I am so sick of the Rec Center by us. I understand the crypto outbreak that happened a couple of years ago, but they are taking things to the ridiculous extreme...in ways that make no sense from a public health point of view. With out getting into the logistics of the parasite, you can read about it here. Inform yourself and then you'll understand my frustration.
I take the kids to the Rec every day for swim lessons and I'm already not a fan of our daily excursion because of the noise, the crowds, and the freezing cold water and air temp they keep the place at. They now have a lifeguard stationed outside both pools telling you to shower off before entering. "Why?" I've asked (innocently, even though I know what they are going to tell me) "Because we don't want crypto in the pool..." Uuum, okay. Obviously you know then how it is spread and that simply dowsing yourself with warm water is NOT going to get rid of any possible parasite on your body. You may as well run through a cold sprinkler and it will do as much good.
But I'm a good patron and I comply.
I'm perfectly fine with the rule of un-potty trained children wearing a swim diaper, also covered by a plastic liner. It does a pretty good job of keep solid fecal matter from slipping out into the pool, at least for a long enough time until the parent notices they need to be changed. But swim diapers alone are dumb if it's to contain anything but fecal matter. Any person with a ounce of common sense knows they do NOTHING to contain urine when tey get soaked in water. It's like holding liquid in a sponge that you're holding under the water.
Well now there is a rule that says you can not change a diaper...whatsoever in the pool area. Again, I am fine to comply with that if there is poop involved. If for no other reason than I think it's rude to expose others to the smell. But I have always dressed my babies there at our chair/spot by the pool. Actually, we always make camp about 50 feet from the pool. So obviously, there is no chance at all of anything from a diaper coming in contact with the water. I refuse to take my soaking wet baby out the doors into the FREEEEEZING cold hallway and locker room (they keep the air in there at about 70, which is so not conducive for wet children, especially not babies).
So today I had the older kids throw dry clothes on over their swim suits as I dressed Lauren. I always do it in this order when I dress her at the pool-
1. I put her bathing suit cover up over her wet suit.
2. I (discretely) strip off her suit bottoms and then her soggy swim diaper.
3. I lay her on her back, still completely covered by the cover up, and I put a dry diaper on her bottom.
4. I take the soggy diaper and put it in a plastic bag.
Well as I am doing step 4, a very hot to trot lifeguard came over to me. He could not have been older than 17 and get this...he was wearing oh-so-cool sunglasses INDOORS. Just from the way he carried himself I could see he was on a total power trip. Our conversation goes like this-
Guard- Mam, there is a rule that there are to be no diaper changes poolside.
Me- (playing dumb) Even if it does not involve poop?
Guard- Mam that is how diseases are spread. I'll have to ask you to go to the locker room down the hall to do that.
Me-So the pee that has been seeking from her swim diaper into the pool for the last hour does not spread disease? But simply having it in an area near the pool WILL spread disease...
Guard-The swim diaper is to hold the pee in.
Me-Obviously you've never seen how one works.
Guard- Mam, it's a rule.
Me-I can appreciate that. I know you're just doing you're job.
I'm about to make nice with him when he says back to me,
Guard- Aside from the sanitary issue, what you are doing could be classified as child pornography.
My jaw hit the ground.
Me- You're saying even if she is covered by a towel and her shirt and no one can see an exposed piece of skin, you are saying that is child porn.
Guard- People still know what you're doing under there.
I was so appalled that I had nothing to say back. I quickly gathered up our stuff and got the heck out of there. I can not WAIT until next summer when I'm nursing this new baby and I conveniently decide to pull my entire boob out in front of that guy. I wonder what he'll say to that. Oh mister, please say something. I would bring the house down on you so fast for opening that legal can of worms.
I take the kids to the Rec every day for swim lessons and I'm already not a fan of our daily excursion because of the noise, the crowds, and the freezing cold water and air temp they keep the place at. They now have a lifeguard stationed outside both pools telling you to shower off before entering. "Why?" I've asked (innocently, even though I know what they are going to tell me) "Because we don't want crypto in the pool..." Uuum, okay. Obviously you know then how it is spread and that simply dowsing yourself with warm water is NOT going to get rid of any possible parasite on your body. You may as well run through a cold sprinkler and it will do as much good.
But I'm a good patron and I comply.
I'm perfectly fine with the rule of un-potty trained children wearing a swim diaper, also covered by a plastic liner. It does a pretty good job of keep solid fecal matter from slipping out into the pool, at least for a long enough time until the parent notices they need to be changed. But swim diapers alone are dumb if it's to contain anything but fecal matter. Any person with a ounce of common sense knows they do NOTHING to contain urine when tey get soaked in water. It's like holding liquid in a sponge that you're holding under the water.
Well now there is a rule that says you can not change a diaper...whatsoever in the pool area. Again, I am fine to comply with that if there is poop involved. If for no other reason than I think it's rude to expose others to the smell. But I have always dressed my babies there at our chair/spot by the pool. Actually, we always make camp about 50 feet from the pool. So obviously, there is no chance at all of anything from a diaper coming in contact with the water. I refuse to take my soaking wet baby out the doors into the FREEEEEZING cold hallway and locker room (they keep the air in there at about 70, which is so not conducive for wet children, especially not babies).
So today I had the older kids throw dry clothes on over their swim suits as I dressed Lauren. I always do it in this order when I dress her at the pool-
1. I put her bathing suit cover up over her wet suit.
2. I (discretely) strip off her suit bottoms and then her soggy swim diaper.
3. I lay her on her back, still completely covered by the cover up, and I put a dry diaper on her bottom.
4. I take the soggy diaper and put it in a plastic bag.
Well as I am doing step 4, a very hot to trot lifeguard came over to me. He could not have been older than 17 and get this...he was wearing oh-so-cool sunglasses INDOORS. Just from the way he carried himself I could see he was on a total power trip. Our conversation goes like this-
Guard- Mam, there is a rule that there are to be no diaper changes poolside.
Me- (playing dumb) Even if it does not involve poop?
Guard- Mam that is how diseases are spread. I'll have to ask you to go to the locker room down the hall to do that.
Me-So the pee that has been seeking from her swim diaper into the pool for the last hour does not spread disease? But simply having it in an area near the pool WILL spread disease...
Guard-The swim diaper is to hold the pee in.
Me-Obviously you've never seen how one works.
Guard- Mam, it's a rule.
Me-I can appreciate that. I know you're just doing you're job.
I'm about to make nice with him when he says back to me,
Guard- Aside from the sanitary issue, what you are doing could be classified as child pornography.
My jaw hit the ground.
Me- You're saying even if she is covered by a towel and her shirt and no one can see an exposed piece of skin, you are saying that is child porn.
Guard- People still know what you're doing under there.
I was so appalled that I had nothing to say back. I quickly gathered up our stuff and got the heck out of there. I can not WAIT until next summer when I'm nursing this new baby and I conveniently decide to pull my entire boob out in front of that guy. I wonder what he'll say to that. Oh mister, please say something. I would bring the house down on you so fast for opening that legal can of worms.
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It sounds like you had better go out and register yourself as a known sex offender, as should EVERY mother on earth! Who doesn't discreetly change their kids at the pool? What a winner! I would have lost it!
We went to splashtown today and I thought of this post. We changed Hilton and Jackson into their swim diapers right by the pool. Little wee wees and all.
I would've raised some hell and made sure everyone within earshot knew EXACTLY what kind of a pervert this guy is. I would've embarassed the crap out of him. And then raised some more hell with his supervisor just for the kiddy porn comment. So what if you broke the rules with the swim diaper that only holds in the crap? Perhaps he should put one over his head.
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