to expect to be able to shop with my DS in his buggy?

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I've been out shopping with my 11wk DS in his buggy. Too many shops have their stands too close together so I can't fit his buggy past. This means I can't move round the shop and browse for what I need. I would have thought that in these times shops would need my custom. I just walk back out now when I can't get moving. I know it is coming up to Christmas and there is more rubbish stock out for sale, but still you need to be able to reach it to buy it!

This has been putting me off hitting the shops all week , glad I'm not the only one it annoys as I was wondering if I was being a bit precious about it.

Try doing it with a walking frame.

Why does every thread have to descend into competitive misery?

YANBU but unrealistic.

because competitive misery is what life is about.

Meant to say, shop online, get home delivery and go for a nice walk at a park instead.

if it helps, OP, I set out my shop deliberately so that you can get round it in a wheelchair or with a pram.
I've managed somehow to make it even more so, just by moving things around.
It does annoy me when shops can't be accessible.

what kind of buggy do you have? i can squeeze 3 small kids round the shops in a phil&teds but i used to have an icandy pear and it was a nightmare. i have a concord pram for baby on his own and the back wheels are a bit too wide for a lot of doors and aisels.

get a sling then you'll just have a baby bag to swing at people who get in the way

Yabu

I thought there was a requirement that spacing in shops had to be sufficient to enable a wheelchair user to get round. If thats the case then you should be able to get your pram round. I'd complain if I were you.

I had thought of using his sling, but don't like bending down to lower rails with him in it. (I'm afraid he'll fall out, but I know it's unlikely!) I did pass a wheelchair user in the same shop having the same problem getting through as me. Was thinking there is probably some disability access issue there? It may well be online shopping for the next while.

It's just a standard mothercare buggy, one that fits the car seat into. Not really that massive

Why does every thread have to descend into competitive misery?

It gives a bit of perspective.

I have twins... in a double buggy.... Online shopping for us :)

Debenhams are the worst WHY WHT WHY do they have to put racks and racks of clothes down the centre on the 'walkways'

YANBU- I have what would be considered a small buggy/pram, and still frequently struggle to drive it around shops, and I often think how much I would struggle with a bigger one. Currently expecting DC2 and will need a double of sorts, and dreading having to shop with it! Think I will keep current buggy and sling as much as poss! Also shopping on the weekend is a big no-no, tis hell

wouldn't go anywhere near the shops at the weekend!

YANBU i gave up on christmas shopping in the actual shops a few years ago. double buggies, toddlers wanting to walk etc just makes it a miserable day out.
I do the shopping online but then arrange an afternoon of babysitting to head of to the shops with dh (and the older dd this year - shes 7) to browse around and look at the lights etc without the stress of actually having to buy things!

I think competitive misery is tedious..

but op - tbh I would just put him in a sling. I think buggies in shops are a nightmare actually, they're big, cumbersome and most people have no consideration when parking them in the middle of the isles so nobody else can get past. so you'll be endearing yourself to the locals if you don't use one.

There are shops near where we live that I just couldn't go in as I knew I won't be able to manoeuvre round with a pushchair. WH Smith is one!

This is also an issue for disabled people, I expect it comes down to cost per square metre. More expensive shops have less racks crammed in and less stuff on the racks.

leave them outside the shop for passing strangers and pigeons to entertain - our mums used to

Sling, definitely. Buggies in shops are always going to struggle.

I used to just park the buggy around the corner and browse things in tight spaces. No ones going to run off with a baby in a pushchair in a high street shop.

YABU. Get a sling.