Ugh I now know this reality, it can be so stressful! They start crying and you’re mid way through grocery shopping. And it’s so true, I never knew how hard it is to leave a large shopping centre with a pram. Hopefully he’ll enjoy shopping one day haha

yeah life is never the same once you have kids. shopping becomes a major adventure lol

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  • • mom94125 replied
    • 04 Jan 2015 , 12:20 pm

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  also when my children where little, they absolutely were just fascinated by looking at the lighting on the ceiling (great when they are laying in a pram) and a lot of places are designed now, to make the most of natural lighting and a view to the outside

I prefer not to subject other people to my kids when they are in a mood. I either leave them at home or leave immediately if they kick off.

lol!! ive reached the shopping centre tantrum age now…. its horrible

Very tempting when they put chocolates next to the checkouts

I like how you write! These maddening episodes are always so funny when they happen to someone else : )

I always feel sorry for mums whose kids muck up when they are shopping – the little devils certainly know how and when to make a scene.

I don’t know which is worse a crying baby, often a good reason for it even if it is tiredness…. or a toddler who tries to avoid being strapped into the kiddy seat on the shopping trolley, then tries to grab things off the shelves, possibly a tantrum or two……or a school age child who tries to wander off, takes things off the shelves and puts them in the trolley when you are looking at something else (and they have to be put back and a tantrum starts, possibly with more to follow). At this age they are more likely to think they can decide which brand you buy too. (one of my recent experiences)
I also had a couple of bad experiences with taking my nieces shopping. Not long after 2 young children were abducted from a sports venue, we were in a discount variety store when my two nieces spotted a pillar that had full length mirrors a few metres away and decided to have some fun. Mum and I were alarmed knowing what had happened and started calling them to come back as we were searching adjoining clothing racks. We told them it was naughty and not to do it again. After we got home we calmly explained to them the reasons why they weren’t not to ever leave the side of whoever they were with in the shops or away from home (the youngest one hadn’t started school so we had to vary the wording a bit) We explained about the little girls that somebody had taken away and how it can happen anywhere if children as small as them don’t stay with their parents, relatives (we gave them examples) and friends of their Mum and Dad………The other one happened when we took the kids shopping with us. The younger one was sitting in the seat of the trolley. While Mum and I were busy putting our groceries on the checkout, the younger one leant over and pushed the buttons of the cash register section of the checkout equipment and the till sprung open as it wasn’t locked. Fortunately it didn’t have any cash in it. We were very embarrassed. When we told her parents we found out she had done it a few times before. They had overcome it by both parents doing the shopping, one unloading the trolley at the back of the counter and pushing it straight through to the other end tp the other parent. I informed them they could have warned us as they knew we went shopping when we were babysitting then for weekends quite regularly.

Shopping with kids is not the same!

I think we have the same mammoth pram

It’s just way too hard to go

never with the kids IF I can avid it

I’ve just started online shopping for food shopping. Why didn’t I do this long ago? Now I can stay home with my child who likes monkeying all over the trolley haha

I love shopping with my son.. Until he spots the ride on machines!

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  • • ginoula5 replied
    • 27 Aug 2014 , 6:27 pm

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  The shopping is the okay bit, it’s when they see those rides or game places, oh dear haha.

Good read thanks for the information

I hate shopping with my daughter, I just have a look 1 dress and she is already running and gone nowhere.

Ah wow we must be lucky my kids love going shopping, we do make it an adventure though. Baby gets wrapped onto my back and chats away to random strangers ( yeah cheers for that kid!) I try and ensure my pelvic floor is solid before I leave the house, otherwise standing in line at the checkout is a good place to work it! No need to stress and scramble, online shopping is kind, save the market for adventures!

Thank you for sharing this.
Thankfully my little man now enjoys the art of shopping but I definitely been in similar situations to you when he was younger. When my son was little we tried to plan trips around sleeps (we have always had a noisy house so the mall is nothing in comparison). So I would bundle him in the car before his sleep was due hoping he would stay awake until we were close. Get what shopping I want to do whilst he slept and knew all potentially mum stops (parent rooms, soft chairs to sit, areas in the mall where other parents congregated and ofcourse exits!). It got easier as I became more confident and realised other mums and dads were experiencing similar.

thanks for sharing was a great read

I take my little miss to shopping n she loves other kids there