Shall I go to soft play

There are lots of people on here who don't get the chance to see their children and grandchildren at all.

Life is about give and take. Give a little and go!

Quick thought came to me - I do many activities with grandchildren that I wouldn’t have chosen. It’s entirely up to you but it seems like an opportunity to share something

Thaanks. Thats what I was thinking I should probably do. I try not to drop everything whenever the chance is offered, because you need your own interests.

I completely share your views about soft play! In a situation like this however I would definitely go. You can just watch and maybe retreat to the cafe if it all gets too much. Hopefully watching a child having fun will give you pleasure. We need to grasp these opportunities to spend time with family with both hands. Don’t overthink this. It’s just an afternoon out.

and I can share seeing my gc play with her auntie. (Other daughter will be out, hence babysitting)

Some of the best fun I had with my grandchildren was crawling around in soft play centres. My 2 oldest are teens now and I still go. I’m too decrepit for the crawling and climbing now but I love watching the 2 teen grandchildren doing the course with their 2 little cousins.

You thought you wouldn’t see anyone for Mother’s Day and now you’ve been invited out. I think you should get yourself ready and off you go. You can sit and have a coffee and watch the younger generation enjoy themselves. Life is too short to miss out on such opportunities. You’ll have plenty of other days to sit at home.

Do go , you might enjoy it !

I have said yes - everone is right and I can do my jobs later in the evening. (I'm still working ft so they do have to get done)

How old is the child? I had many a peaceful coffee when my two were in soft play within sight.

Soft play breaks my ears, but if it gave me the chance to spend time with loved ones for a couple of hours, then I'd absolutely go! X

She's not 2 so auntie will be crawling round with her. And I may be too. I have dug out my earphones in case of retreat to the cafe.

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She's not 2 so auntie will be crawling round with her. And I may be too. I have dug out my earphones in case of retreat to the cafe.

Hope you have a lovely time 🤗💐

Unless they are very small you just leave them to it and have a nice coffee and cake whilst you wait and only get involved in the play if you get shouted Naaaaaaan or Muuuuuuum
Go and watch I used to love the sounds of them screaming with delight and miss seeing their little faces arising out of the big pit of balls

Go. You don’t all have to follow her all the time.

I wouldn’t go but up to you.By now you will either have gone or not but soft play areas are hellish IMO and what thought has been given to you as a Mum, it’s hardly a treat to be invited to this.

I go to soft play with one of my granddaughters regularly, her 4yr old loves it and we sit with the baby and have coffee cake and a good catch up. Granddaughter keeps an eye and ear out for him.
Do go it might be fun.

I would probably go, I wouldn’t especially want to, but I do a lot of things I don’t especially want to with my grandchildren.
Soft play is probably top of my list of horrible days out though, there are a few around here, they all smell of cooking, toilets, sweaty bodies, and something undefinable.
Youngest grandchild now at school, so I’m done.

When our grandchildren were youngsters, I was 60 years old, I spent many a Saturday afternoon crawling through ball pits, swinging on ropes and sliding down shoots. I was shattered when it was all over but the grandchildren had a great time.

Up to you but don’t feel hard done by on Mothers Day if you choose not to go!

Have just been to soft play this morning with my little 2 yr old grandson, I ve been up and down slides and along tunnels and it culminated in a complete meltdown when we had to leave, I had to carry him screaming back to the car and he’s a ton weight ! By the time we got back to my house he was happy and chuckling once more, episode forgotten. He’s now having a nap and I m trying to restore sanity by having some toast and a cuppa, but I wouldn’t change things, I ll still keep doing daft things to try and keep my grandchildren occupied and happy while I m looking after them

Shirls, I agree, my last of six is now at school, and happy though I am never to have to go to soft play again, I shall miss all our outings, and all our imaginary games.
Make the most of them while you can

Soft play is noisy and unhygienic; I loathe it. I had to take my granddaughter there recently as she had been invited there for a friend's birthday. I also had to look after her two year old sister. She was supposed to stay in the little ones' area. Not a bit of it! She went all the way up to the top of the main play area. It was very hard to get her down!
Still if you want to be with your grandchildren, put up with it. But it really seems to be a petri dish for all kinds of nasty bacteria. And not cheap either.

You don't have to crawl round the play area. I'm disabled but I would sit in the cafe and smile and nod at the grandkids, it's being there for them that's important.

I’d rather eat my own feet than ever enter a soft play venue again.