to get angry when the mother kept saying 'she's ok' when her son knocked my DS down on the floor at the softplay, ok even i know it was an accident.

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ok, just came back from softplay, i am not a big fan but DD ( 23 mths) loves it, shes a very active toddler as its getting cold and still wet this morning so park wasnt an option. Anyway, a little accident today at the softplay, honestly, i understand accident does happen but what annoys me the most is softplay seems to be a groud full of irresponsible mums, sat there talk and eat and don't watch their kids...and i do notice some mean children around who have no idea what 'share' means.. also, what annoys me the most is they would order 'chicken nuggets & slush' for their children?? i mean, ok its softplay but they do have toastie and milk on the menu.

Anyway, a little boy probably same age as my DD, he accidentally knocked her down as she was walking and he was running towards her...I was like, shocked, it was really bad, i could hear a loud noise when she was knocked down and she cried really bad...now ..i wasn't too angry cos i know accident does happen, i was just very concerned if my DD's ok...what made me very angry was the mother of that little boy kept saying,'' oh, she's ok, i am sure she's alright'',

it's like she thinks my DS was just a softie, i know my DD!! i mean, i wouldn't have got so angry if she just simply said...i am terribly sorry, he didn't mean to, is she ok?? i would accept it, i wouldn't be so angry and i did believe that little boy didn't mean to. you know, sincere apology would go down better, don't you think so?

I didn't know what else to say to her, i just said 'jesus, kept shaking my head, that's terrible' honestly, i was and am still angry.

ridiculous OP, if your dd was ok then whats the problem she was probably trying to keep things calm for the childrens sake, rather than making it in to a big drama as you seem to have. and why should she appologise she did not nock dd over.

Get a grip! I suggest you get out more...

i would be most offended if someone said jesus around my child, so maybe you lost her there with your blasphemy in front of her child...you never know

My advice: DOn't go back. Just take your DD (or DS) and your cats bum face to the park...but you do know that mums (and dads) leave their children to run around there as well?

OP YABVU!

The other mum sounds like she was a bit taken aback by your overreaction and was trying to calm you down/help you. She was OK, wasn't she? Yes.
You sound a bit rude tbh, not her. Children do this kind of thing, and besides, it's softplay- your DD would have bounced? It will happen again and again because small children do that kind of thing.

I hate softplay. The guy who runs our local softplay says the sanitary bins are full of empty vodka bottles at night, and the mothers just ignore their (bratty) kids for hours. It's unsupervised so you really do need to keep an eye out for bumps.

Sad thing is, the bratty kids are only trying to get some much needed maternal attention.

Awful place. I never go, send dh instead

'bratty kids'

OMG - so glad to have read this thread.

I never realised that I was meant to be tanked up on vodka to take my child to soft play.

Should I be buying miniature bottles - or go the whole hog and take a litre with me?

Dh always says you have to be drunk to find soft play bearable - I'm beginning to think he wasn't joking

I see now that soft play could become bearable...

The soft play at brent cross shopping centre used to have alcohol on its menu.

Perfumedlife I hope you give your DH money for vodka milk when you send him

awww how disgusting to deposit empty bottles in the bunny bun i have never been so horrified...most mothers I know are posh enough for a hip flask. [hgrin]

YABU (and I noticed, have not returned to defend yourself).

Now that that is out the way. I LOVE soft play as it is the one place (other than home) I can put DS down to crawl around while I have a sit down and a cuppa. Other babies bash into him and he into others but the ground is soft so its all ok.

Thanks for the toastie info, I thought that's what they were, so now I really don't get why this is, implicitly, a "better" option than the shitenuggets which the otherfeckless mums buy.

well... it isn't really

yes, indeed, the bratty kids. As opposed to the regular rough and tuble kids. How to differentiate, as not all kids are well bahaved. Bratty sums them up, these are kids who seem to have bare minimal parental attention. It does have an impact, and it's there for all to see

Other words : wild, out of control, violent, antagonistic. Take your pick.

The menu should read......

Chicken nuggets and Slush

Toastie and Milk

Vodka and Lemonade

Mmmm hungry and thirsty now

Tumble even

wehn i go to soft play i like a sugar rush and caffine hit. normally in the form of tea and cakes.

Come to think of it, he does always volounteer to go

I dont think you should be so judgemental, things like this do happen and it is upsetting but i'm sure at some point you will be in the other mums position. :)

LOL softplay.

The chicken nuggets at our one are yummy, I order them for myself. There are organic and everything, though this is Chelsea.

Personally, I think all adults attending softplay should be handed a complimentary pack containing a set of ear plugs and a vodka shot with a valium chaser.

so.... I think, overwehlmingly...

YABU