Using shopping cart covers for toddlers?

hereonceagain

what age do you plan on using a shopping cart cover till?  (assuming you use one)  I notice many with babies are using them but at toddler age I rarely see them being used.  My DD is 20 months and someone just gave me a new one.  I'm wondering if I should use it or just pass it on to someone with a younger child.

Andrewsgal

I stopped using it when DS could sit up 100% on his own and stopped chewing on everything, like 8 months I think.

pam1005

I still use it, for DS still likes to suck on the bar on the shopping cart.  I will probably stop soon.

Sage Mommy

I really dont remember exactly when we stopped, but it was before 18 mos for sure. DS would just rip it off.

lwrigley2000

I still use it but have been thinking of ditching it lately. When I do I'll just wipe the cart down with a Wet One and off we'll go.

rebus82

Andrewsgal:

I stopped using it when DS could sit up 100% on his own and stopped chewing on everything, like 8 months I think.

This, but it was because we couldn't buckle him in with the cover on except at a couple stores, even with the strap as loose as possible. He's not a fat baby at all, but the bulk of the cover was too much. He does fine without it.  

Smores730

My DD just turned 2 and I probably stopped using it a few months ago. She doesn't try to lick the push bar anymore (ick!!) so I just wipe the cart now and go.

I'd probably pass it along to someone unless you want to save it for another child.

Amymichelle925

I think DS was about 10 months when we stopped using ours

JillShari

I used it as much as I could remember for my first.... especially since he has asthma and a simple respiratory illness was cause for distress in our house!  So, even when he was older and just touching the surfaces like shopping carts or restaurant high-chairs, I still felt better about using it.

keg

I still use my double some when we go to Costco/Sam's but that's mainly because I usually give my DDs samples and they tend to make a mess and drop stuff.  I feel better with them picking up and eating stuff from our cover than the cart.  For regular grocery stores, I don't use them.  Heck, I can't even remember the last time I had a single cover in my car. 

jennessey

I still use mine because DS has food allergies and tends to get hives from the carts.

junebugs345

I still use it when we shop and in the high chairs at restaurants.  Don't plan on stopping anytime soon (major germaphobe). 

TexasPaige

I guess I quit around 15 months. I got tired of fooling with the thing, and my son always finds a way to get germs regardless. He would play with the cover and expose the cart, rendering the thing useless. I mostly liked it for when he put everything in his mouth, and when he thought it was fun to bang his head on the cart handle! 

MummyGruetzie

My typically developing DD hasn't used hers in over a year--when she stopped licking and touching everything. My DD who has special needs still needs it, because she'll lick the cart or flop over a bit and the cart cover makes it easier to squeeze in our blankets so that she can still sit up.

I'd never seen the double cover. I'll have to look for that so that they can both sit together.