Ok. I'll go ahead and call her a bad parent. I've seen enough to warrant giving her the title. Who is she? Not sure. Her child is in the same swim class as my youngest. What's the problem you might ask? Well even if you don't ask I'll tell you ;)
She lets her 2+ year old do anything he wants while we wait for our kiddo's to finish class. I wouldn't care to much but 2 things REALLY got to me.
I sit on the first bleacher, closest to the ground while I wait for my kiddo's. There was a lot of water on Tuesday puddling near the bleachers. All the parents wait on the bleachers but usually higher up. Her son decided to start jumping in the puddle RIGHT NEXT TO ME. Not near his mom or further down where no one was sitting but RIGHT NEXT TO ME. I had no where to go and all she said was 'here come splishy splashy monster'. :doh: I gave her 'a look' since I was dressed nice and she just said 'oh Michael you're such a good splishy splashy monster'. :faint: I sat there stunned.
Yesterday, I sat in the same spot and DH was with w/ me. next to DH was an elderly man watching his grandson swim. I told DH about Michael and as soon as he walked in I said 'that's him'. Sure enough, here came 'splishy splashy monster'. :bored: My DH said to him "oh don't wet us, this water is dirty". Michael looked confused and his mom was peeved that my DH stopped him. The elderly man was thankful :thumbsup: The mom grabbed him and walked across the entire pool to the opposite side and played with him there.
Today, she brought bubbles to entertain him. It didn't last long and everyone was getting attacked by bubbles. LEt me just add that some ppl are their in their work clothes watching their kiddo's so they try to stay clean :rollseyes: Anywho...splishy splashy monster returned. Another mom who's son started copying the splishy splashy monster, told her son to stop but Michael continued his splashing.
Lessons continue on Monday. DH is coming with me. I wonder if Splishy Splashy monster will be there... :boo: :smack:

Argh, doesn't it just make you want to :smack: those parents??

Reminds me of last night, I was at gymnastics watching Andie....had to sit on the floor because they didn't have any chairs out. No big deal, I played Tetris on my cell phone! B)

ANYHOW.....another mom came in (her son was probably JUST 2, come to think of it).....she sits aways from me but her kid kept coming over and playing with this silver circle thing they had in the wall......pretending it was a steering wheel.......and it was RIGHT NEXT TO MY HEAD!! :wall:

He kept bumping me in the noggin, but I wasn't gonna budge (stubborn, eh?)....finally he runs back to his mom and she tells him what a good job he was doing "driving"..... :rollseyes:

I mean, OF COURSE kids are gonna want to splash in puddles, blow bubbles, and pretend to drive a car.....but when they infringe on the comfort of other people around them, it's just common sense to move to an area where other people won't be bothered.... :bored:

Exactly! In my case it's have EVERYONE move out of his way so he can splash or have him and the mom go to the other side of the pool.
I had ODS in the class 2 years ago (he was 3) and I had YDS in a stroller (1 at the time) and I stayed away from everyone just in case YDS was going to cry. I guess I was just more careful :dunno:

Just speak up or move away (if possible). I've had kids annoy me and I don't hesitate to let them know it. But if I can move away from the kid, I will.

Yeah, parents like that usually need a cuff upside the head. :rollseyes:

Yeah. The mom knew I didn't appreciate getting splashed and my DH said something too. I guess it doesn't matter to her. I could go stand on the other side but with my crappy back it helps to sit vs. stand etc... :violin:

:nono:

An adults comfort is more important thatna brat doing whatever the hell he wants....

The kid can play in puddles at home.... He doesnt' have to splash adults who may have something important to attend after picking the kids up from Swim...

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I would say rather poignantly..."HEY! How 'bout puttin' a leash on the 'splishy monster'.

:rolf:

I should of!!! Well come Monday lessons start again. We'll see if splishy splashy monster returns :doh:

I once had a lady grab her child and rush out of the toy department of Walmart because he was running around smacking people with pool noodles and I rather loudly said "WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE EUTHANIZE THIS LITTLE PUNK!!"

:haha:

I would've taken the noodle from him and smacked him myself...that way he won't feel left out! :D