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I've never done this. We bring our own snacks in our own packaging if LO is coming with us to the store. I've worked as a cashier and never batted an eye when people did it though. To be honest, cashiers don't really care about a lot of things as long as you don't hold up the line.

I just did this yesterday for the first time-- lo was melting down over the crackers I was buying and refused any of the other snacks I had on me

I do this all the time without any shame. It has never crossed my mind that it might be inappropriate. It keeps my kid calm and I'm buying it anyway!

I have a couple of times if she's melting down. Usually the culprit is my husband, but only if his sugar drops suddenly and he needs something right then (he is diabetic).

I did this while pregnant and starving! Cashier didn't blink an eye at getting an open bag of popcorn to ring up.

Never for food off the shelves - I did do it recently when I was heavily pregnant and feeling dizzy and opened a bottle of water for a quick drink.

I don't do it, but I don't mind those that do. I want to teach the kids to be patient and wait. If they really want to purchase and eat a snack, then they have to wait until we check out. It can be a tough lesson, but I don't want to get in the habit of them getting a snack from the store to eat every time we shop. I pack my own snacks for them.

Yup, I've done this. Usually at Target when LO sees puffs.

We do it with pouches all the time (I can't buy them without him signing "more more more" and crying, so I give him one to suck on as I throw the rest in my cart). I simply take the empty pouch and run it through the checkout line. The cashier's never even noticed it's empty before! I do it with pretzels, too. Again, I think they see it so commonly that they don't even bat an eye. Anything to make shopping with a baby/toddler easier!

I worked as a cashier and always felt it was a little dishonest at the worst and rude at best. Even now I make a point of feeding my kid before we go. He's too good at opening things so it has to be an all or nothing rule with him. There was one time he was starving and knew what one of the snacks was but I made him wait till after we paid to have some.

I have in desperate times both for LO and for myself while pregnant - usually just a bottle of water out of a pack I am already buying. For DD, it's usually a granola bar out of a larger box. So no chance of forgetting to pay.

I've done it with pouches and tortillas for LO if she is having a meltdown. I do it with drinks for myself. I've never thought anything of it and cashiers usually hand me back my drink or offer to throw away the empty container.

I try not to. When she was younger, we would bring snacks with us. Once or twice I gave in and let her have a pouch. I'm ALWAYS afraid I'll forget to pay for it, though so I try not to just for that reason. My mom used to get so mad when she saw kids eating in the grocery store. Maybe that's why I don't do it!! Haha.

If we're nearing meltdown mode, I totally do this with things that aren't messy and don't have to be weighed.

Our grocery store also gives out free treats to the kids - the bakery gives out sugar cookies and the deli gives out cheese slices. I think a lot of stores do this.

I've done it on occasion when DD was melting down and we absolutely had to get groceries but usually I try to tell her, we have to pay for things first. The cashiers didn't seem like it was an issue at all!

ETA: I think the sampling of the bulk foods is way worse and I see adults doing that for themselves fairly often.

I've done this for myself, like open a bottle of water to drink while shopping if I'm super thirsty. I don't see why it would be an issue -- they can still scan it easily after being opened and I'm still paying for it either way.

I have def done this. It's not an every time occurrence and I do take snacks to try to avoid DD wanting something but sometimes you just can't help it and honestly I don't think it's a big deal! Most of the time its a fruit that DD wants, like we'll get the box of clementine's and she'll want one, so she has one. She also eats some grapes.. I see that mentioned a LOT above but she only has a few, not like the entire bag so even though it's weighed at check out I doubt 5-6 grapes weight that much.

I have also had a soda while shopping and given the empty bottle to be scanned. Probably only like 3 times in my lifetime, but I've done it.

We do this all the time. I grew up doing it, too, lol. I do the exact same thing my mom did - I go to the cracker aisle and I get him one of those little snack packs of animal crackers (the red ones that look like part of the circus). He only gets them at the grocery store, and they keep him occupied almost the entire time. Otherwise he's complaining to get out, taking his shoes off and throwing them, etc.

If it makes it better, our grocery store has these scanner guns and you walk around scanning all of your stuff. So I scan it (along with all the other groceries) and then pay at the end.

If you are lucky enough to have a kid who's content while grocery shopping, thank your lucky stars. Not all of us are that lucky .

Never would have thought to do this with a pouch, but after reading this I totally did it today! I picked LO up from daycare for a ear check at the ped and it was snack time. So she missed out and was hangry. Since we needed to go to Walgreens to get a prescription, I grabbed a pouch and let her have it while we waited. I grabbed the diaper bag this morning and a sippee of water, but didn't think to grab a snack.

So thanks everyone And I bought extras that are now residing in my diaper bag.

When LO was little we did this often. A bun or an apple to snack on while we were walking around were favourites.

As far as the "we have to pay for things before we eat them" thought process goes, every time we dine at a restaurant, we are eating before paying