[blparent] food shopping with a baby in arms

[Agnes Steinhoff]

Hi there:

When I go shopping, I also get assistance in the store to help me shop.  I 
stand in front of the cart while the assistant stands behind it so that I 
don't hit her feet while walking from isle to isle.  As for having your 
baby, you can either carry him/her in a carrier strapped to you.  As for 
worrying about bags and stuff, the only thing I can think of is to either 
get a shopping cart you can keep at home.  That way you can keep the 
groceries in bags inside the cart and pull the cart behind you while the 
baby is on your chest and have a cane in another hand.  But that still might 
be tricky depending on how heavy the cart is so that actually might not work 
too well, but maybe if you have supports that could either take you and baby 
to the store and bring you home and help you with the groceries or if 
someone was willing to watch the baby so you had some free hands to be able 
to shop.  I hope this helps.

Agnes
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tatyana" <tagriru at gmail.com>
To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 7:23 PM
Subject: [blparent] food shopping with a baby in arms


> Hi,
> Dear parents, I'd like to ask you how do you manage  food shopping with an
> infant baby? How do you handle all  of those  things like a stroller,  or 
> a
> baby carrier, shopping cart and a cane in  other hand? Are you getting any
> assistance in a store when you are with a baby?
>
> Now I come in a store with my backpack and an assistant is provided. She
> walks with me through a store, we're kinda pushing a cart together and I
> currently have no problem with my grocery shopping. I'm just trying 
> imagine
> how it's going to be with my baby in arms. Please  share your  experiences
> and tips. What the best approach would be asking for an assistance with a 
> baby in arms- it will be  an absolutely new situation as for me as for 
> them.
>
> Thank you very much to all.
>
> Tatyana.
>
>
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