To think places for children should open earlier?

[Crocodileintheriver]

Just seen this on my Instagram and could not agree more! Everywhere for children opens way to late, should be open earlier.

I can only imagine most people on this thread have well behaved good sleepers lol. If you have a very hyperactive 7yr old who is raring and ready to go every day from 4.45-5am, asking when you’re going out every 8 mins and tearing around like a lunatic on speed with no let up, you kinda wish everywhere was open at 7am just so you could regain a small amount of your sanity 😬 it’s not always about lazy parenting and not being able to deal with kids for a few hours.

I know what you mean but businesses do research this kind of stuff, and if it would be profitable, they would do it!

Personally I can't imagine going out anywhere til after 9am with young dc, I'm just not a morning person! Even when my DC were up at 6 or 7, I'd just play with them bleary eyed at home. I don't want to be up and out at 8 or so looking fresh, plus it's rush hour til 9ish anyway so .. part of the fun of being off work with DC is not having to be up and out at 8am!

@How288 I agree with you, but most parents do not. Most places do not start getting busy until about 11am.

I don’t understand why people can’t think of some entertainment for just a couple of hours surely? The world doesn’t revolve around these kids and theirs and their parents’ need for instant entertainment. No wonder there are so many impatient people these days everything has to be given on a plate and given now!

Agree entirely. Early weekend mornings are what TV is for.

Day after day after day, though. When you’ve been up hourly all night and the day has already lasted 10 hours and it’s 8am, sometimes with a baby/small hyperactive goblin you just want someone/something else to deliver the entertainment somewhere there is also cake and coffee and fresh air to slap you awake.

I thank god my terrible sleeper has morphed into something of a slugabed these days.

Agree we can never do any activities in the morning as they only open at 10am and our toddler needs to nap at 12 so is heading downhill by 11am.
Then a lot of them close by 4pm and by the time we get up from his nap and out of the house it doesn't leave much time.
9am or even 9.30am would be great for family leisure activities like zoo's, soft play etc.

5 hours is not a couple.

'it’s better to take your child out than to have them going through a “spirited” (ie naughty) phase at home.'

Translation:

'Its beter to take your naughty kid out to a place with others so you can ignore them than to have them make a mess in your own house'

Instead work on teaching your kid not to be 'spirited' (ie a brat) at a home before subjecting everyone else too it because you can't be bothered.

I used to work in a softplay centre when I was a teenager - I'm fairly sure you wouldn't have wanted any of us supervising your kids & making your breakfasts at 8:30.....half the time we weren't home til 3am!

Because they have parents

I am up every day

Sorry posted too soon! I am up every day between 5 and 6am so have been like this for years with small DC. They have all been early risers. 10am is like half way through the day!

Don't get up so early?

5.15 is the middle of the night. I don't do daytime parenting til 8am.

I would just like to put a shout out for the wonderful Peckham Pulse 2004- 2006 baby swimming at 8 and soft play open till 6 or possibly even 6:30. Saved my salinity in the Winter months.

No I didn’t mean to be out with them all day, but if they’re awake at 5am there are only so many puzzles / sticker books / blocks / dolly’s tea parties you can do before feeling like you’ll go mad and realising it’s only 8am!

Sanity

I've always found the baby and toddler groups way too early! They usually clash with DS's mid morning naps, which can be really annoying. I find there's hardly any groups on in the afternoon, which would be a much better time for us.

They have to be staffed, and not everyone has kids on antisocial schedules. Mine got up 7.30-8am from toddlers, main problem was getting to preschool on time!

This thread is full of horrible comments.
MN is never supportive of mothers. Ironic really.

what a sanctimonious take on something I did not say, why the fuck are posters on MN like this

If they’re up at 5am then yes, by 8am they’ll often still have energy and want to run around a soft play park more than they’ll be happy to sit reading another book. My children are very well behaved while out, but they’re still toddlers and have boundless energy. I certainly don’t sit and ignore them while out or expect they can go somewhere to make a mess.

your message is just so bloody rude for something that I didn’t even say

There are some real, real weirdos on here who hate mothers and children. I have no idea why they hang around parenting websites always having a go at mothers. What a way to spend your short time on this earth. My advice is to generally ignore anyone who uses words like 'entitled' 'selfish' 'brats' 'breed' etc. They are never here in good faith, their comments are never helpful or thoughtful or even interesting!

The trouble is my baby did daytime daughterhood from 4.30am some days, so the parenting part isn’t always optional.

I go out woodland walks with my youngest children who are up very early. Usually out the door 9am at weekends for at least one hour. 5yo and 7yo.

I do activities with them, they aren't just dumped somewhere so I can leave them to it - as if. They don't attend soft play, I tend to avoid places like this as I prefer the outdoors.

Agreed. Kids should be able to entertain themselves for a few hrs in the morning .