Is the rule unreasonable?

[zebedeetwinkle]

My DD (who was two in July) started swimming lessons this morning. (It's in a gym complex, if it makes a difference) It was a small class of about five other two year olds. The rule of the gym is that all children under 3 years old have to wear a swim nappy. I didn't think this was unreasonable, likely some two year olds won't be potty trained and to prevent accidents etc. in the pool they want them all in nappys. So as I'm putting my DD in her nappy and swimming costume in the changing room, another Mum that I vaguely know comes and asks what I'm doing, and that she thought DD was potty trained, (which she is). I explained the rule and she said that she already knew but her DS was potty trained (but still two) and she thought it was a ridiculous rule and wasn't going to do it. I kind of ignored it and took my DD through but then the other mum kicks up a right fuss with the swimming teacher, screaming and swearing and ended up storming out of the pool with her poor DS! Is she a CF? Or is the rule unreasonable?

You have to ask yourself which is worse: all the DCs wearing nappies or swimming in water with a floating turd/ pee. Kids at age can still have accidents.

@tlove I found this really helpful when I first joined mumsnet... www.mumsnet.com/info/acronyms

So many people seem to fly into an unreasonable rage for the slightest reason recently. Are they all on glue?

@BetsyBigNose that's the link that says cystic fibrosis

She's a CF. Even potty trained 2 year olds can have an accident

CF in this context is cheeky fucker i believe

Essential rule in my opinion. The large visible poos are only part of the problem. Other faecal matter might not be spotted and leads to pools becoming a more common place to pick up a nasty parasite called giardiasis, which chlorine does not protect against.

My 9 year old was so upset when we arrived at the local swimming pool to find it closed for the rest of the day because of poo.

If you really weren't sure who the unreasonable party was in this story, the screaming and swearing and ended up storming out of the pool bit might be a clue It's a sensible rule, we never had a problem with it, although the swim nappies are stupidly expensive and DD never once did a poo in them.

(Swim nappies only hold poo btw! If they were able to soak up water they’d reach their limit the second you put them in the pool... You can buy one packet of the disposable kind and wash them over and over until they fall apart - and just tear the sides apart and then chuck them if you get a Code Zero.)

Our pool is regularly shut for poo accidents. Yours sounds extremely sensible.

entirely sensible, we even did it when we went to Centre Parcs just in case, because the number of times the pools was closed for poo incidents was disgusting, I even found some in my hair - boke!