to get annoyed at people who let their DC stand in supermarket trollies?

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I just think that it is disgusting when you see people letting their DC put filthy feet and shoes (which could have walked in poo) inside the trollies where I am going to be putting my FOOD instead of sitting them in the seat or letting them actually use their legs and WALK.

I'm sorry too just making general statements I'm usually more passive on here!!!

Mine managed to get to teenagers never ever riding in the basket. There is exactly two years between them so had a toddler and a young baby at the same time.
My concern it is dangerous and seen too many children wobbling about in them and have known one child end up with concussion from falling out.
It was non negotiable and that was it, they knew that.

My little ones are in the trolley because they are constantly being whacked in the face by idiot women who don't realise kids exist and ram the trolley or basket into their heads!

But why aren't they in the seat? That is there for the purpose of little ones sitting in it!

madasacheese Oh yeah! Its all coming back to me know. That was mental . Dirty handbags and surfaces.

I used to get up at 6am so I could clean the whole house before everyone got up (including hoovering under sofas and other madness). Even I hadnt thought of dirty handbags..

Now where's my bleach........

why, oh why would you take your child to the supermarket?

Aw where's your sense of fun OP? My ds loves sitting in the 'big bit' of the trolley.. We go straight to the nappy aisle, get a couple of packs of pull ups that serve as his 'seat' and then we go and get a bag of grapes or something and he sits munching them on the way round. dd (who is a year younger at 15 months) sits happily in the seat. If they sat together they'd be scrapping before we got to the magazine section. It turns a boring shopping trip into an adventure. there is no way a shopping trolley is hygenic anwayet. get over it!

Are you being serious funnygarden? I don't like to pay a babysitter to watch the kids so I can go to the supermarket!

LMAO at this!

I work in a supermarket (someone has to ) and believe me the packaging on your food is not clean. Certainly on the grocery dept at night items get put on the floor before they find their way to the shelves so I can't see what the big deal is.

I let my 5 year old sit in the main part of the trolley because she's now too big for the seat and it's not because she is too lazy too walk or will misbehave but mainly because it's fun! If we find ourselves in an empty aisle I'll even spin the trolley around cue lots of giggling from DD and me!

I won't allow her to stand up in the trolley for her own safety though and when the trolley starts to get too full with the shopping she'll get out and walk quite happily

Seriously life is too short.

With you sam84uk, my ds's love the spinning or me to push the trolley away and pretend I'm having to chase it to catch them.

Depending on the shop its probably safer to sit in the big bit (although ds2 (2) sits in the seat its DS1 (4) who occasionally sits in the big bit) - Asda has straps which can be tightened to secure houdini DS2 but Morrisons and Aldi have no straps cue ds2 trying to climb out of the seat as soon as he tires of whatever nibbles, chat etc have been keeping him amused, he'd be safer in the deep trolley I reckon!

Really can't see why it would bother anyone

yes, YAI. I only go to the supermarket in the evening or at the weekend when DH can have he children. I hate taking children round the supermarket

Yikes funny, I usually go when Ds1 in pre-school so only DS2 to contend with, no way am I wasting my evenings and weekends food shopping!

Well not everyone has a partner Mrs Smug Lady Garden!

Mrs Smug Lady Garden Not touched a nerve have I?

I know not everyone has a partner, but I do and I make full use of him. Much rather use my evenings/weekends to shop than drag the DC along. Tis a nightmare trying to shop with childers in tow. Cannot concentrate on my list or anything.

[smug mother of two with partner emoticon]

mrs smug lady garden..Hilarious!

That's nice for you funny. Glad you have a partner that's there all the time. Mine has to work away if he's to keep his job (Brisbane seems to be the next move!) so unless I leave the children in bed in the evenings they have to come with me. I usually see him properly once a fortnight, if Brisbane happens then I might see him for our wedding.

oh come on people. Most folk have partners. I am hardly smug for having a DH.

On the other hand maybe I am smug because:

1. Both me and DH have jobs

1. We are still together as a couple

1. We have a cleaner

1. The children eat their dinner in the playroom, allowing us time to eat dinner after they have gone to bed, as adults.

There you go, loads of other reasons to call me smug, which are way smugger than not taking you DC to the supermarket.

If you are feeling insecure, then fire away

It isn't a nightmare to shop with children, especially when you have them happily sat in the trolley

If I have to take DS1 shopping he sits in the trolley until it's too full. Sorry and all that for the poo caked shoes..........

funny you are being weird.

My children like supermarket shopping - mainly because it is fun. Sometimes that fun involves allowing the smallest one to stand in the trolley (other times he sits in the trolley, other times he walks, we like to "mix it up" ).
Personally I think it is a bit odd to not involve your children in the day-to-day necessities of family life like shopping, and that if you are going to involve them then you should be creative. Why not try to make it enjoyable for all?

PS, am I the only parent of a small child that doesn't have a pushchair to push around a supermarket...?

Yes,clem, I am weird. Quite a lot of folk call me that on MN, esp those who don't know me.

What is weird about wanting a life beyond the demands of your children?

No clem, I never use a pushchair, don't have enough hands!

No, it's sad that you think you have to go those extremes. I'm usually the only parent and even I get a life, but then I had children so I could a mother of a family.

OK, CFDC. I admit it, by not taking my children to the supermarket, I am much less of a mother then you

Tis extreme, and prob child abuse, that I leave DC with their father while I shop.

Well mine actually used to be quite happy sitting in the proper seats, because I used to talk to them and entertain them on the way round. Made sure they had something to eat with us, never raided grapes.

even though they are 12 and 14 they still remember the little game we played going down the pet aisle, it's a standing joke in the family and we still say it sometimes.

It's not about the cleanliness, although I still don't think shoes in a trolley is something that should be encouraged, it;s just not safe. I saw one baby sitting in one of those shallow trolley and nearly fell out every time the mum changed direction. The mum was completely oblivious to what was happening to her child, because she was ignoring her.