taking kids to the salon?

Question

ok here it is. i read somewhere that a woman decided to bring her 2 year with her to the salon. she was going just for HER to get her hair and nails done. it was one of those foo foo day spa places. anyway, she didnt bring anyone with her to watch the baby. as with any 2 year old, the child got fussing and started having a temper tantrum. eventually the salon asked her to leave and now she's angry. she feels she was treated badly...

i'm a mommy, so i know that your life doesn't have to stop when you have children, but i do think your life changes. i think if she wanted to get her hair and nails done, she should have gotten a sitter. it's not fair to the other patrons. believe it or not, NOT EVERYONE THINKS THAT CHILDREN ARE CUTE!! if she didnt have a sitter she should have stayed her a ss at home!

what do y'all think?

Answer 1

Oh I agree 100% she should have gotten a sitter. You NEVER take a toddler to a salon unless they are getting THEIR hair cut. That rates right up there with letting kids run all over restaruants with me. You just don't do it. period.

Answer 2

I think mom should've gotten a sitter. She was being unfair to her child and the patrons of the spa. You can't expect a toddler to behave for an extended period of time in a strictly adult environment.

Mom also deserves time to herself without the toddler around. This would've been an excellent opportunity for her to have some "me" time, away from the baby.

The salon was correct in requesting her to leave if her child was disturbing other patrons. I'm sure any other patron, child or adult, would be asked to leave if that child or adult was acting out and disturbing other patrons.

She has a few choices here -

Stay angry and live in denial that she did anything wrong and discontinue being a patron of this particular spa - Which alot of mothers in this situation do, unfortunately.

Realize that maybe she didn't make the best choice regarding child care, but discontinue patronage of the spa because she still feels she was treated badly - Which may be the case. I wasn't there. I don't know what specifically happened. She's entitled to feel like she wasn't treated correctly.

Ideally, she will realize that next time she needs to get a sitter when she needs some "pamper me" time, and take the day to herself and have some real "me" time to recharge however she sees fit. Everyone needs this, regardless of marital or parenthood status. Parents need to realize that not every environment is child friendly. When you're going out to a fancy dinner with your husband, that's probably not the best time to bring your children along, and honestly, it'd be better for your marriage if you went to dinner alone once in awhile.

You can love your kids and do your very best for them without being around them 24/7. Moms need to be able to have adult conversation with someone for more than 5 minutes on the phone, you can't have conversation with kids. Dads need time with their wives when it's just the two of them so they can continue to bond and grow together. The whole family needs time together, too, so everyone can learn from eachother and grow together.

There is a healthy medium, and it's up to each family to decide what's best for them.

Answer 3

I agree, people go to those sort of places to get away from it all. Children do not belong in salons, expecially a 2 year old, because they don't have the temperment to not have needed interaction for that long. If your kid is 5 or 6 and is usually good with sitting with a coloring book or another toy, maybe it would have been OK, but not in the case described above.

Answer 4

I have to agree. I mean, I can understand she wants to get out of the house for her own day, but if she is going to be in a situation where she will have difficulty controlling her child, $20 for a sitter goes a long way!

I have to admit that there was an issue like that when I was working yesterday. I work at Michaels and for about 30 minutes all you heard in the store was this mom SCREAMING at her child about she does everything for him and she just wants an hour to look at scrapbooking stuff. He, being about 4, eventually got angry, ran off and started ripping up scrapbooking paper at $1 a sheet or more. So we told her we weren't going to charge her for the $30+ dollars in damage, but that she would have to watch her son. Which led to more yelling and he started ripping open favour bags in the wedding aisle. We told her she would have to leave, and we were sorry, but he was causing too much damage.

She basically screamed at me, screamed at me head supervisor and then screamed at the owner of the store, before dumping her stuff on the floor and walking out.

I think some people are just inconsiderate and irresponsible when it comes to their children.

Answer 5

Personally, I have walked away from a cart full of groceries because my 2 year old was pitching a fit. Kudos to the spa for not being afraid to ask her to leave. They may have lost her as a customer, but they would have lost more customers if they had let her stay.

Answer 6

I think a sitter is a great idea. Mums need thir time out as do kids. It is hard if you don't have anyone (mind you , you can find a friend in the same situation and take turns caring for the kids).

Answer 7

she needs to find a sitter next time so she can enjoy her spa day and the child will be looked after and taken care of if something like that happens again.

Answer 8

You're right not everyone likes kids and noone wants to see a kid behaving like a brat. It reflects badly on that mother anyways, not the spa. At least she didn't leave him in the car to die of heat like one xmom did in Detroit. Now thaat's a bad mommy.

Answer 9

I agree. I have nobody to watch my child so I have to wait until the evening or the weekend when my husband can keep our daughter. I have never taken her to the salon with me.