When I finish my grocery trip at Walmart I push my cart to the car with Eva riding in the top and the groceries in the basket. I do my best to wedge the cart against my car so that I can unload the bags into the hot car while also making sure that the cart doesn't roll away. I am also extremely cautious about where to wedge the cart because I want to make sure that an oncoming driver wouldn't accidentally hit it with Eva inside. That part is tricky enough, but then I have to decide how I will put Eva in and simultaneously put the cart away. Option 1 is to put Eva in the car, take off her cart seat cover (the kind that covers the top of the cart where she sits so she doesn't chew on the gross, germy handle), race over to cart stand, race back to the car, and start the car before she is too hot. Option 2 is to push her in the cart back to the stand, balance her on one hip while I untie her cart seat cover, and then walk back to the car, hoping that my arms are strong enough to hold her all this time and my back doesn't break. Leaving the empty cart next to my car usually isn't an option. With the Texas summer quickly approaching - if it isn't already here - I know that the car temperatures will only get hotter. I can't start the car with her in it because I'm afraid that somebody would jump in and drive off with her (I saw it happen in a movie and people are crazy). I'll also add that I make it a point to park right next to the cart stand even if it means a further walk into the store.
I know that I can't be the only mom out there who wishes she had five arms to get everything done at the same time. I can't even imagine what I would do with multiple children, especially twins. What do other moms do?
I start the car, put them in and then load groceries into the car and put the cart away. Almost 7 years now and noone has driven off with any of them yet. :P Honestly, with the three of them, I HAVE to get them in the car first. The big two would start dancing and acting silly and end up hit by a car if I didn't get them contained before unloading the cart.
ReplyDeleteI too park next to the cart thing! So if I'm RIGHT next to it, I'll put him in first and keep the door open, put the groceries in, and then put the cart up, then shut his door and start the car to go.
ReplyDeleteBut if I'm not RIGHT next to it, I'll put the groceries in the car first, then go to the cart thing, take Aiven out and pull off the cart cover (it is elastic, so I don't have to tie/untie anything) and then walk back to the car holding him.