How to tackle supermarket trips with newborn and 12 month old?

I attempted this a few times at the start. Now I just don’t put myself through the stress 🤯🤣 now we just get a weekly delivery and I just pick up fresh bits in between when we walk to town.

Never leave your kids in the car.

Do an online shop and have it delivered?!

Or wear your newborn in a sling.

Baby carrier for newborn? Or just get delivery

In Australia some shops have trolleys with both a baby seat and a regular trolley seat! If it's for no longer than a minute and I can still see the car wherever the trolleys are, I do occasionally put my son in his car seat and lock the car while I return the trolley, but obviously it would be ideal if you could take them with you. I'd say some kind of baby carrier for your newborn would be the best option for you, put it on before you leave the house and pop your baby in when you get to the shops. That way you can carry your 12 month old to the trolleys and don't have to worry about your baby

Click & collect

Baby in baby carrier, toddler in trolley, or baby in car seat and put that inside the trolley. I would park right by the trolleys so you can get one and take it to the car. Also you could start with a small shop to get used to it. When I first had my youngest I would get them both in the double pushchair and walk about 25/30 mins to the supermarket and just do a basket shop and put my shopping under the pram and walk home. Then I went through a delivery stage.
Don’t over think it, it’s trial and error! You will find what works for you

First few weeks I did online delivery, but as little one got a bit bigger I did the trolley that can take them both, toddler in proper seat of trolley and baby in the baby seat of trolley (Asda, Lidl and Aldi all have these at the bigger stores). I actually found it quite a nice time as they were both contained, and did many unnecessary trips to the shop just to get out the house as my toddler was harder work stuck indoors x

Baby wearing is the way forward

I always park next to the trolley bays that are in the carpark, even if it means needing to walk further, put baby in the carrier and toddler in the trolley. Once baby got old enough to go in the trolley aswell it's becomes sooo fun cause they sit next to each other and giggle the whole way around

You can wear your newborn while doing the shopping. Or get a double pram. I often take both of my babies out when my son was around 1 months old and my daughter was 18 months old. I live in the UK, unlike the US, we often walk or take the bus to do our shopping. I put everything under the buggy and I would do this almost weekly. Big shopping trip is done with my partner as we need the car to carry everything if we need to buy lots. But it is very much doable.

Thank you everyone this is very helpful.

For a big shop I would say do it online. But I've often gone with mine for a few bits and I put toddler in the seat in the trolley, leave baby in his car seat and put that in the trolley, then get one of the basket-type that has wheels and use that for the shopping.

I have 8 month old and nearly 2 year old, I started doing click and collect and can’t imagine putting myself through a weekly food shop again now, it’s a life saver 🤣