u/brendaklark

So half the stuff people told me to put on my baby registry checklist I've used maybe twice. But then there are these random purchases that somehow became part of literally every single day.
A shopping cart cover was one of those. I genuinely almost didn't get one, thought it seemed like overkill. But my daughter is still at that wobbly stage where she slumps sideways in the cart like she's trying to escape out the side, and regular cart seats don't do anything to help with that.
And the high chair thing at restaurants? Some of those straps are so grimy or just completely broken. I've started using the same cover there too and it honestly makes eating out feel so much less stressful.
Anyway, curious what's on your list of things that weren't on your baby registry must haves but ended up being things you actually reach for all the time?

We went to Costco this weekend with our 8 month old and I seriously don’t understand how people do this every week. The cart is huge, my baby refuses to sit still and I spent half the trip trying to stop him from licking the shopping cart handle.

I usually wear him in a carrier at regular stores, but at Costco we buy too much stuff for that to work. I saw another mom using some kind of baby shopping cart seat for baby setup and honestly it looked way easier than what we were doing.

Do you guys bring something with you for the cart or do your babies just sit there normally? Because mine acts like he’s training for the Olympics every time I put him in one lol.