There are many ways to make shopping with small children a pleasant experience for both a mom and her children.
For example, if you have an infant you can put the carseat on top. Just kidding. That’s not recommended. What was I thinking!?
Well, you could put the carseat in the cart. Although you may not have space for your groceries, but who needs groceries anyway. Oh yeah, I do. That’s why I’m here.
Anyway, once your baby is old enough you can just put the baby in the seat. Except I think these buckles were designed by Flat Stanley because for real they never fit my kids.
For multiple children you can simply put the baby in the seat, the middle aged children in the car, and the oldest can push. I can assure you that everyone will co-opera… HEY! WHAT ARE DOING!? GET YOUR BOTTOM BACK IN THAT CAR THIS SECOND YOUNG LADY!
Who am I kidding, the best way to make grocery shopping pleasant for both mom and children is to use Walmart’s online grocery pickup service. Trust me on this one. I have been using it for months and it’s changed my life. There are so many reasons you will love it. I narrowed it down to 10.
1. It will save you tons of time! One’s you start shopping online it saves your favorites. Most items I buy over and over so I just have to go through and click everything on my favorites list. Boom. Done.
2. You will save so much money. Not only from not falling for impulse buys, but also because it’s easier to compare the price per unit when you can see everything conveniently listed side-by-side.
3. They do substitutions. And if they do have to substitute something they’ll give you the bigger package at no extra cost to you! Oh yeah and they label it and they also label the fragile stuff. It’s awesome.
4. You CAN use your reusable bags if you want. This is me and my trunk full of reusable grocery bags after making a Walmart run.
5. You can bring your kids and live to tell about it. Photographic evidence here.
6. You can edit your order. If you already submitted your list, but realized you forgot something you can add it.
7. You can easily track your spending and shopping history This helps with budgeting, keeping track of your “inventory”, or if you ever need to return something. It’s all right there.
8. You can check and approve your produce. I’ve always been impressed with the produce they pick. On my account they know I prefer hard avocados and somewhat green bananas. If however you don’t like what they selected you don’t have to accept it and you will be refunded.
9. You can get $10 off for signing up under me. Even if you only do it once it’s worth it to get $10 right?
10. Also I get $10 off when you sign up using my link and you can do the same thing with your friends and save even more.
The way it works in case anyone is curious is you select a time for pickup. They are set up in one hour intervals so it’s pretty flexible.
Then they call you when it’s ready and you call them when you arrive. 
They bring all your groceries out and go over your order with you incase you aren’t satisfied. Then they load it up in your trunk all for FREE.
I know it sounds too good to be true. I am still pinching myself, but it is true. You really should give it a try.
You and your children will thank me.
Genuis Natalie, especially for people who have younger kids or people who are more restricted with movement or time! Who doesn’t have those days? I need to check out more to see if it’s in my area and if they have it, I’ll definitely sign up under your link!
I had no idea this was even a thing! (I have no excuse of Littles anymore but I still hate grocery shopping!) And also this: THOSE SUNGLASSES!!! Super cute!
No excuse needed! I focused this post toward mothers of littles, but I know several people who have grown children or no children and use it for the same reason you mentioned.
I’ve only used the service once but I thought it was genius! I just wish that they would add the option to redeem coupons.
Jesus must be coming soon! TO HAVE THIS AWESOME SERVICE – does everyone know about this?
I had no idea Walmart does this.
Not all of them do, but you can check to see if they offer it in your area. It seems to be catching on quickly. We didn’t have one here until recently.
I’m so glad you have had such a good experience. Walmart isn’t the same here in CA, I wonder if they have this service. We do have Prime Now, but it is kind of hit and miss on if they have what you need. I actually enjoy grocery shopping and most of the time my kids are good, but with cold and flu season on the horizon this would be a great help.
I am jealous. From the day my oldest son could run, grocery stores have been a nightmare for me. Even when I only had one child. Some people do enjoy grocery shopping. My mom does. I do not.
How do you let them know you want to use reusable grocery bags? They just automatically bring mine out in plastic, and there’s no point in them moving them to my reusable bags after that as the plastic they brought the groceries out in will just be thrown away… help?
Also, how do they know what kind of produce you like? I’ve heard they do a really bad job of picking produce and wanted to leave a note on my order but couldn’t find a place to do so.
I actually just got groceries again today and there were no good strawberries so I had to go without. I did get a bell pepper, blueberries, and bananas that were fine. So I do kind of agree on the produce. I am trying to remember how they know I use reusable. I honestly have been doing it so long now that we are literally on a first name basis. In fact today my grocer told me I could let them know if I had an in store order (the one that’s like Amazon Prime but you can save on shipping if you pick up in the store). They said they could combine and just bring it all out to the car for me. Maybe I am just lucky! Only once did someone put my groceries in plastic bags.
I love this service (I’m a mom in grad school) but I hate all the plastic bags!!! One time I ordered 24 items and they used 23 bags!
Please share your tip on reusable bags!
Do they bring them out to you in reusable bags? Do you exchange them? Please share! Lol
I know this was a month ago but I called to find out how to get them to not use plastic bags. You just have to let your personal shopper know when you pick up groceries or you can call them directly and they can change your account. I hope that helps. Sorry for the late reply! You actually inspired a whole blog post about it. I hope they will start making it more simple to request.
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