Standing in trolley

YABU But not because of cleanliness, shopping trollies are minging anyway. I used to work in a supermarket and it's just not safe. I seen the damage a child's head takes when coming into contact with the rock hard supermarket floor.

I can't say I am overly fussed about this - i would imagine that the inside of a trolley is not particularly clean anyway.

I don't have the MN fear of muck and germs though in general.

I do this all the time. I never thought it was a bad thing to do until I read mumsnet! I've never had funny looks or comments. And to PP - food delivery is more expensive than budget supermarkets so it's not an option for us and many others.

I work at a supermarket and the bloke who changes the sanitary bins uses a trolly to take the bags out.
Let your kids stand in the trolly the whole place is disgusting anyway.

You seem quite defensive and smug OP. The laughing face when people think its gross or my child is safer - even though it's been risk assessed by the supermarket as a danger etc. You asked for opinions and you don't like anything that isn't the same as yours.

You aren't the first parent of a baby and toddler and everyone seems to manage. You can either do the bulk of your shop online and it's a lot quicker picking up bits or just manage like everyone before online shopping and just teach your kid, not to touch stuff unless they are helping by fetching something.

Oh and don't forget.... viruses live even less time on skin. Most last barely 20 minutes on skin due to the PH and porosity of skin.

Loads of people are stupidly germphobic and don't realise how short a time germs live on surfaces, or that most germs spread via direct contact between people (eg through coughs & sneezes and breathing in aerosol droplets, or through physical touch - hugging, kissing, sharing food or drinking implements).

No one is getting ill because a grubby toddler sat in a grubby trolley, unless one toddler licked the trolley and a different toddler licked it the same day.

I don't think you should do it from a safety point of view. They aren't balanced properly for a child standing/climbing (and you just can't trust them not to surprise you by trying to reach for something or climb out!)

It's a bit weird to get het up about "hygiene" given the pigeon/rat/squirrel scenarios

Don't think it's every shop but most have pictures on the handle of the trolley showing your child should only be in the seat with crosses through children sitting in the trolley.

What can’t you get from an online shop that you can from a supermarket

Ability to choose from what is there not receive only half what you ordered with substititions that dont work for you

Ability to select the freshest stock to ensure you can meal plan to last the week (essential when working full time)

I've never noticed a sign saying not to do it.

There's flocks of pigeons all over the trollies at my local supermarket. Hygiene never crossed my mind.

It's minging. All the supermarkets around us have 2 seat trolleys but honestly your 2.5yr old can walk.

It’s risky unless you e eyes in the back of your head.
Can you use a hip seat or carrier for the littlie?

It's totally fine.

Everything you buy at the supermarket is covered in a metric fucktonne of plastic so it's not like any food item is actually coming into direct contact with the trolley, which as everyone has already said will be washed far, far less often than any child sitting in it anyway.

Honestly not sure why anyone is getting so riled by this, seen kids sitting/ standing in trolleys for years and never thought anything of it.
The trolly itself is just a gross, touched by anyone and everyone.
As for safety if sitting down then see no issues.

it's fine, trolleys aren't exactly clean anyway.

People are ridiculous saying it makes the trolley dirty. They're kept outside so they're already dirty and it's not like you eat food directly from them.

I don't care if people do this.

To get around this when I had DC that age, I used to put the 2 year old in the trolly seat and wear the 1 year old in a mei tai carrier on my back. I do wish that all trollies had two seats rather than one though, I can't see a reason why they shouldn't, then everyone with toddlers can use them, not just those with one child.

The trolleys themselves, aa well as food tins, bottles and other packaging will be dirtier than the child.

Hth

Another who can't get upset about this. Maybe because I've seen what crawls on pallets of food in the warehouse and shop workers picking their nose/coughing into their hands/wiping their mouths etc. as they put the food on the shelves 😬

See it all the time in my local Tesco. Rather that than toddlers being free to run around touching food packets with their germy coughy sneezy bum scratchy hands. Just take a blanket for the kid to sit or stand on.

No issue with this. Trolleys are filthy anyway, they’re kept outside for heaven’s sake so I hate to break it to everyone but your food packets are full of germs!

Online shopping may save your sanity though, I have to say. Shopping with two toddlers isn’t easy.

I think plenty of people do put loose unwrapped groceries in a trolley, especially with the reduction in plastic packaging.

I get that the trolley might be dirty from other stuff, like you say, as they are stored outside - but I don't really think that's a justification to make them more dirty with a child's shoes on them?

Also, just to say that I have been in a supermarket when someone's child stood and fell from the grocery part of the trolley. The supermarket floors are very, very hard and it was horrible.

Anyway, I can understand your problem and why you do it, so I wouldn't particularly judge you for it. I use the shallow trolleys instead to avoid the big dirty ones.

Can you get delivery?

I used to have one in sling or backpack if there was only one seat in the trolley and both DC needed corralling. I don't think it looks very safe with a tiny child in the trolley .

This. It’s totally disgusting. How can you not see that?

What can’t you get from an online shop that you can from a supermarket?