Shopping Cart Ride

I'm sad to say that Ian will soon outgrow his car seat carrier. The weight limit on those things is 22 pounds, and Ian is already 19! So, I have been planning ahead for what I will do when I no longer have a convenient carrier to tote my little man around in because the next size up car seat will have to stay in the car instead of coming in the stores with us. I'm a little worried Ian will hit 22 pounds before he will be able to sit up well on his own, which will make shopping carts a much harder obstacle for us.

So, I picked a sunny day where we didn't have to hurry to try out his handy dandy big boy cart cover. We left his car seat in the car and headed in the store to see how he would do. At first, he just sat there, leaning onto the front of the cart. That actually worked pretty well.

Then he realized he could sit back, move around, and play with his toys.


Oopsy daisy! My little guy is just not stable enough to sit by himself - even though he was strapped in!

I did not want him impaling himself on the cart, so I had to quickly find a way to prop him up. Luckily, I had a purse and a slightly larger bag with me to pad both sides of my baby. That worked pretty well - at least until he decided to investigate the contents of my bag.

Then I had to zip it up and ruin all his fun. I'm such a mean Mommy sometimes!

I don't think he was overly traumatized though! He quickly found other things to play with. But, as you can see in the picture, he kept his arm through my bag strap for the rest of the shopping trip. It was pretty cute! We haven't tried using the cart cover again though. I'm hoping his sitting up skills take off in the next couple of weeks before we try again!