[blparent] food shopping with a baby in arms

[Jennifer Jackson]

You might think about leaving the stroller with someone in the manager's
office or chain it up like a bike if theft is a worry. Then you will have
the stroller for the trip home if you are planning to use one. If you want
to keep the little one in the stroller, then pull it just the way you will
with one hand dedicated to your Cain, and then hold onto the cart with the
other. Have your assistant pull the cart and then you just follow the cart.

This really will go just fine. It is really not that much different than
shopping by yourself.


Jennifer
-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Tatyana
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 9:07 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] food shopping with a baby in arms

My feeling now is,  that  I would  use a baby carrier while baby is too 
small. In stroller case, not sure how I would pool a stroller behind me 
while following an assistant pushing a shopping cart in front of me- in that

walking  march, I would  need constantly talk to her to get verbal/sound 
cues in order not to lose her. It's especially hard with  first  time 
helpers. But some of you probably got used to it and handle with a stroller 
inside a store with no problem.

Tatyana

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "sharon howerton" <shrnhow at att.net>
To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] food shopping with a baby in arms


> Tatyana, you probably will shop the same way as you do now, getting 
> assistance like many of us do and as you described. When your baby is 
> small, putting him/her in a front carrier would probably be the most 
> efficient. It would seem to be pretty physically straining to, for 
> example, carry groceries in one hand, have your cane in the other and have

> the baby on your chest especially if you have any distance to go-there 
> just aren't enough hands! Perhaps you could leave the baby with his/her 
> dad or a family member and/or get your groceries delivered if that is 
> possible and you can afford it. Those are just some ideas for good weather

> and infant days when your child is small enough to carry in a carrier. But

> to me, carrying a baby, groceries and all will eventually harm your back 
> and, in my opinion, won't be safe for you or the baby.
> Good luck!
> Sharon
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tatyana" <tagriru at gmail.com>
> To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 6:23 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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