to have fed my baby here?

[ariane5]

Went shopping yesteerday.ds1. Jas a blu badge so we parked in a disabled space.went to shops and back to car couple of hours later. We have 4 dcs and the baby 7 mths started screaming and was hungry.by then the car park was packd. I started to feed ds while dh got other dcs in car and an elderly couple drove past and politely asked if we were leaving, dh said sorry not yet then 2 other drivers did the same but the fourth stopped got out and said please could we hurry up, I explained that when I had fed ds we would be going but she was really angry and said a disabled space is not just for sitting in that we should go immediately. I was only another ten mins fding ds it is hard enough going out as all dcs have same condition and ds2 was really screaming I had to feed him as it was a long drive home. Was I being unreasonable?

How can you say that??!?! That would mean no after eights.

Or mojitos (ok they don't have chocolate but they aren't toothpaste)

Or mint sauce on lamb chops

or... about a gad zillion yummy minty things.

There must be some legislation about this... I should google it. Perhaps Nolittle could help me.

::passing non-alcoholic mulled wine to OP in case she feels the same way about mint::

Mint on lamb ok because it's savoury.

Mint in mojitos.. I don't like mojitos so you can have that too.

After eights, are ok but they are dark chocolate. You can keep them too.

The rest of minty chocolate < sick face

By coincidence I have a bf baby he's 8 and a half months old and because today 2 of my bb holding older dc's left school early for dentist appointments I thought to myself I know I shall give this a go and see what happens.

Now the obvious differences are I know my dc's disabilities and I do know that keeping them out and about in town when its cold longer than absolutely needed can cause huge problems as can having to listen to aforementioned baby crying and we do not know that about the op but we do know because she has said that returning to the shopping centre or taking the bb holder out of the car again would have been an issue.

Anyway I took dc's to the dentist and parked in a bb parking space ( la space not private company ) as it would happen my dentist is 4 doors down from the transport management teams office that incorporate the parking ambassadors ( fancy name for traffic warden) so pretty much guaranteed I would have several pass the car,

I displayed a bb relating to a dc not myself after the dentist I returned to the car baby woke up as we walked out of the warm dentists so I put the dc in the car and after the slandered tug on my top from baby I sat in car and bf baby during the time I was there a group of 3 came out I called one over and directly asked if I was misusing the badge in any way by being parked in the bay at the end of my outing to feed the baby before I started my journey home.

The answer was no. Providing I was following the instructions on traffic signs that I was not leaving the bb holder in the car whilst I went shopping/ left the car and providing I was displaying the bb for one of the cars occupants and not one for a person who was absent then all was well.

I also asked if a bb holder returned to the car wishing to eat/ check map/ make phone call ect before leaving the bay would that be ok again the answer was this is fine. You are allowed to do everything a none blue badge holder is allowed to do before vacating a space in the allotted time for your stay to not allow a bb holder to do so would be against the law.

Apparently this is something they get asked lots due to people getting a bit weird about parking spaces.

Tomorrow I am in a different county I'm more than happy to try it again there just to see what happens.

And may I have some mulled wine please as I like the stuff

-- with cinnamon stick to stir it

at deliberately parking in a disabled space and feeding a baby with the express purpose of flagging a warden down to find out if it's within the rules. Then offering to do the same thing elsewhere.

Why not just call them instead? [Confused]

Yay Sock! I love it! Test case proof the op did nowt wrong!

I haven't even finished reading the thread but feel compelled to reply. Nolittle you are incredibly rude, entitled and unfair and apparently se to have no compassion for your fellow mother at all.
I'm also disabled and I'd happily let the OP keep the parking space and feed her baby. I'm gobsmacked that anyone would think otherwise.

See I read it as the opportunity arose for sock to test the theory that is being questioned here, so she did and common sense has prevailed!

at deliberately parking in a disabled space and feeding a baby with the express purpose of flagging a warden down to find out if it's within the rules.

You seem to have missed the bit about taking two BB holders to the dentist and parking there for that purpose. She didn't just drive around town looking for traffic wardens to park next to.

bold fail.

Do I get bunned for that?

:)

She deliberately called them over though! What was she going to do if they told her she couldn't do it? Unlatch the baby and move on?

Then offering to do it in another county weirdness.

Nowt so queer as folk.

I'm guessing she was pretty confident she wasn't breaching the rules! Plus she had the back up of her own badge if they were to say she were!

Mint aero bubble anyone? Dh had just presented me with a bag

I am laughing very much at 'do it in another county'
And humming 'Wichita Linesman'

chicane I actually went to town to go to the dentist, mine and the dc's dentist just happens to be on the same street. I fed the baby in the car after the appointment but knowing he would need it at about that time in advance and that one of the bb holding dc's would find it less upsetting for me to do so in the car.

And I did phone up and directly ask many hours ago long before I went out, I phoned 2 different la's so in essence I knew in advance there was absolutely nothing wrong with doing so,but that was not good enough for some people on this thread.

Raise your eyebrows all you want but given that 2 people who issue bb told me its ok and 1 actual traffic warden now has, I'm pretty certain I can offer to go to as many cities as I wish and have reason to visit and do exactly the same thing well apart from Westminster as they have some very strange rules regarding bb but I have no real need to go there so won't.

Not even to see "call me Dave" sock? :o

She deliberately called them over though!

and that is allowed too as a blue badge holder. Unless you are suggesting that people with disabilities shouldn't talk to people.

What was she going to do if they told her she couldn't do it? Unlatch the baby and move on?

yeah probably, not a big stretch.

And just incase you need to know the other county I am visiting is to meet up with a friend who wants me to attend an appointment with her and I would be taking the baby anyway its fair to say at sometime during the day he will need feeding and Sod's law says it would be just as I want to drive home.

I'm not just going to randomly go to another place just to bf in the car, that would be a silly use of petrol.

QED Sock, nice one :)

Will the people arguing against come and admit they're wrong now I wonder?
By rights they should, sadly I very much doubt it!

Part of there job is informing road users of the rules to prevent traffic obstruction. So it's perfectly acceptable to call them over and ask a question regarding where one can park.

And yes I would have moved should they have said I had to.

ignore the eyebrow wagglers sock you have actually done more to promote and defend blue badge holders rights than anyone else on this thread. in a proactive and positive manner while getting on with your life. Which is what 'rights' are all about.

Only one 'eyebrow waggler' that I can see