The day is coming!

One thing I have come to realize in these past 6 months is that car seats are not quite as user-friendly as I once thought. I always envisioned being able to swing that thing all around, baby in tow. I thought it snapped right into place during every grocery shopping excursion as I leisurely pushed my baby-filled cart 'round and 'round. But like most things, it wasn't quite as I expected.

The first time we took the little girl out was to the grocery store. Hubby and I were all giddy, half-excited/half-petrified, but we really wanted to go get some grub. When we went to put Charlotte's car seat into the cart, we realized that it was not quite as easy as we thought. The angle was all off. The only way to really *snap* the seat into place was by leaning Charlotte's seat almost completely horizontal. Hmph. I figured that it must be this way because the grocery store had the old-school, metal carts... things would be different when we went to Target someday.

So here we go to Target... shopping for who knows what (but I'm sure it was absolutely necessary). I was pretty excited to try out these new, space-age red plastic carts that Target has. I figured since this was a new style, it must have car seats in mind. Turns out that these carts were far worse than the grocery carts. If anyone has tried clipping their car seat into these beasts, you probably know just what I mean. The plastic bends away and there is no hope of clipping anything into place here. A couple times, we even decided it would be better just to put Charlotte's car seat in the main section of the cart. After all, we're just the parents, why would we need any more space than what you get in the upper section? Have you seen the upper section of carts? Plenty of room for all my shopping needs. Ha.

However, do you have some crafting you need to do? Head over to A.C. Moore. Their carts are a DREAM! The car seat fits right in, snaps into place, and Charlotte isn't staring up at the ceiling for her whole ride. I have no idea why A.C. Moore's carts are so wonderful, but I know one thing... they have my vote for "Best Cart for Baby."

But there is a light at the end of this car seat trouble tunnel. Charlotte is just starting to sit up which means no more lugging the car seat into to the store each trip. Soon she'll get to sit in her homemade (by Nani) shopping cart cover. It's going to be a whole new world...