i absolutely agree with everyone who says that i need to let go a little! i know that its not good for oscar to be with me 24-7...but at the same time he's such a baby (not even 3 mo old yet) that i just dont feel comfortable leaving him by himself!.. i did branch out and let his daddy babysit him yesterday and he was perfectly ok with it! so im very happy... hopefully i can continue to allow him to find out things on his own and not shelter him too much. thanks for everyone's advice.... but i do think that i will still take him everywhere with me...including restuarants(we had mexican last night..they love him in there lol) and grocery shopping