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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's OK to take baby to grocery store, it's called field trip, babies love watching other people/getting to see things. That is, if we are talking pre-Covid.
It is not OK though to keep baby in the stroller most of day and not let her have enough floor time.[/quote]

There is no reason to take an infant to a grocery store.  A toddler can start learning left/right and following at an appropriate distance with a child’s cart.  They can help put things in their cart, learning colors, shapes, counting and phonics.  They can learn how to talk to other people, who to approach, and when it’s appropriate.  They can start learning about safety and who is a community helper.  They need to memorize basic data to give a community helper in order to find their nanny/parent.  All of that can come easily with a weekly grocery trip.

The benefit of multiple restaurant trips per week with infants and toddlers is to the nanny, not the child.  At those ages, a child would benefit more from a picnic at a playground.  By preschool, there is a small benefit for a child who eats at a restaurant once per week; they are now old enough to learn to ignore everyone else, talk to their adult while siting still for 30+ minutes, and to use the manners in public that they’ve practiced at home.[/quote]

Duh that's the point. Talking to the baby is a good learning experience for them, even tho they don't talk they are still learning and smart. If you don't play and start conversation they will develop delay learning. Talk to your kids, even tho they're babies or can't talk yet

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