Do the seat belts on shopping carts drive anyone else crazy?
I appreciate that they have something, but I wish they were five point harnesses! Or am I the only one with a Houdini baby that can escape the standard lap belts?
Maybe this is something I need to invent? lol
nectarine / 2433 posts
@Boogs: Found one! https://www.amazon.com/Baby-Buddy-Deluxe-Security-Harness/dp/B001G6LR3G
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
Huh- surprisingly my LO has never tried to get out of it! Probably because I'm always shoving snacks in her face when we are shopping.
hostess / papaya / 10540 posts
@mrswin: Oooh I might just have to buy that!
@Foodnerd81: Lol! That only works for so long for us, unfortunately.
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
LO was 9 months when we were at Target. I turned to look at the end cap and I look back and she is standing up, turned around, with the belt still on. I still don't know how she did it.
nectarine / 2433 posts
@Boogs: By even replying to this post in sure I have jinxed myself and LO will decide to be Houdini next time we go! I really prefer the carts that have the retractable seat belt, I can't imagine LO getting out of that
hostess / papaya / 10540 posts
@Smurfette: That is us. Every. Single. Trip. Sometimes I just take my stroller so I don't have to deal, but sometimes you need tp and need a cart haha.
@mrswin: Retractable?! I've never seen those!
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
@Boogs: it is crazy I swear it was tight. Now at 3 she says she needs the belt so she can be safe. Ha!
apricot / 448 posts
@Boogs: I'm pretty sure every time my 2 yr old hears the belt click in his head he's going "challenge accepted, muahahaha" lol, but seriously. Every. Freaking. Time. I turn away for two seconds and he's standing up and the belt just slips right off of him.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21628 posts
@Smurfette: this is DD on every trip to Target. She doesn't do it at the grocery store though!
hostess / papaya / 10540 posts
@Smurfette: Mine always is. They are Houdini babies!
@jill_a55: Ha, the struggle is real.
pear / 1930 posts
@Smurfette: DD does this in every shopping cart and restaurant high chair. I now wear her or just carry her because using the cart is just too maddening.
persimmon / 1050 posts
I hate the ones that are high up on the cart, so they end up right under DS's armpits & seem so uncomfortable. Our Walmart just got new carts & they are halfway up the back & so much better!
@mrswin: Retractable is awesome! I've only seen them at Ikea though. 
apricot / 448 posts
@AngelicOne: @mrswin: I have never heard of retractable ones... I just googled them and those are awesome!
nectarine / 2433 posts
@Boogs: They look like this and fit so much better http://www.rwrogerscompany.com/shopping-cart-accessories/retractable-seat-belts/
@jill_a55: they are!
@AngelicOne: I'm in Canada and more and more stores here seem to be going with this style, IKEA has them, some of the grocery stores, I hope they become more popular.
They also seem to be so much cleaner because when they are not in use the belt is inside the housing so it is not exposed to dirt and grime
pear / 1648 posts
@mrswin: Agreed about the cleanliness - that is always my first thought too (though it may be because those carts seem to be newer in general).
I do like that Publix carts have an extra middle button to press to undo the buckle. Thankfully LO hasn't tried to escape yet but she's still pretty small and often ends up with the belt pretty tight across her midsection. I'm sure it will happen soon...
apricot / 483 posts
This is precisely why I wore DD in the Ergo until she was almost 2, and why anytime I take DS to a store he is strapped firmly to my chest (11 months). He does his best to launch himself out of my grasp when he's not actually tied down (e.g. the changing table) so I save myself the stress and wear him.
But yeah, I really wish the child safety buckles were better in shopping carts. And the high chairs at restaurants are a whole other catastrophe, I swear maybe 20% of the ones we've seen are actually functional and not broken. Ugh.
nectarine / 2210 posts
@smocks: yes! There's one restaurant we go to where the strap on every single high chair they own is broken. And yes, this does mean they brought us every single chair in the restaurant to check.
hostess / papaya / 10540 posts
@mrswin: Those look so much better than the standard ones!
@smocks: I agree, those are also horrible!
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