Grocery cart baby seats

Ok so Am I the only germaphobe
Today I saw two babies (18 months) sitting in the seat without a cover. Am I being to cautious? I heard the handles are covered with more germs than public rest rooms. Not just from all the people using them but prob from the things they handle like meats in the store.

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No I always use a cart cover. DS is 2 1/2 and I still use it

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You are not alone. I avoid putting DD in a cart when I can. If I have to, I put the cart cover seat thing in for her to sit in.

When we get back to the car I clean both our hands with sanitizer and wipes, then we wash our hands when we get home.

I'm even grossed out by the cart when I'm shopping without her. I can't touch anything when I get home until I've washed my hands. If it's cold and I'm wearing gloves I never take them off while shopping.

Here's my validation, the one time I skipped using the cart cover was at BJ's because it doesn't fit well on that double cart and I was in a rush, we both ended up with colds that week.

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I was so surprised today. I was like wow two babies within feet of each other. I dont even push my cart. I pull it by the front. We even bring our own portable high chair (straps onto a reg chair) when we go out to eat. The one time she used a reg highchair (gave in at a really clean restaurant we go to often) and she got sick three days later.

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I always use the cover too. I recently saw a toddler chewing on the handle while his mom was totally not paying attention..I wanted to gag

We also have the booster seat thing we bring to restaurants, or we use the boppy shopping cart cover in the restaurant high chair. I also found disposable place mats that stick to the table, so I use those so DS doesn't touch the tables they clean all day with the same rag lol.

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our supermarkets all supply anti-bacterial wipes at the door. i don't even pick out a cart until i grab like 3 wipes for myself!

we have a cover - but we're not at that point yet with Em...she's still in her stroller.

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i always use the cart cover and the high chair cover....

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We all survived growing up without a shopping cart cover!

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Yeah, I used a cart cover once, I think!
I always use the wipes that are provided at the front of the store and use purell after the shopping trip.

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I used my cart cover maybe 10 times. I use the wipes. Just another way to build up immunity!

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I always put the cart cover on, as well as Trader Joes along with some other stores have sani wipes right by the carts and I usually try to wipe it down as well

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Cart cover=best invention ever!!! I skeeve everything!

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I had the cart cover on my registry and I never got it. My DD is only a little over 2 months so she will be in her car seat for a while but once she is out of the car seat and will sit in the wagon I guess I should get it. I do skeeve public stuff too...I never really thought about how dirty the handle is....but after reading the posts I realize it is true and gross at how many people touch it, etc...I have done peapod a few times since being preggo and having DD and maybe I will keep doing it, haha...cleanest solution..

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I use it as often as I can, but we only have one & sometimes I forget to move it from car to car. My kids have survived the germs somehow

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never have used cover...I am guessing shopping carts haven't picked up worst germs then in the past when babies sat in them unprotected.

I really never wanted the germy cart cover in my car. Unless you wash after each use...aren't you just putting your baby back on a germy piece of cloth?

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I ALWAYS use the cart cover! I've become so germaphobic that I'll wipe down the cart with clorox wipes, then put the cover in.

I also can not believe the amout of mothers I see that just put their baby in the cart

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my son is 17 months old and i haven't used that cover in months. i honestly always chuckle to myself when i see a child over one in one--to me they're for babies. just being honest.

i'm not a germophobe. i don't want DS or DD becoming one either. i wash their hands a normal amount and use hand sanitizer when necessary but that's it.

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Never had one

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i don't use one with my 2.5 yr old but i do wash down the cart with a wet one or clorox wipe (keep em in my car) EVERY time i use one. i scrub it handle to the sides. people look at me like i'm strange but those things gross me out!

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I believe in the studies done...the only thing more germy then shopping carts were playgrounds...found it

please don't tell me I am being judged at the park for not having him on a slide cover

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Posted by MrsP747

I also can not believe the amout of mothers I see that just put their baby in the cart

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Posted by MrsP747


I also can not believe the amout of mothers I see that just put their baby in the cart