two barely clad ladies and a baby
Posted in a day in the life on 06/16/2008 11:42 am by GraceThe gym was full yesterday, I almost didn’t have the chance to use the treadmill. The pool was packed with families with kids too. I don’t know, it just seemed like a fitness day celebration of some sorts.
After working out, I went to the shower room to find it full of shrieking teenagers, some comparing suits and pinching the sides of their bodies, with worried expressions on their faces. I can almost scream, ”Dudettes, you should see mine!”
Anyway, among the crowd of noisy teeners, I found a small child about 1 1/2 years old walking, in barefoot on the WET bathroom floor. Clearly, none of these teeners is the mom. I looked around and finally asked people where the mom is, while holding the child with my hand. Accidents happen in bathrooms, some resulting even in death! People wearing rubber slippers were even walking carefully and now this small kid is left there to walk around the wet and slippery floor, barefoot!!??
The teeners said the mom is inside the steam bath room. Out of the blue, the child looked up at me and cried. The mom, alarmed at the sound of her wailing child stood up and with angry expression on her face, pushed the glass door and walked in my direction.
Ooooh, this better be bloggable!
She asked what’s the matter. I told her that the child was walking around, could slip and hit her head. The mom asked me, “my baby is crying, did she slip?” I said, no she did not but she MIGHT.
She grabbed the baby from me and snapped, “No, no, no, normally, she is fine. She will not slip, normally (she must really like this word!). I bring her here everyday!”
Pardon me? She just said two lies. First, she is not coming everyday. I am and I have never seen her or the baby. Next, what does she mean that normally, the baby will not slip even on wet floors?
The teeners just shrugged their shoulders, thinking I should not have meddled. Shouldn’t I? As a mom, do they really think I can just ignore a child in danger?
What would you do?
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June 16th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
You are brave for sure. But what about athletes foot or some other hazard. She was a poor mother!
June 16th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Kudos! I would have probably done the same thing and I am not a mother. What was she thinking???!!
June 16th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Thank you for standing up for the well-being of a child. Sometimes people is just too defensive to appreciate your kindness. You are brave for sure. What did you say to the mom after she said that? I don’t know what I would have done if someone react to me that way.
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June 16th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
You did the right thing. God for bid someone came running through the locker room (or where ever you were) and knocked the child down or slipped (as mentioned in the post).
People need to pay more attention to their kids. This woman shouldn’t have left her child unattended. If that is “normal” behavior for this so-called ‘mother’ than I don’t want to see what isn’t the norm.
I stand by what I’ve said to so many people. Some people should not have the privilege of being parents. It takes a level of dedication and responsibility that many are not up handling.
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June 17th, 2008 at 9:23 am
I think you did the right thing. The mom attacked you because she realized she was wrong, and for some people, attack is the best defense.
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June 17th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
I think you did the right thing. If something happened to that child, you would probably feel guilty even if it’s not your fault.
Someone should call Child Protective Services on that lady. She’s obviously neglecting her child!
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June 17th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
You did the right thing, I would have do the same.
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June 19th, 2008 at 6:56 am
still catching up on my readings …
good for you for doing the right thing! i don’t think i’d be as brave as you. i don’t know what i would have done but i would definitely keep my eyes focused on that child until he is being attended to.
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June 20th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
You definitely did the right thing for a number of reasons. I would have been freaking out myself in your case. There was a boy that had no front baby teeth because he fell in the Y on the tile when he was a toddler, that story came to mind when I read your blog.
I just don’t get the attitude of some parents.
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June 26th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
I’d have definately done something - if the child had been snatched by someone with mean purposes rather than caring ones (does that make sense?) Then the Mum would have been freaking out!!
I was in the local supermarket the other day with my Mum and on the way out there was this girl probably about 7 or 8 trying to pull a trolley out of the bay for her Mum - I guess her Mum had gone into the store as this little girl was struggling so I gave the bits I was carrying to my Mum and helped this girl with the trolley. She didn’t say thank you because i guess she wasn’t talking to strangers but I was ok with that because I’d have been too busy not talking to the stranger to say thank you (unless my Mum had prompted me at that age)
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