Son was sick in the playground

[humanz]

Was at a local playground today. First time since it's reopened. Son was happy playing and wasn't really interested in other kids. He's 21 months old. He ran over to me for a feed then ran back to the slide. I stood at the bottom and waited f him. He was sick at the top of the slide and another child slid down and got sick on his trousers. It was a tiny amount but still not nice. The child literally slid down a second after he was sick and I couldn't sort it out in time. He's not unwell, I think it was just a mixture of milk and excitement/running around.

Cue child's father swearing and ranting. "Stupid bloody woman" and "are you going to pay my dry cleaning bill" - he was really aggressive and angry and wouldn't accept my apologies. He walked with his kid over to his partner and she also started and said "absolute tramps"

I just scooped my son up and went home and am still feeling a bit meh about it

If you were them, would you have reacted the same?

@humanz 2.5 definitely would have had spare clothes, I was imagining 5-6. Don't worry, if I was at the park I would have come over to check if you were ok and needed anything or offered a pack of crackers to settle your lo's stomach. Some people are just like cavemen's. I'm sure the other people that witnessed this were probably shocked at that stupid couples behaviour, not your lo being sick on a slide!

@2bazookas

Thanks @Newbiehere123 you sound like a very nice person

YANBU Yes it’s gross but it’s the sort of thing that happens with small children occasionally

I would have more sympathy if he’d been worried from an infection POV (though still unreasonable to shout at you since you’d had no time to do anything about it) but not the “dry cleaning” angle. Sounds like he just wanted money off you, crazy man. Nobody in their right mind would buy dry clean only clothes for a toddler, and if they did they wouldn’t let them wear them in the park!

I wouldnt give it a 2nd thought...and u certainly shouldnt be embarassed,by sounds of it they made completely arses out of themselves with their overreaction..

No I wouldn't be like that about milky toddler sick, my kids who are 9 and 12 might display a bit more disgust than me, that's because they didn't go through their own toddler sick years cleaning it up. I'd probably hurry them home to get cleaned up but not get angry about it.

I can completely empathize. My ds has cyclical vomiting so vomits a lot, often. He was finally diagnosed with it at 11 years old. Up until then, I just spent a lot of time apologizing and trying to explain that there was no illness as far as we knew...just unexplained vomiting. It was a nightmare when he was a baby/toddler because he didn't catch it before it happened. Once he was about 4 or 5, he was pretty adept at vomiting into a plastic bag. And we always have a plastic bag or two handy.

Didn't think I'd be so shaken by a couple of people shouting at me but everyone was looking at me and I just felt this overwhelming sense of panic and embarrassment
you could have retorted 'are you going to pay my therapist bill now that you've traumatised me by being verbally abusive'
not that it would have helped
what a horrid bully person:(
if he behaves like that in public....

This is an unbelievable over reaction. These things happen when kids play together. Him and his wife were completely out of line and who dry cleans their kids clothes? He needs a reality check. Shame he wanted to have a go at you.

Some people were quite nice about it and lots were just awful like your guy in the playground....You did nothing wrong.

I'm also quite paranoid at the moment as a black woman in a predominantly white area and always have this little voice in my head telling me there COULD be a racist tinge to certain things... but of course I don't know that.

Of course he was in the wrong to shout, it is pretty grim and inwardly I would be disgusted, but polite.

No. They sound like fucking loons.

If I was there I'd have felt terrible for you and tried to help:)

I wouldn’t have cared!

I would have grabbed my baby wipes, wiped trousers, waved off your apologies and carried on playing.

Honestly he over reacted.

@Soubriquet it was the smallest amount, you could definitely have wiped it off with a baby wipe!

YANBU. They sound like dicks.

What a knob. I’d be mortified if my husband carried on like that... dry cleaning bill jog on mate. If it makes you feel any better, one of my kids had a crazy swim nappy explosion in the pool on holiday once. Whole thing ended up closed for hours. Very awkward but no one yelled at me 🙄

Massive overreaction. Obviously it’s not nice for anyone to have sick on their clothes, especially an unknown child, but these things happen. The other parents were just rude.

What a dick. I'd be secretly worried it was a stomach bug. But would I be rude! Nope! I would ask if you needed help and stuff.

Also who sends a toddler to the park in immaculate expensive clothes that need a dry clean. Sounds a right moron.

If it makes you feel better. Picture this. Took my almost three year old to a cafe when her baby bro was about 1/2 weeks old. Couple and kid on the table next to us were chatting to us and interested in the baby. Daughter drinks a banana milk drink really fast. She reached over to me and grabbed my arm. With that three massive hurls of banana milk came back out. Soaked the floor. Soaked the table. I was mortified. People on the next table couldn't look at us. Partner had to ask a nervous worker backing off for a binbag and a cloth. It was horrible. But we survived.

My child's also prone to travel sickness. So we've had some very stressful journeys.

Big hug to you. I'd have said to the man I'm sure your child has vomited before. He's clearly a snob. Bluddy dry cleaning bill. Maybe he should go to Asda for some playing out clothes! X

I'm so scared of sick so I'd be very very worried/scared but no I wouldn't shout at you.

That seems a bit ott, but I wouldn't have been giving milk just before that kind of physical play if I'm honest.

Agreed. Those people were ridiculous, but milk + toddler + running around a park is a baaad idea.

Stick to water or juice next time.

Pay him no further thoughts op. Total over reaction. He didn’t give you time to respond or want to listen. Some people just live an argument 🙄.

I’d laugh, I’m sorry you came across such an aggressive man.