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Moms of 2 VERY close in age re: shopping
How do you do it? Friday was my first experience taking the 2 of them shopping without Genevieve in the infant carrier (we just moved her to a convertable car seat). The only shopping carts that fit 2 in the front are at Costco and I obviously can't do all my shopping there. Josie will not stay in those carts that have the front car for the kids (besides my local market does not have them) and I can't keep her in the basket part because she either stands up or crushes my groceries. Im kind of at a loss here....lol! And yes, this is pretty much something I need to do with them. The last thing I'm doing is grocery shopping after they're in bed because I go to sleep about an hour after Josie and the closest store is 20 minutes away. And when my husband gets home it's a whirlwind of dinner, playing with them (for him) and bath. Weekends are usually pretty busy too so....leash her for the store? What do you do?
Re: Moms of 2 VERY close in age re: shopping
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If only!! I can't even get a pizza delivered out here, lol!
my supermarket has a play area for kids that parents can drop them off while they shop...is that an option?? Could you try giving your 2 y/o a list of items she has to "help" you get...that may keep her distracted and have the 1y/o sitting in the cart.
my kids are further apart in age and I have only been out with both alone a handful of times...I am too chicken! LOL GL
I guess when I go to Shoprite I could try putting her in the play room (again my local place is no frills), at least to leave the older one. I thought I heard once that kids needed to be PT'd to go in there, is that true?
I don't have a choice! It's all me, all day!
I am not sure, I have never dropped my kids off..again, rarely venture out with both and have NEVER gone to the supermarket with both! LOL I am sure you can call and they can give you info. Also, could you wear the baby in a Bjorn or something similar? Then place J in the cart.
i take all 3 with me when i need to go, so i use my double stroller, with Ellie and Owen, and Landon walks. i give them snacks to occupy them. i drop Landon off at the kids area in wegmans and he loves it. i fit as many groceries under the stroller as i can and carry my diaper bag on my arm/back to make more room for the groceries in the stroller or i bring a canvas bag with me, putting items in that, which i hang from the hook thing i have on my stroller. i should mention that i never have to do a huge shopping list with the kids because Pete brings stuff home when i need it.
We wait until the weekend to do grocery shopping and we put the boys in a stroller and my dh pushes the cart and I push the stroller. Or one watches the kids while the other goes shopping. It sucks to do it every weekend but we don't have any other choice. Sometimes I pick up a few groceries on my lunch hour at work to bring home later.
I have seen others push a stroller and cart at the same time.
I bring my double, and push the cart with the other hand. This is one of the main reasons why I got the double that I got (city mini) - since I can push the stroller with one hand.
I do a full shopping this way. I really have no choice - unless I wait until after the kids go to bed. I have done this, and it is great. But, usually not possible
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I take both of my kids all the time. When they were you nger I used the front carrier. Once they got older I would put DD (my older one) in the catr an d stack things around her. Once she was a better listener I got a handle I could strap to the cart that she could hold:
http://www.amazon.com/Long-Stroller-Handle-Tangerine-Orange/dp/B00327WOLG/ref=sr_1_3?s=baby-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1327328372&sr=1-3
Now DD will walk next to me.
Since I am pregnant again DH normally goes and picks a few things up if we need it and we now often do big shopping trips together.
Just remember ir is a few years of this and it will get much better when both girls are walking - though when they go in different directions that is a whole different stress!
When Emma was little I used to put her in the moby wrap or bjorn and wear her while Julia rode in the seat of the cart. When she got bigger Julia was old enough to walk and stay with me. But we don't do huge shopping just the three of us because I have no way to get the kids plus the groceries from the car to the apartment by myself. Now Julia's in preschool, so if I really need to shop during the week I go with just Emma while Julia's at school. Generally I try to get it done during the weekend.
I would love to use delivery, but the only store offering it in the city is crazy overpriced even by city price standards, so it's impossible to realistically use (we've used it in a real pinch a few times but not as a regular thing).
I have some things delivered. I go with them for fruit, veggies, and meat. I don't like someone picking those out.
When we go the food store we are a circus act. I put Sofia and Ava in the choo choo wagon and pull that with one hand. I put Gia in the top of the cart and push the cart with the other hand. I bring a snack and a drink for everyone.
Dont worry I would never have attempted that either. I would have rather waited and gone at 9pm when the kids were asleep and the house cleaned up, then try to haul the stroller/cart/kids around. If I had to do it again, now that there is peapod, I would likely have just let the groceries come to me
I will have to look into that, never thought about it. See....THIS is why I love the nest, when I'm too dumb to think for myself you ladies always help me
Thanks!
I totally agree..not the you being dumb but the Nest always being so helpful with this kinda stuff! LOL
Not sure what Shoprite you are going to but the one in Greenwich/Pburg will not take the kids until they are 3 in the play area. I tried when Alex was younger. They do the online shopping there where they bring the stuff to your car.
We go mostly every Monday morning, just me & the girls since Maeve was relatively a newborn. What works for me, are the car carts. I strap Mo into the car section and place Maeve in the upper basket area. NO ONE gets out, PERIOD! They know not even to ask. When we get to the store, they get a roll/bagel, they get cheese at the dairy counter and then when we get to the bulk area they get one piece of candy. It's been the same routine for so long they know it.
In the event the car carts are MIA, we do a regular cart. Maeve in the upper seat while Mo sits in the basket section.
I even wrote about it on my blog:
http://notwifezilla.blogspot.com/2011/06/stalker.html
This is what I do! I could never imagine taking them both although there is a Shoprite by me that has a double seat (like the one at bjs) on the cart that they can sit in. I would rather just do it online though:)