Parents

[RawHumor]

Has this ever happened to you?

You're at the grocery store, your toddler in the seat part of the cart, and things are going as normal.

Your toddler starts to cry and fuss, not really desperate at first, and you think your toddler is just fussing because he/she is two (or whatever) and that's what they do all too often.

Then, as the child sounds more desperate, you notice that he/she has gotten one of his/her fingers stuck between the two steel bars on the sides of the cart handle... the ones that are spaced about a quarter of an inch apart (that's 6.35 mm for you metric folks) or so - the perfect width for those tiny fingers that ANYONE who would sit there would have.

This happened again to us last night and I swear I almost blew a gasket. Who designs these things? Could they not put them too close together for fingers to get in between them?

I'm thinking of starting a crusade...

Okay, my rant is over. Answer if you'd like - I'd appreciate knowing if ayone else has ever had this happen.

 

[DopeyAngel]

Something like that happened to me when I took my nephew out - God, he was screaming so hard and was not prepared to be comforted by an unfamiliar aunt so I looked like an incompetent mother as well as a fool. You'd think that the ppl who designed stuff like that would have regulations etc, like they do for cots and stuff

 

[RawHumor]

Exactly... and how helpless can you feel when you notice what's happening and why they're screaming?

Thanks for responding, DA (can't bring myself to call you Dopey LOL), I was beginning to think that maybe it was just the carts in my area or just me.

 

[DopeyAngel]

Yup, actually I was lying - it's just you! I know what you mean though, especially when you've been ignoring them assuming they were just whinging........it's getting the fingers OUT which is the hard part tho'.......reminds me of the time I got my head stuck in some railings when i was little.......see I am dopey! Why can't you bring yourself to call me it?!

 

[RawHumor]

see I am dopey! Why can't you bring yourself to call me it?!

LOL Well, if YOU insist... it just doesn't sound all that respectful, but I guess, you DID name yourself, so why should *I* feel weird about it, eh?

 

[DopeyAngel]

LOL very true and thank you! But railings......now they're another pain in the arse when you've got kids around.........

 

[RawHumor]

LOL very true and thank you! But railings......now they're another pain in the arse when you've got kids around.........

We actually don't have any at the house we're currently renting... but I can imagine that that must have been a fun time for your parents.

btw, your username doesn't indicate low self esteem, does it?

 

[sunstruck]

Odd you should start this thread today as this exact thing happened to my nephew when I took him to the grocery store yesterday afternoon and they were REALLY stuck. I had to use hand lotion to slide them out. My sister-in-law nearly took my head off when she saw his battered little fingers! As if I didn't feel bad enough.
From now on I'm using those carts with the huge red booster seats in front of the cart no matter how hard they are to manuver.

 

[Weevil]

See, this is why I can't have kids. Right now it's all I can do not to get my fingers caught in the shopping cart.

 

[RawHumor]

See, this is why I can't have kids. Right now it's all I can do not to get my fingers caught in the shopping cart.

Well, whatever the reason, I'm sure the general population appreciates your decision.

 

[Weevil]

Well, whatever the reason, I'm sure the general population appreciates your decision.

Ouch.

 

[RawHumor]

Odd you should start this thread today as this exact thing happened to my nephew when I took him to the grocery store yesterday afternoon and they were REALLY stuck. I had to use hand lotion to slide them out. My sister-in-law nearly took my head off when she saw his battered little fingers! As if I didn't feel bad enough.
From now on I'm using those carts with the huge red booster seats in front of the cart no matter how hard they are to manuver.

I'm going to ask that they use RAZOR BLADES in the next generation of carts... just to make them a LITTLE safer.

Okay, now I'm just being silly...

 

[sunstruck]

I'm going to ask that they use RAZOR BLADES in the next generation of carts... just to make them a LITTLE safer.

Okay, now I'm just being silly...

I don't think I would have gotten in more trouble if I had brought him back with half a pint of blood missing. I mean I just stopped for an extra jar of geflite fish, it's not like I took him to a piranha petting zoo!

 

[RawHumor]

I don't think I would have gotten in more trouble if I had brought him back with half a pint of blood missing. I mean I just stopped for an extra jar of geflite fish, it's not like I took him to a piranha petting zoo!

At least I was the parent, unlike you two, so I didn't have the extra burden of having to report to somebody else...

 

[sunstruck]

I think there's more of a guilt factor when the kid isn't yours. Every time one of my neices or nephews gets the slightest sratch or bruise in my care I feel horrible, even if they could care less, which is usually the case.

 

[RawHumor]

I think there's more of a guilt factor when the kid isn't yours. Every time one of my neices or nephews gets the slightest sratch or bruise in my care I feel horrible, even if they could care less, which is usually the case.

Yup... I know what you mean. I'm a lot more relaxed with her than I was when I used to babysit my sister's kid.

 

[sunstruck]

Is she your first?

 

[RawHumor]

Is she your first?

Yup - our one and only... for a few months anyway.

 

[DopeyAngel]

Sounds very ominous.........good news?

 

[RawHumor]

Sounds very ominous.........good news?

He he... shhhh.... could be.

 

[DopeyAngel]

*whispering*
Okay! Fingers on lips everyone!

 

[RawHumor]

Okay!Fingers on lips everyone!

LOL cutie

 

[DopeyAngel]

*blush* Thanx..........did you ever get that at school? Our teacher used to say 'Fingers on lips' to shut us up.......now that will be a useful one for when they've got their fingers stuck and are bawling.........!

 

[RawHumor]

*blush* Thanx..........did you ever get that at school? Our teacher used to say 'Fingers on lips' to shut us up.......now that will be a useful one for when they've got their fingers stuck and are bawling.........!

LOL Nope - haven't heard that one before.

 

[DopeyAngel]

LOL, That will be one of the joys of being taught in a small English school........oh the hardship.......anyway, back to the fingers and bars etc.........! Funnily enough, when I got my head stuck in some railings it was in an amusement park for children......some ppl are so dumb..... Notice I'm still being quiet about the whole wink-wink-nudge-nudge thing.........it's not fair, I want one!