Gotta love those 2 seaters...with a 22mth and a 9 mth it makes shopping almost sane.  If only more stores had them.  It must be all those “Crazy” women having lots of babies:).

I LOVE the two-seater carts!  I, too, wish they had come up with these about 5-7 years ago!  The only store in our area that I know has them is the warehouse store “Sam’s”.

For kids 5 and up I think they should be old enough to walk.  What happened to the days when our parents (or grandparents) told us we have to get up & walk, work, sweat it out, walk through the snow, deal with it, etc!?!?  Parents, don’t be so lenient on your children-they need to learn how to grown and be independent.  Giving them too much say allows them to rebel and get overly spoiled and winey!

Our Sam’s is next door to one of our Walmarts--hence, we “big shop” at Sam’s, then scoot across the parking lot to Wallyworld for the “little shop”. . .On a couple of occasions I have been tempted to borrow a 2 seater cart from Sam’s and push it to Walmart.  Sadly for me, our Walmart greeters are very particular about the sort of cart they allow in their store.  Sadly for them, my 5 year old gets to run free.

Happy Birthday Henry!

Whoa, Deena, lighten up.  Mom and Pop and Granny and Grampy didn’t have hugeomongous big box stores to drag their kiddies through while fighting a zillion stimuli designed to lure in the kiddies and make them want everything they see.  There is a time to say “deal with it” and a time to do what it takes to cope with the situation while keeping Mom’s sanity.  Parenting is all about balance. Peace out.

Poor Charlie—he’s getting a reputation as a wimp, when the truth is—I made him get in the cart! He sat in there for a few minutes, long enough for me to snap this picture and walk to the other end of the store. Then he got out and pushed the cart for me. Not to worry!

As a mother of 2-yr-old twins, I love the two-seater shopping carts that we have at Sam’s and Kroger in our neck of the woods.  There’s more room in the basket part of the cart to accomodate shopping for a big family.  More importantly, though, I think that being able to place two small children (even if they can walk) in a safe place while you shop is a great benefit to parents.  I, too, wish that more stores had these.  Rachel, I love visiting Testoserhome (even though only half of my brood are boys) and am so happy to see that you are writing for this site.  Thank you for blessing us with your wisdom and your time.

Wow.  As a mother of four under five, that would be a handy thing!  When my twins (now age 3) were babies I had to do all of my shopping with the double stroller.  My then two-year-old walked along and helped put things in the bottom of the stroller.  I still do all of my shopping with a stroller.  Baby rides in the stroller, twins each hang on to a side of the stroller, and daughter hangs on to my back pocket. 
I used to let the boys ‘ride’ on the side of the cart by standing on the bottom and hanging on to the sides.  But, then one day we had a bit of a crash and the Target lady came rushing out with ice for heads and cookies for the boys.  Oops. 
Ok, sorry to ramble.  It’s just a topic that hits home with all of us.  Thanks for the fun!

(By the way, Rachel, I love reading your other blog.  Your boys just sound like so much FUN.  Totally BOY in every way....
OH, and my baby is Henry as well- he turns one next month.)

Dear Deena,
Please take my 5yo ds shopping sometime.  He would so like to use his ‘independence’!  He has plenty of it!!  I don’t find a cart that he can fit in along with the 2yo because he’s too lazy to walk - on the contrary.  He has soooooooooo much energy.  Oh, and he will whine at some point - about being contained though - and he’ll have to deal with it for a bit.  Better for HIM to be whining and crying than for me!!  I’ve been shopping with little boys for 19 years now - he is my 6th son - wow!!  And there have been times I’ve wanted to cry and other times that I’ve been so proud of my little troup!! 

By the way, my sister told me that at her big store they have carts for the kids that are cars with - get this - DVD players so the kids can watch while you shop!  All this for $1!! 

Oh my goodness!! This picture is wonderful!! You must bring your camera everywhere.  Your boys are good sports.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY HENRY!  May your life be filled with God, family, faith and love.

Love your blog, love this site now too!!  Another reason to stay online

Hold on to your hats, we have 3-seater shopping carts where I’m from.  Of course, we didn’t have them when I had 4 children under 4!
Jen in OK

I am always in the same dilemna with birthday gifts...since I purge often, sometimes I find myself rebuying the same toy again!  You find out that almost all of it is junk and the good stuff is the stuff that sticks around forever...or a big giant striped white tiger sounds good too!