moms with 2 or more kids, serious question but it sounds silly?
ok i am about to have my 2nd baby, and my daughter will be around 21 months when this one comes. we usually walk her around the grocery store if its m...
ok i am about to have my 2nd baby, and my daughter will be around 21 months when this one comes. we usually walk her around the grocery store if its me and my hubby (one to wrangle her up when she decides to run a muck, or we just sit her in the cart, depends where we are) but whats the easiest way to shop with 2 babies? i mean in wal mart im not going to want to be pushing a dual stroller and a shopping cart. i dont think it would be very easy holding my daugthers hand as i am pushing a cart. with the new baby, i will sit the car seat in the shopping cart (the front part) but where does my toddler go? this sounds soo silly, but im wondering, how do you shop with your babies??
wow, brainfart! i didnt even think of a sling!! THANK YOU!! YAY
my kids were all at roughly 2-year intervals. you can put the baby in the sling and the toddler in the cart, you can shop at one of those stores where you can put the baby in the front of the cart and the toddler driving the steering wheel in the front (seriously, how did people parent without those cool inventions), or you can put the baby in the cart and have the toddler walk (and not plan to shop for a tremendously long time).
you’ll manage. hit the motrin aisle first.
I had twins last year and I’m still asking myself that question, My answer is you can’t shop alone, I still don’t and my twins are 14 months old! There is nowhere to put your groceries when two kids are in the cart.
Do they not have shopping trolleys that have two seats for either a newborn and a toddler or two toddlers?? I live in the uk and we have a supermarket called asda which is run by america’s walmart, and they have different types of trolleys, ask in store, if not you could try your eldest on reins or try a sling for you baby.
My children are all about 2 years apart as well. I am one that cannot focus and shop if I have my children with me (during their younger years anyway). I hate shopping, so I love to go by myself and get in and get out. When my husband worked 3rd shift he would do the shopping right after work – I didn’t have to shop much for several years. Now that he is on 1st, I go when my husband can be home with them. I can take the older three, now that they are older, but I still prefer to go shopping without my little boy. He gets so bored while shopping and makes for some frustrating moments.
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My brother and his wife have 4 children ages 7yr, 16mo, 11mo and 5wk (2 are foster). Before the youngest came they would put the 16 month old in the front of the cart and she had the 11 month old in a sling type carrier which seemed to work out pretty well. They also sometimes used 2 shopping carts. Mom with one and dad with the other, but I know parents don’t always do shopping together. My advice would be a sling. New babies seem to like them because it makes them curl up really close to mommy like in the womb. Or so it would seem. Some stores also have multiple-kid friendly shopping carts although they can be hard to maneuver through narrow aisles. Hope this helps.
my daughters had the same age difference. i put the older one in the cart and used the snugli for the baby. you can do anything with that thing on.
Yep, I used a sling/carrier for the baby while my toddler was in the cart and nowadays most grocery stores have the 2 seater carts that fit 2 toddlers side by side. Walmart doesn’t have those though…I see a lot of moms with a toddler in the front of the car while the infant is in his car seat in the basket and items tucked all around him, lol. Or the car seat positioned sideways over the basket and everything under him (works with small carts).
What I don’t recommend is what some parents do and it drives my nuts to see it…when they put the toddler in the basket and it’s standing up and hanging over the sides….arghh…I saw a baby fall out and crack his head on the hard tile floor.
Some stores have the little buggy carts with a "car" on the front of the basket and the little one can "drive it" around, but it’s really just Mom or Dad pushing the cart, while baby is in the seat.
My kids were about that age. I would put the carrier in the front of the cart if it will sit on there and put the 21 month old inside the cart. You could wait until your husband gets of work take him with you or leave him at home with kids while you shop. If you can take another adult with you. I wasn’t able to do that.
The have these things called a child harness they are perfect your your walking toddler who is trying to be independent. the part you put on the baby is kinda like a vest and wraps around his chest back and shoulders and then connects to you with for lack of better description a leash. i am the mother of 4 kids and trust me, when your husband is at work and you promised to pick up groceries it is great. your kid can move around and walk and stuff while you are focusing on getting the things you and your family need without having to chase your adorable little walker. i used it for training in a way. they wore the harness till they got to the point where they did not try to get away from me. when they started staying close and not trying to run around everywhere they didn’t have to wear it anymore. it may seem barbaric to use a child harness but for me it was a life saver. i did not have to worry about my kids getting hit by a car cause my arms were full of groceries and i couldn’t hold their hand while i walked to the car with them, i didn’t have to worry about someone kidnapping him when i turned away from them to grab their favorite cereal, my babies are always safe and happy.