Shopping cart covers
Seen these? They’re made to provide a cootie-free barrier between your baby and the shopping cart seat. Some caution probably should be observed. After all, a shopper with a bad cold might have used the cart just before you plopped your baby into the seat. But rather than spend as much as $60 on a cart cover, why not!
Drape a receiving blanket on the seat and over the handle where the baby is likely to hold onKeep a towel in the car and put it on the cart when you shopUse those antiseptic wipes stores provide at the door. Any of those options should do the trick — and they don’t cost a thing.