To use a parent and child parking space

[Marymaymay]

I'm 35 weeks pregnant and huge (size 10 everywhere else but a larger than average bump) with hips which are gradually displacing, almost constant braxton hicks and generally exhausted and a bit pathetic.

What would you think if you saw me use a parent and child's space at the supermarket?

I have before. A woman walking up behind me made a snide comment rather loudly so I turned round and she nearly walked into my bump.

She muttered sorry then walked off. Fast.

YABU. You don't need the extra space as much as others.

It's not a point system. The OP either needs it (she does) and such spaces are intended for people like her (they are), or not.
The same goes for disabled spaces

Packergator
You should have photographed it. There's a thread where we'd love to see the evidence.

The DM too.
Remember your sad face.

They're fair game for everyone now, I actually see more people without kids using them than with. I just view them as a bonus if they're free, if not, I just pro somewhere else which is fIne.

Weller

YABU. You don't need the extra space as much as others.

Can we play car park top trumps?

So if a woman with three toddlers and SPD wanted to use the spaces, would that trump you and render you unable to park in parent and child?

Shit! Can't believe I passed up on the opportunity for a DM sad face! I'll be more mindful next time.

Maybe they need to be rebranded as special circumstance spaces, to be used by those with mobility issues short of disability and people who need extra space for opening doors. The levels of required spaces could be increased broadly in line with the amount of required disabled spaces, though given the number of those that are empty, the proportion of disabled spaces could be slightly reduced. Impossible to police though.

Number of bb spaces should not be decreased since they are essential. I think it would be reasonable to turn some of the p and c spaces into accessible spaces since it is difficult to get a bb even with significant mobility problems and you cannot get one for needing extra room getting out of the car.

I think it depends how old the car park is. Our local Sainsbury has so many disabled use spaces that the vast majority are always empty. However the older Tesco has hardly any in comparison.

There always needs to be more bb spaces than is thought are needed to make sure everyone who has a bb gets a space.

Duvet and redbin aught to be bloody ashamed of themselves.
Op go right ahead.
People ferrying people with mobility issues shy of be, please drop them off.
We have infant twins, if we can't get a p&c parking space we can't get them out of the bloody car so we have to either go to the very back of the carpark and hope it doesn't fill up, or load the babies with the car pulled out into the middle of the road.
I baby wear and use public transport for anything I absolutely have to go to because of selfish bumholes like redbin and duvet and I hope you get unpleasant itching of the lady garden.

You cannot always drop off people with mobility issues since some cannot be left on their own.

If the p&c places were there or would be brilliant, the issue is normally someone parking directly next to us, leading to us having to pull the car out and put the babies in in the middle of the road.
If they can't be left alone they should have a blue badge.

YABU. You don't need the extra space as much as others

you are pushing it, we can't make a priority system based on the number of children you have. You could argue that you are more in need of the space with newborn twins (or triplets) and their car seat than someone with a single baby, but whilst not untrue, it's totally unreasonable!

Sainsburys putting the age limit at 12 yo is unreasonable too!
It's perfectly fine for an heavily pregnant woman, how are you supposed to go back into your car otherwise? Wait for the shop to close and the car parked next to yours to leave?

They should have a blue badge but they frequently don't. You are not entitled to a bb for learning difficulties etc no matter how severe. You may get one on a discretionary basis but that depends upon individual councils. Meanwhile people need to get out and about and are entitled to reasonable adjustment which using a p and c space is.

Totally OK. You have a baby on board.

Sorry, but why would you need a bb or indeed a special car parking space for a learning difficulty?

Genuinely asking, I don't get it!

No understanding of safety, challenging behaviour,use of wheelchair even though you can walk, need help getting in and out of vehicle, specialist harness in vehicle, sensory difficulties.

People ferrying people with mobility issues shy of be, please drop them off.

Certainly not always that simple!!!

Go for it op!
People are over the top about the spaces.
I use them with my 7 and a half year old and have had a few looks- but just because she looks "normal" doesn't mean she doesn't have problems, don't judge!

If they can't be left alone they should have a blue badge.

Back in the real world.....

Life isn't black and white more that simple.