A mum was approached by an older man as she was feeding her toddler and twins in the boot of her car in a car park – she said the interaction completely changed her day
A mum said her day “completely changed’ when a man approached her while she was feeding her children in a car park.
Going out with a baby can be stressful for parents, especially if it’s their first child and they’re still getting used to being new parents..
There are lots of things that will be running through their minds, such as how do I keep them occupied? Are they hungry? When is their next nap?
The experience can be quite overwhelming, and the same was true for Romes, a toddler and twin mum from Devon.
The mum-of-three out and about with her infant twins and her toddler when she was approached by a man.
At the time she was sat in the boot of her car in a car park feeding her three children.
She said: “If you see a twin mum, please don’t say you’ve got your hands full, please say this or just be kind. An old gentleman today said the most beautiful thing to me and it has improved my mood to no end.
“I was in the back of the car and the kids were having their lunch, and this old chap comes up to me and he goes, please can you give me your phone so I can take a photo so that when you’re old like me you can look back and actually be in the photo.
“Honestly, it was just so wonderful. So if you see a twin mum, she’s probably having a really overwhelming day and having ‘double trouble’ or ‘you’ve got your hands full’ really makes that worse.
“So say something really lovely. What she’s doing is beautiful and her kids are beautiful because it will just lift her mood to no end.”
Other parents shared their own experience of people approaching them while they’re out with their children.
One person said: “I was in Tesco recently (with the twins but without the toddler) and an old man said to me you are doing a great job, I almost cried.”
A second said: “How lovely!! I had a gentleman come over to me and my twins once with the kindest smile and said ‘wow what a blessing’ and it really stuck with me.
“Wish it happened more often as we normally can’t even get into the shop before someone has told me I’ve got my hands full.”
A third said: “An older lady did this when me and my partner were feeding our tiny newborn twins on a bench and she said we’d want to remember this moment.
“At the time we were a bit like ‘sure’ because we spent half our days feeding but now I treasure the photo. Partly because of the positive interaction.”