Unreasonable rule for swim lessons? (RE: requiring swim diapers)

[Anonymous]

We've been very happy with the swim lessons my DS has been doing at our local pool. The classes are taught by active lifeguards, and overall they have been GREAT. They've even been helping teach him outside of class time, should the situation allow if we're just at the pool regularly.

My only concern is that the program requires ALL children 4 and under, regardless of whether or not they are potty trained, to wear a swim diaper. We didn't find out about this requirement until after the second day of classes (it wasn't brought up at first).

My son has been trained for well over a year, and hasn't had any kind of an incident in or around a pool that I can remember, ever. Even when he was a younger toddler.

I'm not asking that my son get special treatment, I realize it's a rule that applies to everyone equally. But am I wrong in thinking that it's a bit stupid to not consider PT status with the 'older' kids in enforcing this rule..?

My son is actually closer to being FIVE now (in late August), and it feels utterly bizzare to be buying him the largest size of swim diapers when they're completely unnessecary.

[Anonymous]

Just get him a reusable one. It's probably easier for the pool to enforce an age-based rule than have to deal with parents saying their kids are potty trained and then having to deal with accidents.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, I agree with you, that's ridiculous. I had a late potty-trainer and even she was well out of swim diapers by 3. Not only is it an unnecessary expense for families whose kids don't need them, ugh, all those extra unused diapers going into landfills is not great. I'd push back on that.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn’t think twice about this. They don’t want to be assessing which kids are potty trained and which aren’t. Plus, swim diapers are just for poop. They can’t assess which kids might be pool poopers and which ones aren’t and even if they could, would you want to go to one of the parents and be like, “we know Johnny is almost five but he looks kinda like a pooper?” No. Think about someone besides yourself. They have this policy to keep the pool open and cover their butts (lol not sorry). Not everything is about you and your kid. It’s just a policy. Suck it up or go somewhere else. Being in a community means sometimes we do things that are slightly inconvenient or poorly tailored to our particular situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, I agree with you, that's ridiculous. I had a late potty-trainer and even she was well out of swim diapers by 3. Not only is it an unnecessary expense for families whose kids don't need them, ugh, all those extra unused diapers going into landfills is not great. I'd push back on that.

How do you push back on posted requirements? The entitlement….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, I agree with you, that's ridiculous. I had a late potty-trainer and even she was well out of swim diapers by 3. Not only is it an unnecessary expense for families whose kids don't need them, ugh, all those extra unused diapers going into landfills is not great. I'd push back on that.

What's hilarious is that, to my knowledge, it's not a rule that is at all enforced when it comes to just general swimming around the pool.

It litteraly is only something they push for kids that are involved in swim lessons.

Like...what??!

[Anonymous]

What a ridiculous rule.

I would complain to the manager that it's not environmentally friendly, and it's an added financial burden on participating families. If they want to provide free diapers, then they should do so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, I agree with you, that's ridiculous. I had a late potty-trainer and even she was well out of swim diapers by 3. Not only is it an unnecessary expense for families whose kids don't need them, ugh, all those extra unused diapers going into landfills is not great. I'd push back on that.

What's hilarious is that, to my knowledge, it's not a rule that is at all enforced when it comes to just general swimming around the pool.

It litteraly is only something they push for kids that are involved in swim lessons.

Like...what??!

Clearly they have some experience that caused them to do this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just get him a reusable one. It's probably easier for the pool to enforce an age-based rule than have to deal with parents saying their kids are potty trained and then having to deal with accidents.

+1

A kid poops in the pool, it's a huge pain. Just get a reusable one.

[Anonymous]

Have you talked to an actual person? My son took swim lessons at a place in VA and their rule was under 3 had to wear a swim diaper, but my son had been trained for a year. They had no problem with me skipping it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, I agree with you, that's ridiculous. I had a late potty-trainer and even she was well out of swim diapers by 3. Not only is it an unnecessary expense for families whose kids don't need them, ugh, all those extra unused diapers going into landfills is not great. I'd push back on that.

What's hilarious is that, to my knowledge, it's not a rule that is at all enforced when it comes to just general swimming around the pool.

It litteraly is only something they push for kids that are involved in swim lessons.

Like...what??!

Maybe they find that kids don’t want to “interrupt” the lesson or they’re too distracted so they’re more likely to have accidents? I mean probably what happened is a series of poop accidents and then a rule that is on the conservative side. I don’t see why it’s a big deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, I agree with you, that's ridiculous. I had a late potty-trainer and even she was well out of swim diapers by 3. Not only is it an unnecessary expense for families whose kids don't need them, ugh, all those extra unused diapers going into landfills is not great. I'd push back on that.

What's hilarious is that, to my knowledge, it's not a rule that is at all enforced when it comes to just general swimming around the pool.

It litteraly is only something they push for kids that are involved in swim lessons.

Like...what??!

Maybe they find that kids don’t want to “interrupt” the lesson or they’re too distracted so they’re more likely to have accidents? I mean probably what happened is a series of poop accidents and then a rule that is on the conservative side. I don’t see why it’s a big deal.

Because it's just more plastic for landfills, that's going to end up as hormone disruptors. And it's an added financial cost for the swim lesson. If management wants diapers on all little kids, they should buy them out of their pool budget!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, I agree with you, that's ridiculous. I had a late potty-trainer and even she was well out of swim diapers by 3. Not only is it an unnecessary expense for families whose kids don't need them, ugh, all those extra unused diapers going into landfills is not great. I'd push back on that.

What's hilarious is that, to my knowledge, it's not a rule that is at all enforced when it comes to just general swimming around the pool.

It litteraly is only something they push for kids that are involved in swim lessons.

Like...what??!

Clearly they have some experience that caused them to do this.

And parents always say that their kid never has accidents in the pool. Like they would actually know of their kid was peeing in the pool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, I agree with you, that's ridiculous. I had a late potty-trainer and even she was well out of swim diapers by 3. Not only is it an unnecessary expense for families whose kids don't need them, ugh, all those extra unused diapers going into landfills is not great. I'd push back on that.

What's hilarious is that, to my knowledge, it's not a rule that is at all enforced when it comes to just general swimming around the pool.

It litteraly is only something they push for kids that are involved in swim lessons.

Like...what??!

Clearly they have some experience that caused them to do this.

And parents always say that their kid never has accidents in the pool. Like they would actually know of their kid was peeing in the pool.

Swim diapers do nothing for pee whatsoever. They're to contain poop only

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just get him a reusable one. It's probably easier for the pool to enforce an age-based rule than have to deal with parents saying their kids are potty trained and then having to deal with accidents.

+1

A kid poops in the pool, it's a huge pain. Just get a reusable one.

This. I'm betting they've been burned before and now are super cautious. Get the reusable kind and move on with your life.