Soft play. Lack of supervision

[mysterytoddler]

I take my 19 month old DD to soft play most weeks since they’ve reopened. I’m 7 months pregnant with DC2.

I’m so sick of parents not supervising their kids properly. Today was a classic. Another mum with 2 boys, at a guess I’d say that the oldest was 7, youngest 3. Both really boisterous kids. The mum spent most of the time sat at her table on her phone. She checked on them now and again but mostly left them to it. At one point she even took the toddler to the toilet and left the older one completely unsupervised.
I took DD to the large bit of the soft play that’s recommended for older ones which is my own doing but DD is really headstrong and finds the baby bit really boring now. But they were running all over the place and she got knocked over twice.

I also don’t understand why the 7 year old wasn’t at school. Part of the reason we go on weekdays is because it’s quieter and usually full of toddlers. I wouldn’t go on weekends cos I accept that there will be school age kids there.

I’m just sick of it. I manage to clamber all over the equipment and supervise my toddler despite being heavily pregnant. I don’t understand why it’s so difficult for others to do the same

I wouldn't let a 3 year old just go off on their own at soft play, I'd be nearby keeping an eye. A 7 year old I would let them go off on their own but I would still keep an eye on them from my seat so I had an idea of where they were. Accidents can happen at soft play, even if everything is padded, usually accidents where kids have collided with each other or accidentally kicked another kid in the face or sometimes kids can be mean to other kids. I think it's sensible to be vigilant, but you can do that without following them round the whole place. But toddlers, no I wouldn't just let them wander off whilst sitting on my phone.

You are going to be highly stressed out as a parent if your so judgy about another parent. For context late 20s is not young its normal. In reality you being 40 is more seen as an older mum. Soft play always has been always will be hell. If your kid comes out unscathed you are doing well. There is always some kid misbehaving somehow. And a tip, put your kid in a bright coloured t-shirt so easier to find in the darken chaos crowd of kids

Unless they're headstrong

#obvs

Thank fuck my days of having to sit in softplay are over

You where lucky @mysterytoddler that it was your toddler knocked over and not you.
If you can't tell your headstrong 19 month old no now there's no chance when she's older.

@mysterytoddler it’s not nice that your toddler was knocked over and you’re entitled to ask them to be more careful around your child but other than that you are complaining for no reason. Its completely fine that the mother left the 7 year old for 5 minutes whilst she took the other one to the toilet. It’s also fine that she wanted to sit on her phone whilst her children played. Is it really any of your business?