I’ve discovered online grocery shopping – a mum’s saviour! I started to use it when I was on maternity leave – in theory just to make sure I was set up for the early weeks of having Imogen, but also because it was getting to be hard work taking myself round a supermarket, let alone actually putting things in and out of the trolley and car boot.

I have tried food shopping with Imogen, putting her in the trolley seats, but they keep her awake so I find myself nervously dashing around before boredom sets in and she starts playing up, to avoid using the dummy in public which inevitably draws tuts and looks of disgust from people who don’t have children (I probably used to be one, to be fair!) or are too old to remember how much they used one! (See earlier post!)Also, I used to leave my trolley at the end of aisles and nip up and down to grab groceries, as I was driven mad by the people aimlessly wandering the store with trolleys in tow, taking up the whole width of the aisles with no awareness of people trying to get by them. Now I can’t do that, so am just driven mad!

So it’s online shopping for me – although the mum brain means I always leave it too late so end up visiting for top up shops most days too! By the way, soft bags instead of baskets would be good for those trips so I can take Imogen in on her car seat on wheels. I try to balance the metal ones so I can steer with both hands, but the view for her is not that exciting!