Toddlers and trolleys

[mum2bubba]

Can someone please tell me how do I keep Skye in the trolley when we go shopping. We put the seatbelt on but it doesn't do anything, she just stands up. We put her in the part where all the groceries go but again, she stands up and trieds to get out. It is doing my head in because I can't keep holding her all the time especially when I get more pregnant. :hair:

[subaruforestermum]

Take her out and make her walk.... (Does she walk yet??) In saying that dont expect to be able to shop as quickly as you would want, but DS use to try the same thing with me, I just took him out and sat or stood him on the ground, he realised that he had to do as he is told, and it's not a game....

Might seem harsh to some, but it worked for me...

Might help...but in saying that you have to explain to her why you are taking her out, and tell her if she doesnt sit there, she has to walk... Many many tantrums were thrown by DS, until he realised it was not a game, nor something he was allowed to do... A warning then out...

[sandy_1902]

my ds.. 19 months hasn't had/ been through this stage yet (thank god)

usually i will just get him a milk or Juice and give it to him while i shop.. or a lollypop or something keeps him quite.

have you tried giving her something to sit still??

[Bubs'n'Roses]

DD does exactly the same. She can undo the belt and will try and climb out of the big part. I try and get her attention, ask her to help me pick things out, or give her something. I can't even lift her into the trolley as it is, and letting her walk around only works if she's in a co-operative mood - which more often than not she is not when out shopping. She'll run off, and lay on the ground and be a general dork.

Just getting her to focus on something else, taking a toy, food, letting them put the items into the trolley - once that they wont destroy if they drop them.

[JATS]

Sorry no real advice I have the same problem with my 3.5 yr old and I'm 7 months pregnant.

Taking my DS out didn't help me. :no:

Take him out he runs off, and I am really REALLY not up to chasing him. He doesn't come back if I walk off either, he has no sense of fear at all. :rolleyes:

[tee]

Sorry no real advice I have the same problem with my 3.5 yr old and I'm 7 months pregnant.

Taking my DS out didn't help me. :no:

Take him out he runs off, and I am really REALLY not up to chasing him. He doesn't come back if I walk off either, he has no sense of fear at all. :rolleyes:

hehe, this is almost word for word my situation :D

i'm terrible, i resort to flat out bribery. he gets to pick a chocolate at the cash register if he stays within eyesight (yep, i let him have free reign of an entire aisle). bad habit to get into but i battled him for so long that i gave up. needless to say, i don't take him grocery shopping very often, haha.

[mum2bubba]

Take her out and make her walk.... (Does she walk yet??) In saying that dont expect to be able to shop as quickly as you would want, but DS use to try the same thing with me, I just took him out and sat or stood him on the ground, he realised that he had to do as he is told, and it's not a game....



I think she actually WANTS to walk and once she is, she won't want to get back into the trolley. She'll just throw a huge tantrum.


my ds.. 19 months hasn't had/ been through this stage yet (thank god)

usually i will just get him a milk or Juice and give it to him while i shop.. or a lollypop or something keeps him quite.

have you tried giving her something to sit still??


I do give the kids food and drinks but she throws her drink on the ground constantly and eats the food fast.

I might try her with a lolly-pop but I just don't know about a 19 month old with a lolly-pop, I'd be scared she would choke.

[Seekrit]

Cobey has choices. He chooses to walk beside/sit in the seat/sit nicely in the big bit and the minute he doesn't do what is right, he automatically makes a choice to sit in the seat where life is not made pleasant for him, until he's quiet (and yes, I hold him by the shoulder if he tries to stand) and then he can make a choice of his own again... same choices and same consequences. It doesn't happen in one shopping trip, you have to make a consistant effort with it all.
Sometimes if I know I'm shopping for a while so I need the big bit I'll grab him a lollipop or one of the chocolate pop-top drink singles they have with the milk (I'm so not the only mum that does this, I see it all the time)

:p
Good luck.

[RmumR]

mY DD is just 18mths and the lollypop does the trick with her everytime. I give her one when i strap her in the trolley and she is usually still happily sucking away when i put the groceries in the car.
I know lollypops are not the best thing for her but i figure its once a week and i do brush her teeth when we get home.

[3blue&1pink]

Take her out and make her walk.... (Does she walk yet??) In saying that dont expect to be able to shop as quickly as you would want, but DS use to try the same thing with me, I just took him out and sat or stood him on the ground, he realised that he had to do as he is told, and it's not a game....

Might seem harsh to some, but it worked for me...

Might help...but in saying that you have to explain to her why you are taking her out, and tell her if she doesnt sit there, she has to walk... Many many tantrums were thrown by DS, until he realised it was not a game, nor something he was allowed to do... A warning then out...

I done this with my middle son and still continue to when he mucks up while shopping. I find it works fine. :yes:

It didnt work with DS1, but it has with DS2 :D

[cheezelkat]

I'm like Seekrit, the calci-yum mum with chocolate milk :o.

I have a selection of matchbox cars I keep on me when shopping as a distraction and DS just wheels them up and down the handle. he also helps me throw things in the trolley.

[LizzardLover]

how does she go getting out of the straps that go over shoulders like a pram or high chair? Just wondering if you could somehow take your own straps for the trolley or something?

I used to get DD to put her dolly or teddy in the seat with her :) I also bought this cheap thing that you put in the seat to sit them on and then it velcro's around their tummy and through the bars to hold them in. I found it to be thicker and I could do it up firmer so she really couldnt get out. I think I have it around here somewhere still if you want it?