How do you go grocery shopping with 2 kids in cart?

wife2

Fri, Jan 23 2015, 12:39 am

When I go grocery shopping, my baby sits in front and my toddler goes in the cart part. The problem is that there is no room for my groceries. I usually fill up the cart to the top without a kid inside and once I put the milk and other big things in, there is no room for my toddler to sit. She can't walk because then she would take things off the shelf, wander away or not walk and it would take a lot longer for me to shop since I would be running after her every second.

Logistically, how do you all fit your groceries in your cart with a kid in the back?

LiLIsraeli

Fri, Jan 23 2015, 1:34 am

I don't. There's a store near me that has double seats in the front, so two kids can sit there and the others walk. So if I must take the kids shopping, I go there.

Otherwise I go at night when the kids are sleeping so I don't have to worry about this. Shopping with kids wandering away and taking things off the shelves is really not fun.

amother

Fri, Jan 23 2015, 1:50 am

When it's a big trip and I can't just pile everything under the stroller (I live in EY so you can just pile in stuff you're going to buy in there, nobody thinks you're stealing!), I have one in the front and one inside the cart. After some time, as the cart fills up, I let the older one walk around. It's true, she used to take everything out (though she's 3 now so it's a bit easier), but I try to get her involved and ask her to get something for me that's within her reach. My 1.5 year old sometimes ends up wanting to go down too, and she takes things out, but my 3 year will take them away from her and put them back Smile

Ema of 5

Fri, Jan 23 2015, 7:23 am

amother wrote:

I don't know anyone in America who has ever been accused of stealing when putting stuff in the stroller unless they left the store without paying. People shop with strollers all the time.
My youngest is almost three (!!!) so it's a little different for me taking more Han one cuz the older ones walk. What I do is I go when I know I will only have one kid with me, so either that kid will go in the front of walk.

amother

Fri, Jan 23 2015, 7:42 am

I've gone shopping with 3 in the cart, but I never buy so much at once that my cart is filled to the top. All I can suggest is either shop more often (buying less each visit) or shop without your kids, at whatever time your dh or somebody can watch them.

Ruchel

Fri, Jan 23 2015, 8:19 am

If they won't deliver/for a normal price.
Can you get a bigger cart?

http://la.passiflore.free.fr/I.....1.jpg

I easily put two kids inside this, or a baby in the thing in front and kids inside

asp40

Fri, Jan 23 2015, 9:18 am

When I was shopping with twins, I would leave them in their stroller and push the stroller and pull the cart. When those amazing shopping carts were invented that could fit 3 kids, it was a miracle (until I had 4 ) but even so I loved those carts. But for many years I pushed the stroller and pulled the cart.

lfab

Fri, Jan 23 2015, 1:00 pm

My store has carts that can fit 2 kids in the front. It took me a while to realize that there's room for 2 (actually, I didn't realize till I saw someone else doing it) so if you're not sure double check.
I also second the baby wearing.

Twizzlers

Sat, Jan 24 2015, 7:34 pm

I push the stroller and pull the cart behind me. BUT I only do big shops on mondays or tuesdays when the stores are pretty empty so I can easily manuever both. It would never work in a crowded store.

amother

Sat, Jan 24 2015, 8:05 pm

Someone was once in a store with four kids, including a screaming newborn, trying to check out while keeping all her kids under control. An older woman asked her "what is your name?"

The mother didn't want to answer., or perhaps she asked "why do you want to know?" The other woman said "My husband is one of the mashgichim in the Yeshiva and he is going to have a talk with your husband!"

IOW the husband should be pitching in with watching the kids, doing the shopping, or being able to afford a delivery.

Of course, if there is no husband the mother will need to find another solution. But shopping with kids who fill the wagon, unless you just needed 3 items, is not a wise plan.

(Another eitzah, if your work and your babysitter is willing, is to go shopping before you pick up the kids. And even bring the groceries home & unload them.

If you're lucky enough to live near a relative or good friend, maybe you can time the shopping for when the baby is about to nap. Let the baby fall asleep in the car & deposit with friend or relative and shop with one less child. My children do this often.)

groovy1224

Sat, Jan 24 2015, 8:16 pm

amother wrote:

Wow, I did not expect that story to end with the older woman as the heroine. How obnoxious. Believe it or not, most people don't use grocery cart logistics as a factor to consider in their family planning.

Obviously, she can order in. Or go at night. Or sell a couple of her kids to make errands easier. Whatever it takes. But practically, it sometimes happens that a mother needs to take several little ones with her. It doesn't mean her husband is a low life, or that she's a destitute breeding machine. Geez.

amother

Sat, Jan 24 2015, 8:33 pm

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Believe it or not, most people don't use grocery cart logistics as a factor to consider in their family planning.

Obviously, she can order in. Or go at night. Or sell a couple of her kids to make errands easier. Whatever it takes. But practically, it sometimes happens that a mother needs to take several little ones with her. It doesn't mean her husband is a low life, or that she's a destitute breeding machine.

I think the idea was that the husband was too big a masmid to either go shopping or watch the kids.

Or, even if he was willing, his wife was too big a tzadeikes to ask him to miss time from learning.

The mashgiach's wife's point was not to consider family planning but that the husband needs to be told to help, even if his wife is a tzadeikes, because going shopping with four little ones including a newborn is not reasonable.