Today's crazy question :)

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Registered: 09-15-2003
Today's crazy question :)
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Tue, 02-24-2004 - 11:42am
Hey there everyone!

Here's a semi-nutty question for you all:

I know that times have changed and you can NEVER leave a child in the car unattended (remember when our parents used to leave us in the car, always?). Anyway, when I go to the grocery store with the baby, I load her in the car, strap her in, then unload the groceries. THEN (here's the part that I am always feeling weird about) I close the back of the van, lock it with the key fob and walk the cart back to the "cart station" or whatever it's called. Takes 5 seconds, but I always feel like someone would see me walk away from the car and call social services! But then, I hate carts left rolling around the parking lot and crashing into the other cars!

Seems sooooo silly, but this has been bugging me since the first day I took her to the store with me.

What does everyone do in this situation?

Thanks!

Melissa

Meldi

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Wed, 02-25-2004 - 12:36pm
I try to park next to the cart return. If that's not possible and the weather is nice, I take my baby with me to the cart return. In bad weather, I leave the cart by my car, trying to tilt the wheels so it can't roll off. My child's safety comes first.

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