Taking a sick child to a supermarket carrying a bowl to be sick in

[Auburngal]

My mum saw this at the supermarket. Child was about 6 at a guess. He looked sick and was carrying a bowl with some sick in it.

Supermarkets are open longer, have food couriers (Just Eat etc) and supermarkets' own food couriers - Sainsburys ChopChop, Tesco Express Whoosh and now supermarkets offer later day deliveries. Plus the mum could have messaged a friend, relative etc to pick up some food items to tie her over til child is well enough. I know the food couriers charge a lot more. We had a customer a few days ago on the food courier service we have ordering one loaf of bread costing 80p in the store and cost them £4.10!

I'm sure the mum wasn't all alone - no contact with anyone who could help. Plus there are local FB groups - Spotted.... I bet someone would respond to her pleas.

Fellow shoppers and my mum were horrified with sight. Not sure if anyone said anything to the mum. My mum was worried that people could pick up the bug the boy was carrying. Mum doesn't know if he touched anything in the store.

Would you drag your DC if they were throwing up in a supermarket?

People don’t let their dogs shit in the supermarket though.

For the hard of thinking…not literally standing in the doorway 😂🤣😂

You can leave a 6 year old next to or just outside the entrance to a small shop for a few minutes.

For home deliveries and click n collect there is a minimum spend, maybe mum didn’t have to get much shopping?

I wouldn't

Even that… Like one of the teddy bear sentinels at Hamleys at Christmas , only a kid with a bowl of vomit! 😂

Last year, I was on the bus going home from hospital with mum. When I got of the bus, there was a mum coming off with pushchair. Wheel got caught up. I managed to free it.

“I was perfectly ok without help” screamed the mum.

I could see her if I didn’t do anything she would have screamed “why couldn’t you help me?”

A) did you ask her before putting your hands on her pram?

B) maybe she had also come from the hospital with her child...

C) even after reading all of the comments that promote empathy before judgement, this...

You’re right . So many different views on this post

I’d have said ‘a simple thanks would’ve been nice!’ And walked off ignoring further comment

I feel for the child to be honest sickness is horrid let alone having to go out.
there few obvious reasons as op have said like child may of just started feeling sick, I don’t think you’d take a sick child out if you really didn’t need to.
picking up the point about having no one to ask I don’t, my closet family live over hour away, half hour drive to school so mum friends aren’t local, friends work. Personally I don’t plan visits if my child is sick so there’s no way I’d ask someone to look after a vomiting child I’d certainly say no if asked

This sort of action screams 'last possible option !!!'

As mums, we've all been in situations where we're taken by surprise with our kids, or we've absolutely no other way....

When I had my first 2, I was 600 miles away from my family, I had no friends or family I could call upon...in fact, when I had to go into hospital with my second pregnancy, my son had to come in with me as my husband was working away....

Mums are judged far too much when all we're doing is desperately trying to cope....

Don't presume a reason why, or judge a mums actions until you know the full story.

I’ve got a major fear of vomit . If I saw this it would horrify me . Feel really sorry for the child .

Bloody hell 'ask before putting your hands on her pram' 🙄

It's a pram.

They didn't grab her baby.