to let my 2 yeaar old go in the jaccuzi at the pool?

[JeanPoole]

she loves it, we had a swim this am then we went in the jaccuzzi, we start off by letting her sit on the legde with her feet in, then she gets in and stands on the seating area.

someone told me that i shouldn't let her go in it today, but we have gone in there loads of times before.
never harmed her in anyway
she dosn't swallow the water or anything and i don't think its too hot.

what do you think?

I'm with Merrylegs on this one - germs, germs and more germs...

However, I do resent the fact that we are constantly denied the right to use our own common sense.

am lol at the jacuzzi FURY

calm down dudes

my Nan pisses more than my toddlers

MP - do you mean your nan has a continence problem or that she goes in jacuzzi's to piss for some other nefarious reasons

The thing is though, small children should not be in jacuzzis regardless of whether or not they pee in there. By paying her admittance and using the hotel's facilities, JeanPoole is obliged to abide by the rules. She is patently failing to do this.

I regularly take my 20 month old DD to our gym to go swimming, but I would not dream of just flouting the rules just because I felt like it. Don't give a damn if she wanted to see the bunny wabbits outside.

this jacuzzi thread, has everyone in a whirl! lol

this thread is so funny

last time i went in a jacuzzi my rings tarnished. i was horrified. fortunately the air exposure sorted it after a couple of days but i am never going in one again.

arsetossernobgit attendant couldn't give a fishes anus

This debate is interesting. When dd was a toddler, one of the local leisure pools had a spa near the toddler pool that was reserved for parents and small children only. It was a great way of warming them up before going to get changed etc.. I wonder if that is still there due to the health issues discussed here. I will have to check next time we go to that pool.

Where are these hot jaccuzis you are all going in? I've been in lots of jaccuzis and they are the same temperature as the pool, but smaller and bubbly.

why are they only too hot in the uk then? like i said earlier, my three have been in and out of hot tubs, jacuzzis, etc in various countries (mm, maybe not the uk at all actually...) and it has been absolutely run of the mill ordinary - and kids everywhere... not a one has said 'no kids' - they say 'no pregnant women' (they'll be the ones likely to pee lol), no people who suffer from high blood pressure, but never no kids....
genuinely curious lol. are 'foreign' jacuzzis colder? (don't feel like it lol) or is it the ignorant foreigners not understanding simple medical guidelines that would protect precious tots and help prevent the hundreds of jacuzzi deaths a year in these places?

lol @ peeing pregnant women

A child at the swimming pool complex where I used ot live drowned in the jacuzzi as with the bubbles, nobody could see them there gone under until the cycle stopped.
I don't know all the specifics ( age, accompanied or not or what- assuming not) but just the bubbles part remained with me.

TheOtherMaryPoppins - well if small children are left unsupervised so the parent did not notice they had fallen in, they will drown. This applies to swimming pools too - are you suggesting all kids be banned from swimming pools now?

I think my 9yo dd could manage to get herself out of a jacuzzi by herself though.

I had thought it was because a child underwater wouldn't be seen, I'd thought it just wasn't safe for them, especially if the jacuzzi is quite powerful.

ROFL @ hundreds of jacuzzi deaths a year!.
this thread is really making me laugh.

why are some people so OTT about such things.

SoupDragon on Wed 29-Apr-09 12:59:38
I hate people who think "that rule doesn't apply to me". It's arrogant and selfish

amen to that
and all the sniggering at old people
you sound ageist to me

I fucking hate people who blatantly disregard rules as though they don't apply to them.

And with their (small children's) faces being so close to the water there is a chance of them inhaling lots of chlorine gas and bacteria which is being thrown up by the jets, aside from the over heating issue - if you care that little about your child's health good luck to you.

Mind you, compo, I would include myself in the group of old ladies more likely to pee in the jacuzzi than my dd - my pelvic floor is shot to pieces after all that pushing babies out!

But no-one has tried to kick me out as yet!

lol

We took the DCs in outdoor jacuzzis in Iceland, also at the Blue Lagoon there. Very warm water and they were never the only children there.

YorkshireRose, swimming pools don't have furious bubbling going on hiding what's going on underneath

am lol at the contuing fury

sometimes I run with scissors

This stuff about fumes being just above the surface is obviously rubbish - most people lie with their head just above the water and they are not all slipping into unconsciousness

No Mary but if you are WITH them SUPERVISING you would surely notice!!!

(well I would!)

quite.
lol.

no unsupervised children near water. that can't be up for debate, surely?