to be a bit irked about disabled badge holders using mum and baby spaces

[mousemole]

I am not sure why I am irked because clearly having a disabled badge means you have a need to park near a supermarket. But when all the mum and child spaces are gone, and I am struggligng with baby and toddler, and see a man with a blue badge RUN from his car in the pouring rain to Sainsburys whilst I can't get a space I have to admit to feeling P*ssed off. Oh and I also dont understand why totally able bodied senior citizens feel they have the right to park in them either.
Rant over.

When my dh was dying from cancer he had a blue badge. For quite a bit of the time he looked quite normal.

But he needed to eat 7000 calories a day to try to stay alive, as the cancer was taking 5000 of them.

His need was greater than yours

I agree with your point mumnosbest.

Especially as I get more pregnant and my SPD kicks in more and more - it's a temporary disability for which I won't get a blue badge, and also have my two year old... A short walk from a Parent space holding hands saves me lifting the buggy out of the boot and lifting him in.

Could you not just park near to a trolley bay thing?

Well anyone moaning about walking along a path in a car park with their kids will probably end up with kds in mobility scooters from lack of exercise and laziness . Seriously though my only concern is having a space wide enough to get a baby carrier out and get across the car park safely without being mowed down. I don't like getting rained on but hey ho who does? and no I'm sure my kids wont melt, in fact armed with wellies, my ds loves the rain

who me?

yes sometimes I do that if available. But then I'm starting to not be able to lift him in to the flipping trolleys anymore...

Might have to start shopping online!

We all know walking with a toddler and a pushchair across a car park is far harder than catching a bus with multiple children and walking to the shop a distance with a bad hip and pushchair...

Soz that was for Hercules btw.

Hey hercules1, maybe supermarkets could reserve the spaces nearest the trolley parks for M&T's that could help

Stewie- I was being sarcastic and actually agreeing with you. Hard to tell I know on here!

I'm feeling like donating my wheelchair to poor mums having to struggle across a car park witha toddler. Their need is obviously greater than mine

Well I have to go put my eldest to bed but willbe back to see if you've all managed to put the world to rights later. Play nicely children!

we could branch out into mums who hog the wheelchair space on buses next

B4 i go hercules1 wasn't sure if you were sarcastic or not but not a bad idea.

'Mums who hog the wheelchair spaces on buses'?

I assume you mean mums who are occupying the space with buggies when a wheelchair-user is trying to use it - which is indeed unreasonable of them. You can't possibly mean that buggies shouldn't use the 'wheelchair-space' if there is no wheelchair-user around - that would be highly unreasonable of you.

oh please stop. I really am going but please don't start on buses. After having a C section I couldn't drive and had to wait for 3 buses before 1 had a space for a pram!!! They really do need more spaces for chairs and prams alike and why have buses that lower when the bloody driver never lowers it??? Now I really am going. See you later! Think I'm addicted to MN

yeah, when a wheelchair user needs it. I've had a few arguments on buses with people who wont fold up their buggies because apparently its 'impossible'. Not as impossible as me putting a quadraplegic 4 yo child over one shoulder and a wheelchair that doesn't fold.
One woman told me I shouldn't take dd out as seeing her 'upset' people.
No, notin Edingburgh, Wish I was. We only have 1 bus an hour that is accessible into town with one wheelchair space.
Buses don't have to comply with the DDA until 2020 cos they are wankers who lobbied the Govt for years to be exempted.

we are a 2 wheelchair family too but I have to take sticks and lean on the wheelchair when using a bus.

Iam so glad I have my masive van. no way would I put dd on a bus.
and I will park in M&T id no disabled bays available and dd will run any one over who complains.....so there>

do you like my new bonfire name
this thread is like a catherine wheel....goes round and round.

needmore coffee

"One woman told me I shouldn't take dd out as seeing her 'upset' people."

WTF?!!!

That woman needs a bloody good slap