How do you go supermarket shopping with a baby?

[Pinkywoo]

This may be a stupid question but I'm just wondering how other people do a food shop with a small baby. Obviously you can't manage a pram and trolley at the same time so I think I'll use the sling, but not everyone has slings so what do you do? I've only recently passed my driving test so haven't really thought of the logistics until now!

Also, you could equally argue that millions, if not billions, of babies survived sleeping on their fronts and travelling on their parent's laps in the car. I've seen entire families hanging off the back of mopeds while on holiday- presumably the vast majority still survive childhood unscathed.

As I've said, it's about weighing up the risk for you. No judgement here whatever you do, I'm simply explaining my reasons for my choices.

I used a sling (Victoria Slinglady wrap was the best one I ever used with any of the dc). Sometimes if I had the baby in the pram instead I used the under seat basket as a shopping trolley, but I always found anyway I could push the pram with one hand and pull a wheeley basket with the other. And as I don't drive I was only ever buying what I could carry anyway so didn't need to fill a huge trolley.

@BecauseReasons
If it's used correctly there are no risks.
The same with most baby things.
Do you drive?

Dr Vallmurr headed significant research on the dangers of baby slings, published this year, and she and her team and the Office of Fair Trading surveyed almost 800 parents across Australia to better understand Australian parents’ views of the risks and benefits of baby slings and how they use them [14].

The study found that almost one in 20 infants has been injured or has narrowly avoided injury in slings. It also revealed that of the 95 percent of parents surveyed who said they used or intended to use a baby sling, the majority considered it safe to use the sling from when the baby is a newborn. This is concerning because product safety experts don’t recommend baby slings for premature or low birth weight babies [15].

The research determined that the most common non-fatal injuries involved the baby slipping out of the sling and falling, the parent falling, and the baby being injured while being positioned or removed from the carrier [16].

www.google.com/amp/s/amp.kidspot.com.au/baby/baby-play-and-gear/buying-guides/all-about-slings-the-pros-and-cons-of-babywearing/news-story/03cedd456261d53276ca0e70d893be67

WRT driving, as I've said, parenting decisions are a matter for individuals to weigh up risks versus benefits for. One decision does not necessarily have a bearing on another, and driving has nothing to do with sling use (unless you're wearing your baby when driving- in which case I urge you to stop).

But that's enough of this derail- I've no interest in continuing it further. As I've said, it's a matter for individual parents to weigh up and there's no judgement here either way. All the best.

Morrisons had trolleys where there was a space on top to put the car seat. There were also trolleys with a baby seat on. Both types have straps to keep baby secure. For smaller shops use the pram and stick your items in basket underneath

@BecauseReasons I read as far as "Australia"
So your worry is that 6 children have died in inappropriately used slings in how many years?

Every year, several hundred infants fall victim to sleep-related deaths in sitting devices like car seats, bouncers or swings used improperly for routine sleep. A 10-year study of 11,779 infant sleep-related deaths showed that 348 (3%) babies died in sitting devices, in most cases while in car seats.

It really does have a bearing on another. If you're so worried that six children hsve died in inappropriately used slings but you then put your child in a car seat or a swing then your point is no longer valid.

I usually go with my mum if its a quick shop, i push DD in her buggy, mum manages the trolley. I put DD in one of those car seat ones last week, was horrible to push, trolley was tiny and carseat fitted terribly in there. If im doing a big shop, i want till DS is in bed, DP gets a bit of time with DD and i make my escape!

How can you be a grown up, adult woman and not know this?! I had my first at 21 in 1997, before the internet could answer everything and I could still work out how to take my baby grocery shopping.

ODFOD