I only read the first page which was hilarious.
CJones1882 To be fair I was probably a tiny bit more like you with DC1 although I wouldn't crawl around with him in a soft play once he got to 2 at the most. I seen this opportunity as the one and only time he might actually play by himself.
I now have 3 DC's and I'd hate to think that other mums were judging me because I was actually having 5 mins peace and a seat.
My god, when I was a kid we played out in the street and we didn't have parents following us around. Even from 3 I could play out the front if my mum was at the window.
I feel sorry for kids now. They have no freedom. If we can't even go into a padded room without us crawling around and policing them what hope is there for their future as well rounded individuals!
Your son needs a little more freedom because before you know it he will be at school being exposed to more than a loose fruit shoot! He is learning already about different behaviors and how to deal with it.
If there is any chance you might have more than one it would do him good to learn to play without mum by his side even in soft play.
Yes, parents glued to phones everywhere they go. Id happily swipe it off them and drop it into their coffee but by god, we deserve a seat, a chat with another full sized human and hopefully then we could all get something out of the trip to the sticky padded room with screamers.
Nobody is going to pull a knife on him. Maybe he will come across Tyson who bops him one at the top of the chute or Chantelle eating starbursts in the ball pit but it is all life lessons for him.
Think about this. The last time I went to a softplay I had my 6 yr old, my 3 yr old and my 15 month old. Obviously I was with the 15 month old in the baby bit so my other two were off in the big area with no parent around at all for all anybody knew.
Maybe some other mum had been entertaining them - good! Serves her right for crawling into the soft play!