Children in shopping trolleys

Amongst all the criticisms on both sides of this discussion, only Freya5 and I have made the obvious point that supermarkets provide trolleys with child seats, so there should never be a need to put a toddler in the trolley !

SueDonim

His dad’s a farmer so Old MacDonald would be just the ticket! I forgot to mention grapes, he manages to shovel a fair few of those down himself when he gets the chance. And he’s newly toilet-trained so there might be a wee accident or two. 😂

Even better 😂😂😂

His dad’s a farmer so Old MacDonald would be just the ticket! I forgot to mention grapes, he manages to shovel a fair few of those down himself when he gets the chance. And he’s newly toilet-trained so there might be a wee accident or two. 😂

SueDonim

Guilty as charged. It’s not something I did with my own children but I have done with my grandchildren. I am no longer physically able to lift an 18kilo toddler high enough up to get into the actual seat, let alone hoick him up to get him out again. Also being on the 97th centile for height and weight, he’s such a big lad he doesn’t fit in.

I can’t lift him into his car seat, either, he has to climb in himself.

I suppose I could let him charge around the supermarket tripping up people and taking bites out of apples and loaves of bread etc but I expect someone would moan about that, too.

Yes, I think you should let him run round, bashing into people, nicking food, spreading dog poo from his shoes, spitting in the fresh food aisles whilst singing “old macdonald had a farm” at the very top of his voice

At least people would then have something real to moan about.

Guilty as charged. It’s not something I did with my own children but I have done with my grandchildren. I am no longer physically able to lift an 18kilo toddler high enough up to get into the actual seat, let alone hoick him up to get him out again. Also being on the 97th centile for height and weight, he’s such a big lad he doesn’t fit in.

I can’t lift him into his car seat, either, he has to climb in himself.

I suppose I could let him charge around the supermarket tripping up people and taking bites out of apples and loaves of bread etc but I expect someone would moan about that, too.

I used to avoid taking mine and shopped on the way home from work.

Surely that is what trolley seats are for. They even do special trolleys for babies. No need to sit them in the trolley itself, is there.

Oh for goodness sake! How precious can you be!
My granddaughters love taking blankets from the car and nestling with them in the trolley. I can't see that shoes are a problem - who on earth would assume that trolleys were clean anyway? As for health and safety, there's usually some way that fun things can be dangerous. You just have to watch them - and get a life!

Perhaps the rule should be "Take their shoes off"!

Allira

^Let’s not get too precious or fussy especially in regard to (probably) young mums/parents with more than enough to worry about with a toddler and the shopping to do^.

Most of us have shopped with small children ourselves.

Exactly so a little empathy might be expected. But it's surprising how intolerant some older women can be - sad too.
Hands up anybody who has NOT had a little dear somehow detach themselves from your hand and disappear round an aisle? Every parent's nightmare.

Just yesterday people were onjecting to the smell of fabric conditioner on other peoples washing.

Pardon me if I prefer not to have the smell of dog crap on my shopping.

Let’s not get too precious or fussy especially in regard to (probably) young mums/parents with more than enough to worry about with a toddler and the shopping to do.

Most of us have shopped with small children ourselves.

Iam64

Thanks RosiesMaw - I was thinking oh no, grabsnet really is dominated by grumbling grannies
pandapatch ~ don’t worry, we all have grumpy days. Mine usually reserved for news n politics ✌️

Oh dear.

I was thinking of the time DH took the children to the park and they came hurtling into the house with dog poo on their shoes.
It took a lot of scrubbing with bicarb to get rid of the smell.

I also find this unacceptable. Food may well be wrapped but we handle it and often it goes directly into the fridge. Any shoe, toddler or adult, that has walked on a pavement could have something unpleasant on it and I certainly don’t want that near my food.

I really don’t think there is any excuse for this when supermarkets these days have a variety of trolley options, catering for one or two toddlers, and some have seats for a baby and a toddler.

In any case from what I’ve seen, the child sitting in the main part of the trolley is invariably older than a toddler.

RosiesMaw2

@OP, do you actually put any uncovered food into your trolley? Even fresh fruit and veg should be in one of those (usually) biodegradable bags provided in the shop.
I really can’t see why anybody would get too worked up about a toddler in the trolley- once out of it they probably sit in their buggy anyway, so what dreadful germs are they going to impart to a trolley? Most trolleys live outside the shop too at least prior to being collected and taken back inside. Are you similarly worried about pigeons or other birds who might poo on a trolley?
Let’s not get too precious or fussy especially in regard to (probably) young mums/parents with more than enough to worry about with a toddler and the shopping to do.
Sympathetic rather than judgemental would be a nice change.

I agree with every word you have said, RosiesMaw2.

And we have had this discussion a couple of years ago too!

Baggs

Allira

Dog poo on shoes.
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It's the dog owners that are the problem then, not kids in trolleys.

Although, having survived multiple dog poo shoe contaminations over the years, and it's generally much less frequent nowadays (i.e. hardly ever except in woodland and traipsing through bracken), even that scare story doesn't bother me.

Consider the actual risk rather than the possible but unlikely one 😉

Hear hear!!

I'm quite put off by the thought of what's on the soles of shoes, I have to say.

I am with Cossy - try traipsing around a supermarket with three under 5s. Guaranteed that you would lose one. Frankly, if the poster is that worried about hygiene, wipe the flipping trolley down with some anti-bacs!!! Silly nonsense!

pandapatch

Feel like a mean moany person now!!! Have resolved to be more tolerant in future!!!

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Would never worry about it at all 99% of the food is wrapped and if there’s an odd veg not wrapped you’d wash it anyway If the kids are happy and occupied sitting in the trolley I ve got no problem with it

Allira

Dog poo on shoes.
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It's the dog owners that are the problem then, not kids in trolleys.

Although, having survived multiple dog poo shoe contaminations over the years, and it's generally much less frequent nowadays (i.e. hardly ever except in woodland and traipsing through bracken), even that scare story doesn't bother me.

Consider the actual risk rather than the possible but unlikely one 😉

Thanks RosiesMaw - I was thinking oh no, grabsnet really is dominated by grumbling grannies
pandapatch ~ don’t worry, we all have grumpy days. Mine usually reserved for news n politics ✌️

Dog poo on shoes.
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