Grocery Store Shopping Carts: Safe for Kids?

Shopping groceries is something housewife and mother do quite frequently. Quite often, their babies are with them and they have to tow them in their arms. As a solution to this, parents have now found a solution, putting the babies in the carts. However, this solution is not 100% safe or intact. Alone in the US, almost 24,000 kids are registered in hospitals due to a grocery shopping cart incident. So, what is the actual reason?

Is there something wrong with the carts or the way babies are put in it? Or all an all just a bad idea collectively? Read below and find out.\

How Do the Babies Trip?

According to research, most of the grocery shopping carts incidents injure baby’s hand or neck. Many times the babies are placed at the front, these are infants we are talking about from age one to four. And as they move vigorously shaking their hands they often collide to a shelf or worse, make the cart disbalance.  

Another position in which parents put their babies in is in the center of the shopping cart where the grocery has to be out. This results in even more dangerous scenarios. The grocery’s weight can put pressure or baby’s bones or baby struggling the grocery’s to push over can end up in a crash on the floor.

Is it something to do with The Design of Shopping Carts.

No, and yes, a grocery shopping cart is of many designed. But not each one of it is ‘baby friendly’. The grocery shopping cart on the basis of priority is designed for multiple shopping purposes, which does not necessarily include baby holders. If you want customer comfort at the highest, order grocery shopping carts which are custom made for baby positioning. They come in many shapes and sizes. Also, make sure that the weight balance is correct if the carts are claimed to be suitable for baby adjustments.   

Some Safety Tips

Although it is advised to be avoided if a scenario forces out to take your baby to the grocery here are some things to do.

· Hand over the baby to another adult who could take care of him/ her.

· If the baby can walk, encourage them to walk with you.

· Put the babies into separate strollers and baby seats while doing grocery

· Put the belt on if the grocery shopping cart has one

Final Verdict 

Babies are delicate with little sense of safety. Therefore, one must take great measure to protect them. Place your baby in grocery shopping carts only if you find safe in them. Otherwise, avoid it completely. The best way is to avoid kids in the supermarket and enjoy yourself as an adult.