how do you shop?

i can not go anywhere without my DH when it comes to needing a cart. i cant go to BRU or grocery shopping bc i cant push a double snap and go and a cart.
how do you ladies manage alone?

 

Put both babies in one cart (in their carriers) and pull one cart while pushing another. Carts are easier to push with one hand than a stroller.

 

I agree. Or I tried to plan big shops when I could go alone & just did small shops with L&L, putting groceries in the basket of the stroller. Or you can wear one baby, put the other in the grocery cart (in their carseat) & still be able to put food in there.

 

never thought to carry one in a carrier on my chest. hmm...

 

I live in a city so they are in the phil&teds and I also hold a basket or pull a cart. Carts in city groceries are small, however. I only buy what I can carry home and attach to the stroller with a carabiner

 

I still on occasion push them in their stroller and pull a cart. Other times I just get a few things that I can put in the basket below the stroller.

 

Big trips I always go alone. Small trips, like today, I leave them in their car seats (even though they can sit up, I don't trust those wimpy cart seat belts) and put one up top where a big kid would sit and one in the basket and basically just pile my groceries around them. I can only pick up a few things when I do that, but it works in a pinch.

 

I put both carseats in the cart. I use cloth shopping bags (the nice heavy duty ones w/ the stiff bottoms) which I hook to the outside of my cart with carabiners and I put the larger items on the undercart rack. I've done $100+ shopping trips this way. The nice thing about the cloth bags is that I sort parishables into separate bags as I shop so if I get home and the boys are having a meltdown, I don't have to fish thru 10 plastic bags to try to find all of my fridge/freezer items. Sometimes I just throw the whole bag in the refrigerator or freezer (we have a large upright) til I get a free moment. It's worked great so far.

Eve