Mum left fuming after stranger’s child BITES her daughter – and his mum ‘doesn’t even tell him off’
The Mumsnet user said the issue was keeping her up at night... but is she overreacting?
A MUM was left fuming after a stranger's child bit her two-year-old daughter in a soft play centre, and claims his mum "didn't even tell him off".
Taking to Mumsnet, Twopeapods said the boy, who's also two, was being "shouty" and "pushy" with her daughter - but his mum "wasn't bothered and... just kept telling him to stop".
Twopeapods added: "The mum said 'son don't do that, son stop it now, SON STOP THATS BAD'.
"She went and got him and my DD (dear daughter) came screaming over to me holding her arm. I just gave her a cuddle and said give her arm a rub.
"Mum catches my eye and said 'Sorry it was my little boy that made her cry'. I thought he'd hit or pushed her. And he went back in to play.
"Tonight at bath a big purple f***ing bite mark. She SEEN him do it. Didn't have the decency to even tell me.
"Didn't even give me a proper apology, didn't tell DS (dear son) to say sorry and didn't even tell him off. I could have put a cold compress on it had she said.
"She's a regular as I've seen her before. I'm absolutely fuming.
"I honestly think I'll need to go and see her next time, even though I know there's not much can be done after the fact.
"If it was mine they would have been taken straight home. And I would have been mortified. I can't sleep I'm still upset over it."
Fellow Mumsnet user Lashalicious was equally outraged, and said: "I don’t think I’d let them play together again...
"A bite is particularly nasty, breaking the skin, I would be upset too. He needs reining in for sure.
"Maybe show her a picture of the wound so that she understands what her son is doing to other kids."
But some of the mums were less sympathetic, and didn't hold back with their opinions.
Among them was Cupcakegirl13, who said: "Totally normal toddler behaviour and his mum apologised and removed him. Nothing else to do or say.
"Having a toddler who bites is NOT a reflection of bad parenting."
While WarningSign wrote: "I'm not familiar with the 'rules' of soft play, but do parents not have to supervise their own children?
"It seems a bit hypocritical to be complaining and fuming about the other mother not adequately apologising/etc when OP (original poster) wasn't watching to see what happened....."
And Iwasabouttosaythat added: "I think you need to either accept this or not take your child out to play.
"Really, if you’d been playing with her and supervising closely when you knew that kid was acting up then this wouldn’t have happened.
"You can’t blame her for not supervising her kid properly when you weren’t supervising yours.
"She apologised. You could have asked what happened. She told you her kid hurt yours.
"You need to relax a bit because stuff like this happens. If it stops you sleeping at night you probably have deeper issues."
We previously brought you the story of a mum who slammed a complete stranger for telling off her "cheeky" son in a supermarket car park - so who's in the right?