20 month old on jet ski

esthergreenwood14 · June 2012

Would you do this? Someone just showed me a picture of his adult son and DD on a jet ski. She is 20 months old and wearing a life jacket. My first thought was "no fuckings way." Am I being over protective?

ETA-I suck at spelling

[Deleted User] · June 2012

christie522:
Would you do this? Someone just showed me a picture of his adult son and DD on a jet ski. She is 20 months old and wearing a life jacket. My first though was "no fuckings way." Am I being over protective?

Nuh uh.

mommytosam011011 · June 2012

christie522:
Would you do this? Someone just showed me a picture of his adult son and DD on a jet ski. She is 20 months old and wearing a life jacket. My first though was "no fuckings way." Am I being over protective?

No. Just no. I don't think you're overprotective. I think you're smart and right to think that way.

scoutkate · June 2012

Hell fuckings no. No way. Jet skis are incredibly dangerous (and annoying). I probably won't let Betsy ride one at any age.

JerkStore213 · June 2012

I would never EVER, and I tend to be pretty laid back about things. Letting a toddler on a jet ski is a terrible idea.

grr_aargh · June 2012

This doesn't seem like a good idea unless. . .

esthergreenwood14 · June 2012

LoisLane23:
I can't judge. Maybe they were just posing for a picture. DD wears her lifejacket anywhere near the water so they could've easily just put the kid on at the end of the dock, snapped the picture, and handed her back off.

It was an obvious action shot, but I did ask. Nope, she went for a ride.

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ginamcp · June 2012

Negative Ghostrider.

nikipau144 · June 2012

If it was an action shot, I judge that a whole lot.

michaels_girl · June 2012

kind of unrelated, but why the hate on jet skis? i've never considered them to be instruments of death. of course, I hang with mature and responsible lake people who have spent most of their lives on the water doing water sports, and we all side eye (and avoid) idiots. I can't ride them anymore, even at our usual slow speeds, because it jostles my back too much (i.e. I'm old now). I would never ride one on the ocean or even on choppy water, so maybe that's why my view is different?

risk wise, i think putting kiddo on the jet ski (if we rode it anymore) with me and her dad and taking a slow cruise around the bay (empty) is more risk averse than being on a boat in the middle of the lake (not empty). My #1 concern is always other boaters/skiiers/etc, not my own water vehicle. but then again, i won't even go to the lake on holiday weekends anymore b/c of the proportionate # of idiots on the water, so...

seahorse102410 · June 2012

michaels_girl:

but then again, i won't even go to the lake on holiday weekends anymore b/c of the proportionate # of idiots on the water, so...

I don't know it just seems like every weekend around here is a holiday and people do very stupid and dangerous things.

mommytosam011011 · June 2012

michaels_girl:
kind of unrelated, but why the hate on jet skis? i've never considered them to be instruments of death. of course, I hang with mature and responsible lake people who have spent most of their lives on the water doing water sports, and we all side eye (and avoid) idiots. I can't ride them anymore, even at our usual slow speeds, because it jostles my back too much (i.e. I'm old now). I would never ride one on the ocean or even on choppy water, so maybe that's why my view is different?

risk wise, i think putting kiddo on the jet ski (if we rode it anymore) with me and her dad and taking a slow cruise around the bay (empty) is more risk averse than being on a boat in the middle of the lake (not empty). My #1 concern is always other boaters/skiiers/etc, not my own water vehicle. but then again, i won't even go to the lake on holiday weekends anymore b/c of the proportionate # of idiots on the water, so...

I kind of agree. That being said, I still think 20 months is still ok young.

michaels_girl · June 2012

Huntsvillemama2012:
No and I judge. My BIL will put his 20 month old on a dirt bike with him, with a helmet and I judge the shiit out of him. The ground they ride on is rock, cactus and bull nettle. Baby doesn't need to be on it.

now, that, i judge. that and 4 wheelers. i see no need for any of it. in laws like to get kids 4 wheelers starting at age 5. Angry

chach916 · June 2012

I don't think I would, but I will say, I've seen people at the lake do this a lot.

I've never really thought much of it, because they are always going slower than a pontoon boat.

I have taken my 20 month old on a sail boat. I held him while DH sailed. Is this judge worthy?

ames71 · June 2012

No way. I've spent a lot of time on jet skis and there is no way that's safe.

scoutkate · June 2012

chach916:

I don't think I would, but I will say, I've seen people at the lake do this a lot.

