Where do you put baby when grocery shopping?

kelbel2440 · April 2014

I know you are not suppose to put the car seat on the cart, so what do u do with your LO?

Mamamonzo · April 2014

Wear him!!

allisshiney · April 2014

I plan to wear my little guy.

ksulli · April 2014

I wear her, but if that's not your thing you can put the car seat in the cart (the large back part, not on the baby seat), or if it's a small trip bring the stroller and a re-usable bag.

amhah09 · April 2014

I wear baby in the grocery. They stay calm that way and I don't have to worry about lugging the seat with the groceries. Plus I have two other kids so I need my hands.

Tferr02 · April 2014

Wear baby or my DH pushes him in the stroller while I push the cart

AmberLiz99 · April 2014

I like to wear baby too while doing big shopping. That's my plan again this time

Rrrrrachel · April 2014

Yup. Wear them. There are carts here with built in infant seats, too.

Kyllarae · April 2014

I put her carseat in the big part of the cart. Food and everything gets put around her seat.

MamaFantastic · April 2014

I just shopped yesterday, actually! Kiddo sat in the front part of the kid cart (thank goodness for the carts that look like cars!) and I wore Tessa. I get so super judgey when I see people with precariously perched car seats in top of the cart.

Airynn Chica · April 2014

Don't the carseats clip down into the front of the cart??? They always used to and ours does though we mostly wear DD. Have rules changed about the car seat in the cart?

Avion22 · April 2014

AndieD6709 said:

@Airynn Chica, They're not meant to. Even if it does "click." In fact it can damage the mechanism in it and cause it to not connect correctly to the base.

And it can make the cart top-heavy and cause the whole thing to tip over....or someone could bump into you and knock the car seat out of the cart. It's really not safe, even though a lot of people seem to do it.

So far we've only gone grocery shopping with both H and I together, so one of us pushes the cart while the other pushes the stroller. We normally shop together, so I don't envision either of us doing a "big shop" on our own any time soon. But if we do, we've decided to either put LO in the Ergo or use one of the carts with the built-in infant seat.

Bluebird2318 · April 2014

I either wore DD or put her car seat in the big "basket" part of the cart and worked around it.

PurpleSnapDragons · April 2014

Either in the car seat and put the car seat in the BIG basket. Or wear baby. Or find a cart with a built in baby seat. NEVER put the car seat in the child seat.

Here's a great video for you
https://blog.babygizmo.com/2014/02/shop-baby/

MapleLeafMama · April 2014

She stays with DH at home. Grocery shopping (weekly big trip) is my me time. For small runs to the store, I use the stroller.

AcaAwkward · April 2014

Same as others -- I mostly babywear but sometimes put the car seat in the big part of the cart or, if it's a small trip, use the basket under the snap-n-go stroller.

When I take both kids solo, I'll definitely be babywearing while DD rides.

Rrrrrachel · April 2014

I like your style, @MapleLeafMama‌

Rrrrrachel · April 2014

Ime yes much less likely. In something like a wrap or moby people often don't even notice they're there.

manda10884 · April 2014

I plan on wearing baby girl- just got my Boba in a few days ago and can't wait to use it!

JanMommy2under2 · April 2014

I did my first solo grocery trip today, and used the Ergo. Logan slept through the trip, and while it took me about 5 minutes in the back seat to get him all strapped in properly, it was worth it. And I had a reason to accept help out without feeling guilty.

kelbel2440 · April 2014

Wow thanks for all of the great advice! I've got the moby although that needs way more practice before attempting in public, plus my csection incision is still a bit sore with it on. Also have the ergo but no nb insert and haven't checked to see if he fits in there yet. But I think baby wearing will definitely be the way to go! Some of my grocery trips u definitely wouldn't be able to fit all the crap I buy plus car seat in the basket!

Calla123 · April 2014

I definitely baby wear. Makes things much easier.

yellowflower15 · April 2014

I send my husband

Avion22 · April 2014

MaiTaiBeth said:

I can't put her in the bottom? Maybe people won't see her and try to touch her and then I won't have to tazer them....jk no grocery store for PF! I do like the idea of wearing them. Are people less likely to touch them when they are attached to your body?

You can totally put the carseat in the big part of the cart. But that doesn't leave room for a lot of groceries. And personally, I'm kind of paranoid, and I'd be really worried that something would fall off a shelf and onto the baby (or that somebody would knock something off a shelf and it would land on the baby). I guess it's no more likely to happen if the baby is in the bottom of the cart than it would be if he was in his stroller, and you could totally position the cart so it wasn't anywhere near the shelves (so nothing could fall on him). But yeah, still paranoid.

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