. We got lots of strange looks from people as the two of us were jogging with an empty stroller and no kid in sight.

Apparently, as soon as I was out of site, Little Bug started saying, "I'm coming mommy!" and made daddy carry her, and jog with all 28.5 lbs of her to the end of the trail. She was a good coach, pushing us to run, but not the best jogging buddy overall.