To of expected the mom to say sorry

[mummyto6]

I took my 3 lo's to cheeky chimpz play zone last night,with my friend and her lo's.They all played lovely.Then a little girl about 2yrs bite my ds 20mths on his mouth.You could see a full set of teeth marks on ds top lip,he still has the marks this morning.The little girls mom saw this happen and i also told her.She didn't say a thing,but i noticed she followed her around alnight.She also grabed another lo's ear and gave a good pull and again the mom said nothing.Why do some people find sorry so hard to say.

[LieselVentouse]

"To have expected the mother to say sorry

• tsk tsk

[mumto3girls]

What did she say when you told her?surely you didn't let her get away with saying absolutely nothing?

That childsounds like she needs some supervision!!

[mummyto6]

lol where's that hole gone

[SoupDragon]

You're right, she should have apologised.

[SoupDragon]

Ar eyou going to apologise for that grammatical error then? Hmm? It's the current MN equivalent of biting )

[mummyto6]

I think i was in shock.She just stood there looking at me like i was crazy.

[oliveoil]

what are lo's?

[SoupDragon]

little ones.

[oliveoil]

aha

maybe she was embarrassed?

[SoupDragon]

I always apologise for any roughness my children inflict and I expect others to do the same. And when they apologise, I always say "That's OK, I know what they can be like" because I know 99% of children go through a violent stage.

[mummyto6]

I'm digging a hole,to jump into,but i will say sorry.
To have expected Not to of expected.

[mummyto6]

I was more angry at the mom than to lo.I have 6 lo's and know they can do things that they shouldn't some times.My poor ds had just woke up and was just standing watch everybody.He wondered what had happened poor baby.

[LieselVentouse]

Oliveoil, seriously, youve been here four years and you didnt know what lo's were???????

[meto]

no you're not i've just had a similar exp (won't hijack your thread with it thou cos i'm fuming) but seriously i really winds me up sometimes.

[mummydoit]

Same thing happened to my DS a few weeks ago but the parents were sitting in the garden outside. I couldn't tell which of the three or four families outside the child belonged to so I couldn't mention it to them. During the remaining 45 minutes we were there, they did not once come in to check their child (aged about 2). DS had bite marks on his arm for two days.

[rabbleraiser]

She should have apologized. When children are very small they need to be closely watched at play ... not just for the bad things they do but the good things as well.

Most children go through a violent phase ... but left unchecked, the phase could develop into a more permanent pattern of behaviour.

[Jonut]

I've just come back froma holiday with "friends" whose child hurt DD1 on quite a few occasions (he even stood on her head at ohne point!!)and she ignored it every time. The child was careful not to do anything when his father was around though as he did discipline him.

[rabbleraiser]

I'm guessing you won't be going with them next year, then?

[WelshMum23]

my brother's dd (26 months) is the same she is very rough and tumble with my 6yr old and our 22month old while the 6yr old can take it, he should not have to, our 22month old cant and is often is tears because of nieces hairpulling and kicking if my brother or his gf dont say anything to the child (90% of the time they dont) then i step up and tell her that's it's naughty and that it hurts and to say sorry obv you cant do that with a stranger's child in that circumstance i would diffently say something to the parent