About toddler in the hairdressers?

[IfIHadAHeart]

I love coming to the hairdressers. It’s a treat, a bit of a pamper session and time to myself. Today’s appointment has been completely spoiled but I’m not sure if IABU!!

When I arrived, the customer next to me was half way through a full head of foils with a restless toddler on her knee. The little girl has screamed, shouted, run around the salon, had a tantrum, climbed on a cabinet and knocked a display over and is currently sharpening pencils leaving the shavings all over the floor. Mum has made very limited efforts to entertain her, and the poor hairdresser looks ever so flustered.

It has not been a pleasant experience. I keep telling myself to think kind thoughts and perhaps it’s Mum’s only chance for a bit of pampering herself, but I can’t control my face sometimes and the mirrored walls mean she has probably seen me glaring 😂

IABU to think you don’t bring toddlers to a three hour hair appointment?!

"I’ve always gone to a hairdresser whose selling point is that children are always welcome to ensure that parents are able to go and get their hair cut without worrying."

@ChessieFL I'm very curious to know what kind of facilities this hairdresser provides. A sectioned area with toys? With a gate and everything?
Never saw anything remotely like this. Interesting

I’ve always gone to a hairdresser whose selling point is that children are always welcome to ensure that parents are able to go and get their hair cut without worrying.

What a strange business model, designed to attract a very small percentage of the population (women with children under school age) and put off the other 99% of potential customers.

Indeed. Makes you wonder if that is actually the case or if pp is "that" customer

I couldn’t think of anything worse than brining my toddler along to my hair appointment but I know some hairdressers say it’s fine, you say the hairdresser was looking flustered - she may be rethinking saying kids welcome (if it was something originally said!)
Not saying you are unreasonable but I don’t think it would bother me though- not my child so not my responsibility … filter out the chaos haha

Link to the salon I was talking about

ymsalon.co.uk/the-salon/

Oh good lord 😂"We also provide a certificate with a lock of hair for those precious 1st haircuts"

Ahhh. In fairness, no adult with any sense would go there.

My salon unfortunately has the same atmosphere (it tried to ban kids under 5 and all the local mummies kicked off on social media) and I actually wish your sort of salon existed so all of the mums could fuck off their with their little darlings.

Really tricky. Do you have to pay a deposit? Maybe her childcare fell through and she had no option and couldn’t afford to lose the money

That sounds heavenly!