...her swimming pool that is!
my mum lives in South Africa, we (dh, dd (2) and I) are going to visit her at xmas for a few weeks.
she's lucky enough to have a pool in her garden. when i was booking the holiday, months ago, i asked her if she would be able to put a safety net over her pool. she said she would.
we had a phone call this evening in which she mentioned her pool so i asked if the safety net had been arranged. she now says that a net won't be needed, as she's decided that her garden layout with regard to locked gates is adequate to keep my toddler safe. This is briefly that the back garden, where the pool is, is sectioned off with a gate.
My argument is that members of the household will be using the gate to access the garden, what if they don't close it behind them and my dd slips in unnoticed.
I always know where my dd is, but say for eg one of those situations arose where everyone thinks someone else is watching the child, and then tragically at that time the gate is accidentally left open.
A pool cover costs about £350 to install, and it has to be fixed into the bricks surrounding the pool.
My mum and her husband are very proud of their garden, i'm sure they don't want to spoil the look of their pool for the sake of a christmas visit, i can understand that.
But on the very small chance that my child should come across the pool while she's unattended, a net would save her life.
AIBU therefore to want my mum to take this safety precaution?