Isn’t grocery shopping with little kids just the greatest?!?! I have a distinct memory of being in a grocery store with my mom when I was about five-years-old and picking up a gallon of milk, dropping it on the ground, and watching it explode.
Let’s just say I got into enormous trouble when I got home that night.
Parents with kids, these tweets are for you…we feel your pain.
1. Let’s all have a good cry.
Grocery shopping with kids is just saying "put that back!" every 30 seconds until everyone is crying.
— Toni Hammer (@toniistalking) January 13, 2017
2. It should be…
So The Fast and the Furious isn't about grocery shopping with your toddler?
— Meredith (@PerfectPending) May 2, 2016
3. Pick your poison.
[grocery shopping]
Me: Quiet down or we're going straight home.
Kids: Yeah!
Me: Quiet down or we're staying here forever
Kids: *silence*
— James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) December 28, 2016
4. Total chaos.
me [giving a press conference after taking the kids to the grocery store] I don't know what the hell happened in there. That was ridiculous
— Josh (@iwearaonesie) April 10, 2017
5. Thanks a lot!
I love it when my kid loudly asks me things like “why is your butt shaking?” while we’re grocery shopping. Awesome, kiddo!
— yelisa (@beingyelisa) January 17, 2018
6. Ain’t that the truth?
The loudest sound on Earth is my child asking an inappropriate question about another customer at the grocery store.
— MyMomologue (@MyMomologue) March 29, 2018
7. Making a mess.
Me: "Grocery shopping with kids is fun!"
Narrator: He lied, cleaning up the eggs his son threw onto the floor of aisle two.
— A Bearer Of Dad News (@HomeWithPeanut) October 24, 2017
8. Now you know.
My kids wanted to know what it's like to be a Mom so we went grocery shopping & I asked "Can we buy this?" until they cried & took me home.
— Sarcastic Mommy (@sarcasticmommy4) March 20, 2017
9. Hold it!
The words "I have to go potty" are the last thing I want to hear from my 2yr old as we wait in the checkout line at the grocery store.
— Jennifer Borget (@JenniferBorget) February 26, 2013
10. It’s a nightmare.
Take the kids grocery shopping if you want to hate grocery shopping even more.
— Rodney Lacroix (@RodLacroix) April 14, 2018
11. It’ll make you stronger.
The advice I'd give five-year-old me is forget the bogeyman, plan and prepare yourself for surviving grocery shopping trips with kids.
— Emme Reynolds (@TheEmmeReynolds) February 26, 2017
12. Watch your ankles.
"It's so cute how they're pushing the grocery cart by themselves!"
– Me right before my kids ram someone with the grocery cart
— Robert Knop (@FatherWithTwins) June 24, 2017
13. Just keep telling yourself that.
Get to grocery shop with BOTH my children.
It'll be fine. Everything's fine. We're all fine. Nothing to worry about. We're good. It's fine.
— Sara Says Stop (@PetrickSara) June 21, 2016
14. Like a zoo in there.
All of these screaming kids in this grocery store are making it impossible for me to find my own kids and husband.
— Jennifer S. White (@yenniwhite) February 3, 2018
15. Like a pack of zombies.
Fun fact: Toddlers who have only had half a nap are completely psychotic and should not be taken on outings to the grocery store.
— Unfiltered Mama 💗✌️ (@UnfilteredMama) April 30, 2017
How do you manage to shop with your little ones?
Share your tips AND your horror stories in the comments with us!