Supermarket and 4m old?

This might sound like a silly question… I need to go to the shop to get some food, but I’m not entirely sure how I’ll take my 4 month old?
She’s not quite big enough for the shopping trolley chair, but it’ll be impossible to push a pram and push a trolley/hold a basket too. Usually my partner does the food shop but he is away for work🤣 Any ideas?

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Some shops have a part to put the car seat on top (and you can strap them in) but I can’t always get one. So I tend to put him in the trolley and can only get little bits xx

Big shops I do online, weekly shops I don't drive so walk with the pram and do scan as you shop so I load the pram as I go along with my 3yr old pulling a basket and filling a bag that I can then carry. When I just had the one I'd carry a basket with the pram x

My little girl is 4 months and she either goes in the baby seat bit of the trolley if she’s awake or some supermarkets do trolleys that you can attach your car seat to, so use that if she’s fallen asleep in the car! If I’m not buying a whole weekly shop I’ll just use her pram and put everything in the basket! Don’t worry it’s daunting the first time going as you never know what trolleys will be free but you’ll figure it out😊

I just pop mine in the carrier as he loves human contact 😂😂
I know I will finish my shopping without him fussing or crying
Also if he’s sleepy he just sleeps

I use the carrier and push a trolley! She loves looking around while I’m shopping

I do a big shop online, I've got a pushchair for my LG so the handles are split and hang a basket for smaller shops, or just shove stuff in the bottom and the hood etc and scan it at checkout

Some trolleys have a baby seat as opposed to a sitting bit. I just always take a little blanket to pop on it and lay him in that

Put the car seat on the car seat shelf trolleys they have, carrier or I pad out with a muslin the baby seats they have on some trolleys and she’s fine in that x

i normally just use the pram when i go and put the items on that storage part bellow the chassi, you know

Thanks so much for the advice everyone!! I need to do a big shop but I’m probably overthinking it too much! going to go and see what trolleys are available & bring the sling as a back up🤣 X

I always use the trollies that you strap a car seat to. Taking them in a sling is impossible when it comes to unloading the trolly

Carrier if your able to? I have at times worn my 4m and put my 18m in the trolley. Makes for some interesting trips 😅

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