I'm so upset as I write this. My 3 year old DC went to a soft play party for a friend's birthday. My DH was supervising DC while I sat with my newborn DC2. My 3 year old came over sobbing and pointing to his stomach, saying that someone had hit him. After speaking to another older child who was there, it turns out a 6 year old (also part of party) had repeatedly punched my DC in the stomach. My DC can get overexcited and a bit boisterous but he isn't a hitter and never has been. At this point everyone was coming out of soft play to eat. I was so upset and also annoyed with DH for not seeing what had happened but to be fair, my DC is super fast and at times it's impossible to keep up with him at soft play.
I didn't say anything to the mother because I felt like I would burst into tears at any moment and it just felt awkward being a party.
My DC seems fine but now that we're home, I feel so guilty that I didn't advocate for them by speaking to the 6 year old's mother and that while I was with my newborn, I wasn't there to help him. Major mum guilt tonight.