Do/will your toddlers still sit in a supermarket trolley? Just out of interest!

I mostly do click and collect but if we go into the shop Jack won't entertain sitting in the trolley anymore. I don't mind him walking round with me, he mostly enjoys pushing the trolley, I could just get round the shop so much faster if he was sat in it🙈

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Yes maxi does and he loves it 😂 he will walk but for me it’s so much easier if he sits in the trolley! He generally has a couple of toys with him that he plays with

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Elodie will but we give her the scanner to keep her happy
If we’re getting a few bits she walks haha

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Nope, flat out refusal. Well, no actually, he’ll sit in it for a micro second from the trolley bit and into the actual supermarket, then he wants out. And if I don’t get him out, he kicks off big time and will try and get out himself anyway. Rather than let him scream, or fall, I just let him out.
He loves to “help” with the shopping… 🫠 I try and go without him where possible 😂

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50/50 sometimes she does but I also have a tiny toy shopping trolley they she pushes around and I put a couple bits in for her.
But mostly I just go when she’s at the childminders 🤣

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I’ve given up trying and just do click and collect for big shops and let him walk around if I just need a couple of things! Went clothes shopping for my niece the other day and he just kept running off! I mean he always came back but was far too stressful and I spent way too much money because I lost count!!!

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click and collect is a million times easier but sometimes I'm just too tired to both sitting down to do it🙈

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I sometimes forget half my shopping and end up doing both! 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

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Jack "helps" as well, putting so much random stuff in the trolley and he also wants to open every thing. Sat on the floor trying to open a packet of blueberries on Saturday, absolutely not letting him do that 🤣

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I can't go in a shop with mine without strapping him into a buggy or a trolley because he is a runner 🙄 luckily he is usually happy to sit in the trolley and hold the scanner, then about halfway round when he gets restless I bribe him with snacks 😂

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My just turned 3yo still sits in the trolley. He especially enjoys when we go to morrisons and they have the baby seat AND toddler seat so he can sit with his baby brother 🤣

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We have to give loads of snacks or the kindle

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If i bribe her with snacks or watching something on my phone 🤣 she runs off if i let her walk round

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It will depend on the time of day and if hes tired but normally he likes to walk around. We love lidl because of the mini trolleys

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Yup

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I wish more shops had mini trolleys, I never go to Lidl because I always end up having to go somewhere else as well and I don't have time for that🙈

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snacks are just key to toddler life aren't they😅

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Nope not at all anymore and it’s a pain in the arse really 🤣 she always wants to walk now but the thing is, she wants to go her way and do her thing which then makes it 1000 times longer than it needs to be. My 4 year old though will happily sit in the trolley no issues. The only time she does sit in the trolley is if I have a million snacks at hand ready for her haha

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Mine sits in the trolley but I have to feed him snacks all the way through!

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