Pump it up WTH - vent

angelakh

Vent #1 - If your LO is too little to bounce/slide then please don't lay them down on a blanket in the middle of the bounce house and expect the other kiddos not to disturb them.  There is a reason you don't pay admission for infants!

Vent #2 - I agree we all need adult time and conversations, however when your child is climbing up the slide ladder, getting to the top, then letting go and sliding down taking other kiddos with them multiple times, I suggest getting off your lazy a$$ and take care of your child.

 

pokey208

Wow.  That would all be enough to make me leave that event.  That is craziness!

sweetie645

yikes!

Re #1:  I used to take DS1 to gymboree and there was a dad who would always lay his baby down on the mats.  It would make me so mad b/c then I had to worry about where DS was running when it is the one place I shouldn't have had to worry about it.  I was also paying a boatload of money for him to go there, so it drove me crazy.  

I swear some people are missing a common sense gene!

angelakh

Needless to say, we didn't stay long

notreallyirish

Re #2 The other day we were at a community center and DS was playing with the steering wheel on the tiny platform of a little baby climber while I was sitting a few feet away.  All of a sudden I look over and DS has a terrified look on his face as this other little boy shoves his way up and past DS down the slide, nearly knocking DS and the whole climber over in the process.  The little boy's grandmother is right there supervising the whole debacle and her only comment is "Your son wouldn't get out of the way." Urgh.

Cherryblossoms07

It sounds like that place was crazy.  I hate the craziness that happens at slides sometimes.  I can understand mistakes (they happen) but DD has almost been taken out by plain stupidity a few times. 

I took DD to Kennedy Space Center a few weeks ago and they have a play area for kids.  There is a big slide area where there are three slides side by side (there are humps dividing the slides) and an older teenager (16+) decided to go down the middle one sideways - arms and legs out over the other two slides.  She hit a few kids on the way down (luckily they were older and did not get hurt).  Lucky for her she just missed my daughter who I had just helped off the slide or she would have gotten more than a evil glare.  

Another time we were at the water park and my daughter was going down the toddler water slide when the mother of a mentally handicapped boy was standing behind me telling her son at the top of the slide to go.  He was already sitting on the ledge waiting to push off at that time.  My daughter was only 1/4 of the way down the slide and he was older and at least 3 times as big as her.  I screamed - wait!  Luckily the boy waited just long enough that I was able to get DD out of the way before he barreled through.  I was so pissed at that mom!

Daisy77

Vent#1- I can't believe people actually do that....what do they think their infant gets out of it?   How can they possibly think that it's safe? 

bekah22587@hotmail.com

angelakh:

Vent #1 - If your LO is too little to bounce/slide then please don't lay them down on a blanket in the middle of the bounce house and expect the other kiddos not to disturb them.  There is a reason you don't pay admission for infants!

Vent #2 - I agree we all need adult time and conversations, however when your child is climbing up the slide ladder, getting to the top, then letting go and sliding down taking other kiddos with them multiple times, I suggest getting off your lazy a$$ and take care of your child.

 

While I do agree 100% that the parents needed to do something so did the party attendent(I used to work at PIU) that kind of behavior would have resulted in the child(ren) haveing to sit out for 10 mins.

angelakh

bekah22587@hotmail.com:

angelakh:

Vent #1 - If your LO is too little to bounce/slide then please don't lay them down on a blanket in the middle of the bounce house and expect the other kiddos not to disturb them.  There is a reason you don't pay admission for infants!

Vent #2 - I agree we all need adult time and conversations, however when your child is climbing up the slide ladder, getting to the top, then letting go and sliding down taking other kiddos with them multiple times, I suggest getting off your lazy a$$ and take care of your child.

 

While I do agree 100% that the parents needed to do something so did the party attendent(I used to work at PIU) that kind of behavior would have resulted in the child(ren) haveing to sit out for 10 mins.

There was only one attendant and she was working the desk.  On our way out I said something to her and she was like, "Oh okay" and didn't get up or seemed concerned.