Soft plays - do you like them?

I won't go to one until my son is bigger, I'm too scared as parents fail to monitor at least once in awhile and so many young children get hurt because of bigger kids

They aren’t my favourite place to take my daughter but I’ve been to some good ones!

The better quality ones we love, the ones that are overpopulated and kids running rampant. Absolutely not!

I'm very 50/50 with soft plays because my son who possibly has autism I'm always having to keep an eye on him incase he becomes rough with a younger child or another child becomes rough with him. The soft play that I take him to I need to follow him to the top as you can't see up that high, and I took my baby daughter in once, I think as the colder weather comes along I may visit a little more often as my daughter is now actually crawling. Honestly I wish I could be that typical parent that doesn't watch their kids 😂 but even if my son was a saint I would still wanna keep an eye on him

Speak to the staff, they should be telling them off.

When you see those kids coming, you have to hover a little, talk loud, make space, etc. It happens at the playground too.

I have a lovely hate relationship with them. I like them because they help to burn off some energy and its something to do when the weather isn't great but I hate that they're a breading ground for germs and my child always gets some form of plague a few days after going to one 🤣

I’ve been to 2 and wasn’t a fan of either. 1 place didn’t enforce the age area so bigger kids where in the under 3 section and almost stepped on my daughter. Another place just wasn’t clean

I hate them mostly due to shitty inattentive parents who don’t care what their child is up to

Yeah, we've been a handful of times but my daughter loves to follow the big kids around and they are so busy and so active. We fortunately have one nearby that is almost never busy, so the toddler play area is typically safe enough.

She has been sick twice though after the dozen or so times we've gone. 😩😩

They aren’t my favourite places, but I tolerate them because my girls love them. Some are better than others!

Speak to the staff there.
Tbh I like them because with a 4 year old step son who is OFF THE WALL. I can have an hour to largely focus on my baby. I know he's safe, he can't get out. Even if I can't see him I know he's in the room somewhere!

I only like them when there quiet I’ve not took my toddler in over a month since schools holidays are on last time I took him to one older children was bullying younger children

I like to go to first sessions that are quiet, or go in term time.

I feel like some parents are too overprotective at soft plays, my little boys just 3 and almost 4ft. He’s soft as a brush but he’s always being told he’s too big for the toddler section by OTHER parents. No he’s not. He’s in the age limit. Kids need to be exposed by different environments, there’s gonna be accidents here and there, but you can’t bubble wrap them.

Kids are kids at the end of the day, 100% agree with the aggressive kids need to be closely watched by their parents as they definitely know what their children are like, however the vast majority of kids are absolutely soft as much around little ones x