I've never really thought much of it, because they are always going slower than a pontoon boat.

I have taken my 20 month old on a sail boat. I held him while DH sailed. Is this judge worthy?

No, I don't think so. Betsy has been sailing as well, and she goes out on our center console boat and our little john boat all the time.

I think jet skis are more dangerous than boats of any kind. They're less stable, less substantial, and in general (I'm stereotyping here based on my personal observations) the people that drive them are pretty reckless.

ginamcp · June 2012

chach916:

I don't think I would, but I will say, I've seen people at the lake do this a lot.

I've never really thought much of it, because they are always going slower than a pontoon boat.

I have taken my 20 month old on a sail boat. I held him while DH sailed. Is this judge worthy?

My IL's have a sail boat and I can't wait until we can take C out for trips on it.

alleykattz · June 2012

We did it at the keys. J was exactly two years old. I'm okay with it. I obviously drove slower with him then when by myself. I've also had him out on boats and the water since he was 3 months old.

jess60 · June 2012

I would take DS out on a jet ski. I wouldn't cruise all over the lake or anything. I'd take it slow back & forth not far from shore.

RayRay007 · June 2012

I don't really see the problem if you're driving super slow and not whipping b!tches. I would let my toddler ride on a snowmobile with grandpa too.

IrishEyes0530 · June 2012

At 20 months? No way I'd put DS on one. At 5 years? Still probably not. Maybe older... like way older.

Ms5586 · June 2012

LoisLane23:
I can't judge. Maybe they were just posing for a picture. DD wears her lifejacket anywhere near the water so they could've easily just put the kid on at the end of the dock, snapped the picture, and handed her back off.

This. I'm sure we'll take a quick picture of DH and J before we go ride on vacation.

Edit: Nevermind, I judge because it was an action shot. Not ok, IMO.

synchrosally · June 2012

My son was on the Seadoo at 13 months. And by on the Seadoo, I mean with it just barely in gear moving slower than molasses in shallow water. But moving at any kind of speed? No way.

LovesMM · June 2012

LoisLane23:
chach916:

I don't think I would, but I will say, I've seen people at the lake do this a lot.

I've never really thought much of it, because they are always going slower than a pontoon boat.

I have taken my 20 month old on a sail boat. I held him while DH sailed. Is this judge worthy?

Good point. T will be in a boat next week, going faster than most jetskis. Maybe they were in a no-wake zone?

I see people all the time giving their kids rides on the lawnmower, their 4-wheelers, golf carts, etc.

MH gives P a ride on the lawnmower and 4 wheeler all the time but it's usually just in circles around the yard.

peakboo5 · June 2012

I almost had an anxiety attack just having DS on a boat with a life jacket on. Hellz no.

p1nklemonade · June 2012

no way.

shortstuff15 · June 2012

RayRay007:
I don't really see the problem if you're driving super slow and not whipping b!tches. I would let my toddler ride on a snowmobile with grandpa too.

This is my view too, but here there are quite literally zero lakes that I would even consider bringing a jet ski too.

JenniCollins · June 2012

Unpopular opinion...but yes I would let my daughter (14 months old) go on a jet ski. Of course she would have her life jacket on and she'd be riding with me or my husband. I see no problem in taking her on a slow ride around the dock area, it's a no wake zone so there wouldn't be anybody else zipping along near there.

hmp1 · June 2012

We are pretty laid back about letting DS do things but I would never let him ride on a jet ski. I consider it the same as letting DS ride on DH's dirt bike, not going to happen for a long time.

ThreeGirls726 · June 2012

We did this with our 2 year old at Lake Gaston. She was in the middle of me and DH and we only went right out by our dock and pretty much zero speed. We would never take her onto the lake at any sort of speed but staying by the lake house where no other traffic really is didn't seem to be a problem.

Abinormal · June 2012

I'd let DD get on the jet ski with DH. He'd take it pretty slow and we'd definitely make sure it was in an area where we had open space and no other boats around us. She'd have on a life jacket and she'd probably freak out. She seems to be much less adventurous then we'd like her to be, lol!

mrebecca · June 2012

Bad idea.

wife1014 · June 2012

There is no way.

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