Swimming

[sherrardk]

Went swimming today, first time to the local pool so all a bit of a trial. Firstly, the reception staff gave us some complicated rules about which of us adults could be in which pool with what combination of children (with one pool closing at three and one closing at four).

Changing rooms fine, lots of family rooms and large cubicles so all surprisingly straight forward.

Went through the doors and noticed lots of toddlers in the leisure pool (which is in addition to the teaching pool and the normal pool (oh, and the diving pool)), which the reception staff had specifically said we couldn't take thing 1 and thing 2 into when I directly asked them. Anyway, sign on tube/slide thing said something along the lines of 'all children under eight must be accompanied by an adult unless aged five to seven'.

Are all swimming pools this complicated, is it health and safety gone bonkers? (ps - it was brilliant fun and the reception staff had got themselves so confused with the rules that they forgot to charge us for our adult entries so it was £11 for 2 hours fun for all off us.)

[fairycakes69]

I'm so glad those rules weren't about when ours were little, our eldest was 4 years old, identical twin boys at 2 when the second set of twins arrived, a boy and girl, we used to go swimming every Sunday when the youngest turned 1. We had to go go the next town which had a very shallow end, so they could all play and hubby and me could keep an eye on them all. We managed fine, don't think it would be possible now, pity as we all had a great time. Pity they won't come now though don't think its that cool to go swimming with your parents at 18, 21 and 23 lol. Enjoy them the time passes so quickly.