'I was in the lower part of a shopping cart when I fell out and fractured my skull. I thought I was the only one, but there are millions.'
The overall types of accidents range from limbs being trapped in a cart, children falling out of it, and shopping carts flipping over. The study focused on the prevalence of accidents after the implementation of shopping cart safety regulations in the U.S. in 2004. Whereas a decrease should have been seen, there has actually been a 200% increase in head injuries.after my fall, I stopped talking altogether for three days.
But on that morning, I woke my mom up by jumping up and down on my hospital bed while singing, “George, George, George of the jungle, watch out for that tree!” Though we can’t always ditch the cart when shopping with our children altogether, researchers suggest that caregivers look into alternative methods for your child’s seating, such as using baby carriers, strollers, or car-carts instead. If parents do need to place their child in a shopping cart, it is urged that the child is properly secured in the restraints before shopping, and an adult is holding onto the cart the entire time.