turned away from beauticians because I had my baby with me

[PattyO46]

I have just been turned away from a beauty salon because 'we don't allow children '. Not only do I not have childcare but my baby is so exclusively breast fed. I feel so upset, humiliated and angry. Is this a commonly accepted practice?!

They don't have to be toxic to be unpleasant or have an effect on a person.

Most people can't spend five mins in lush for instance.

numbre several salons ive been to the beauticians are wearing masks

why do you think that is

Gabsalot I dont know. Did they hand you one? I mean if they were going to poison clients I would imagine their business model is not great.

Of course you are being unreasonable! You simply cant expect everywhere to accommodate a small baby! A beauty salon is one such place for all the reasons previous posters have stated. When my DDs were small my DH treated me to a facial at a lovely salon. I arranged to have the treatment when he was home so childcare was covered. I spent the whole treatment not relaxed and really annoyed because another woman had brought a baby and toddler to her pedicure! The baby cried and the toddler was running around banging on the door of my treatment room. The staff apologised and did offer me another half price treatment but I never went back after that. The salon are quite within their rights to refuse you treatment with a baby.

I don't see what the baby being exclusively breastfed has to do with anything. I presume you weren't planning on feeding it while you were having your legs waxed?

And I've never been to a nail salon where the technicians don't wear facemasks. There's no way I'd take a newborn into one

Has the OP found an alternative salon willing to take her pfb while she has her vagazilling done?

Maybe the reason people apparently find Britain so unfriendly is cos it's full of stupid people wanting to do stupid things and we need tighter laws stating the bloody obvious in order to protect us.

My own definition
'Exclusively breast fed' = I want the world to know I breast feed I am thoroughly proud of myself.
'Breast fed' I'm a mum breast feeding my baby on breast milk
Mix fed 'I breast feed until my nipples begin to drop off/hallucinate through lack of sleep then i pass the bottle to DH/DP any passing stranger to give me a break.
Formula fed ' I'm a mum who formula feeds her baby'.

I don't see what the baby being exclusively breastfed has to do with anything.
It's relevant to hospital appointments and other unavoidable important things that you have to go to, but you also can't leave your baby with anyone else

but "I just literally CAN'T get my lash tint unless I take my baby"...
um, K, just don't then!

Really wicks? Blimey, I could never be arsed to read that much into the word 'exclusive' would just assume that they don't have formula for whatever reason (parental or baby choice) I couldn't give a toss how people feed their babies.

"Exclusive" isn't symonymous with "constant", is it? Even the most militant breast feeder gets the odd half hour off over the course of the day
How long can a leg wax possibly take?

Rude and bad customer service only if your baby was crying then maybe they have a point

Well the point is kinda lost if your half way through your treatment ajd there's no choice but to continue amongst said baby crying

And a mother and a breastfed baby are a biological unit. Their bodies and hormones are in synch and it's harder to separate them.

Oh I've read it all now!!

What a load of tosh!

Oops, well I've done this several times! Not for a long treatment I suppose, just an eyebrow wax, and only when the kids have been at that age that they're pretty content just lying in the pram. DS2 is 8 months now and he'd be too active now.

Bollocks is it discrimination. They wouldn't let any babies in, breastfed or not.

Because who is going to look after that baby/be responsible for it if it needs something halfway through a vajazzle or whatever? You can argue a baby is strapped in a pram but where do you draw the line. Would you say it's ok to take a toddler and expect the other staff to keep an eye on them for you while you were indisposed?

Would you expect to take a baby to a two hour hairdresser appt?

Numberoneisgone

Are you always this thick or just on special occasions.

Babies bodies are different to adults, things that are fine for adults are not fine for babies, have you noticed in recent years people tend not to smoke with their baby in their arms?

That a baby can overheat more easily than an adult? That's why you don't leave them in cars on sunny days.

Yes a chemical you or I could breath in may do us no harm but do you want to risk it with a baby?

What annoys me about the 'I cannot possibly be separated from my baby, everywhere should allow children' is that when people post saying that children have spoiled something bu just being children (and it does happen) they're told to just go somewhere that is alts only. All the pubs near me are so child friendly that groups of parents with their children use the for their weekly catch up. It really isn't unreasonable to have some places that are adult only. Similarly,it is not discriminatory that some places are just not appropriate for children.

It's a beauty salon not a bus station. People are there to relax and be looked after. They don't want crying infants in the background. Arrange a mobile appointment next time, if you can't leave your child with someone for an hour.

YABU (but you probably already know that by now). You should have rang ahead to check what their policy was on allowing babies to accompany their parent to appointments. In my experience, some salons allow infants and others don't. If you must take your baby with you then you need to find a salon that allows this and avoid the ones that don't.

As an aside, I exclusively breastfed where is my medal? I want a medal and still didn't take the baby to the salon with me. I go to the salon to hide from my children for a few hours, I'd be most miffed if I got there and had to listen to someone else's baby cry while I got my roots done.

YABU OP. I've just finished work for summer break and I've booked to for a full body massage, wax, gel nails, gel toenails, eyelash tint and eyebrow shape. I don't want to be near children after the term I've had! I want to relax and be pampered in an adult only environment. If only I could do the same with the plane journey

I wouldn't surprised if it invalidates their insurance in terms of not having children under a certain age in their salon. Tbh if they do things like acrylic nails etc, I would also avoid taking a baby in there because of the fumes etc. As a few other people have suggested a mobile therapist may be just what you need right now.

Everywhere round here says no under 12s. I always assumed it was for safety but I guess the no screeching is a bonus.

I took my ds to the dentist, hairdressers, beauty salon, chiropractors, doctors.
I only went to the beauty salon a few times and that was for a massage as I was in pain. He slept in his pram.
I had no choice and no help. Now he's at school I go without him.

the fumes i could prob handle for my session but a baby i wouldnt subject to it