Things That Will Happen When You Shop With A Toddler

We’ve all been there (unless you’re one of the blessed few who get to grocery shop sans tiny dictators). We’ve been on the grocery trip from H-E-double hockey sticks that is never ending, where you can’t do anything right, when the bananas are yellow and that’s unacceptable to our two year old, when the one minute wait at the check-stand is one minute too long, etc. BUT even on the good days where shopping feels like a breeze, there will be happenings that apparently can’t be avoided because...toddlers. 

Here are some of my “favorites” and I’m guessing yours too. Why is it so funny to be able to talk about them outside the grocery store?!

• They will promise, in their most convincing voice and with the cutest face, that they will be sooo good and won’t touch ANYTHING. Don’t trust them. 
• They’ll cry about which cart they want. No, they’re not all the same apparently. (That one with the blue seatbelt? It’s NOT the same as the other one with the blue seat belt.)
• They’ll either cry about you buckling them, or buckle themselves and then cry for you to unbuckle them.
• They’ll beg for things that they have no idea what they are. (“What is that? Can I have it? But I NEED it!”)
• They’ll knock something off the shelf. Probably something breakable.
• They’ll say something inappropriate (and hilarious) to fellow shoppers. (Ava once asked an elderly old woman if she’d like to wipe her butt with the Kleenex she was holding!!! Ohhhh potty training!)
• They’ll charm the checker, and get a sticker, because they must’ve been “sooooo good today!” *eyeroll*
• They’ll cry when you leave without the candy bar from the check-stand. 
• They’ll swear they earned their cake pop on the way out, even though it’s very clear to anyone who witnessed the shopping trip, that they really didn’t earn anything. (But sometimes they’ll get it because you want Starbucks and since you’re already there...)
• They’ll refuse to eat ANYTHING you bought at the store, even though you let them choose it all. 

What does your toddler do in the grocery store that makes you manic?! Let me know in the comments or let me know on Instagram @mrshannahzamora ❤️