First time at soft play

[lady_p]

What do you guys think of soft play? I took my 2 year old and 3 month old yesterday for the first time.

It was fine he seemed to enjoy it although he was a bit shy but I wouldn't expect him to be forward on his first trip he did interact with one little girl.

The thing I didn't like was he got pushed by one girl and her dad didn't say a thing then he got a toy thrown at him and again nobody said anything to the little boy. I was very proud of how my DS handled it though he didn't retaliate and he just shook his head and said silly boy. I wouldn't let my son get hurt but I didn't say anything to the these kids, their parents were right there and should have I so don't know what the etiquette here is.

 

[BabyJayne]

We go to soft play loads! Madeline absolutely loves it, and can tackle most of it on her own now (or with her little friends). That's the thing about soft play though - loads of excited kids in one space means there are bound to be incidents. I think you handled it well. You can not account for other kids, or for how their parents handle it, so just stick to what you do. I always intervene and deal with it if I see Madeline doing anything she shouldn't,and I expect others to do the same. But I am sure there have been times that I've missed something and another parent has thought badly of me!

 

[Ceejay123]

My oh goes to soft play with his three year old, and there have been a few instances where he's had to speak to a parent because children tend to get pushy and forwards. Personally I think it's part of growing up and I think it'll help social skills.. My lo will get some social skills from nursery, but there's always a chance hell get pushed or shoved there, I will teach him how to deal with it. X

 

[Nats21]

Callum loves soft play and we go quite regularly but yes theres been quite a few times where a kids pushed/shoved/taken things from Callum and the parents are no where around/having a coffee so not taking any notice. For a lot of parents its just an excuse to let the kids run around and they don't think they have to watch them. Theres been times where it can be a bit sad like the one time where a kid just kept following us round and talking to us and his parents were just totally ignoring him, its obvious he just wanted someone to play with. Callums getting to the stage where I don't have to follow him round everywhere and he'll go off and play with other kids but I always keep an eye on them xx