Anonymous wrote:If you want to swing, you ask for a turn. They were not doing anything wrong and you can't expect a group of young teens to be able to tell that the mother and baby 20 feet away wants to use a swing.

100% this. I don’t even understand what the point of this thread is. “Somebody was using something and I wanted a turn with my baby. Should I have said something?” The kids sound like they were perfectly fine. And if you had treated them with a bit of normal politeness, I have no doubt they would have readily jumped up and got out of the way so you could use the swing. I almost wonder if you were intimidated by them for some reason, afraid to approach them, and then annoyed with yourself for not having the basic nerve to have a normal interaction. If it were other moms and kids you would have stood there and asked for a turn at some point, right? Same thing here. Just ask politely for a turn.

While there are some tot lots, most playgrounds clearly indicate the ages and it’s rare to see below 2 listed. Generally, there is a younger child area and an older child area. If it’s not designated as such, no, you have no right to ask people to move any more than I can demand a table at the library or a seat on the metro.

I’m a former high school teacher and have no trouble barking at anyone’s kid. I have asked the older kids to move along in a toddler park and certainly would, in this case, if they were using a baby swing.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know. I think of this as like adults in a public space. I’d say they’re taking up the tables at the library just a sitting even if there are tables designated as also being appropriate for kids I’m not really going to ask them to move along. But some people would. It’s a comfort thing. But I do get tired of the huge entitlement of OMG I HAVE A BABY MOVE i see so often here. Literally, billions of babies. Calm on down.

Eh, if they were sitting in toddler chairs in a children’s library, I would definitely ask them to move!

These kids were playing on the baby swing. Yeah, I’m going to ask them to move so my baby can swing. This is one of those times when OMG I HAVE A BABY MOVE is appropriate.

Nope. And your expiration date on this is coming soon, so get it in. Nobody cares about your kid but you. Seriously internalize that.

No, sweetie. For a baby swing, I tell tweens to move. Sorry if that upsets you.

I don’t have a tween, and you’re the one teaching your kid to be an obnoxious PITA so no need to feel sorry for me.

Say what? Now a baby on a baby swing is obnoxious?

People are crazy.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know. I think of this as like adults in a public space. I’d say they’re taking up the tables at the library just a sitting even if there are tables designated as also being appropriate for kids I’m not really going to ask them to move along. But some people would. It’s a comfort thing. But I do get tired of the huge entitlement of OMG I HAVE A BABY MOVE i see so often here. Literally, billions of babies. Calm on down.

Eh, if they were sitting in toddler chairs in a children’s library, I would definitely ask them to move!

These kids were playing on the baby swing. Yeah, I’m going to ask them to move so my baby can swing. This is one of those times when OMG I HAVE A BABY MOVE is appropriate.

Nope. And your expiration date on this is coming soon, so get it in. Nobody cares about your kid but you. Seriously internalize that.

No, sweetie. For a baby swing, I tell tweens to move. Sorry if that upsets you.

I don’t have a tween, and you’re the one teaching your kid to be an obnoxious PITA so no need to feel sorry for me.

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Anonymous wrote:You're way overthinking this. A polite "excuse me. Would you mind if I use this swing with my baby?" Is all you needed.

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Yes I would have told them to move. Some tweens were doing this at the baby swing at rocky run and I told them to move and also that they were going to break the swings.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know. I think of this as like adults in a public space. I’d say they’re taking up the tables at the library just a sitting even if there are tables designated as also being appropriate for kids I’m not really going to ask them to move along. But some people would. It’s a comfort thing. But I do get tired of the huge entitlement of OMG I HAVE A BABY MOVE i see so often here. Literally, billions of babies. Calm on down.

Eh, if they were sitting in toddler chairs in a children’s library, I would definitely ask them to move!

These kids were playing on the baby swing. Yeah, I’m going to ask them to move so my baby can swing. This is one of those times when OMG I HAVE A BABY MOVE is appropriate.

Nope. And your expiration date on this is coming soon, so get it in. Nobody cares about your kid but you. Seriously internalize that.

No, sweetie. For a baby swing, I tell tweens to move. Sorry if that upsets you.

It sounds like it was a tandem swing, not a specific baby swing.

You could've asked for a turn but unless your baby really loves that swing I would've just left it. You sound like you were just annoyed there were loitering around.

If you want to swing, you ask for a turn. They were not doing anything wrong and you can't expect a group of young teens to be able to tell that the mother and baby 20 feet away wants to use a swing.

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Anonymous wrote:You're way overthinking this. A polite "excuse me. Would you mind if I use this swing with my baby?" Is all you needed.

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They were sitting there and chilling, not being disruptive. What's the issue? Wait your turn.

Anonymous wrote:No, they are using it and have every right to use it.

+1. Sounds like they were actively using the swings. OP has no right to tell them to "beat it."

Anonymous wrote:You're way overthinking this. A polite "excuse me. Would you mind if I use this swing with my baby?" Is all you needed.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know. I think of this as like adults in a public space. I’d say they’re taking up the tables at the library just a sitting even if there are tables designated as also being appropriate for kids I’m not really going to ask them to move along. But some people would. It’s a comfort thing. But I do get tired of the huge entitlement of OMG I HAVE A BABY MOVE i see so often here. Literally, billions of babies. Calm on down.

Eh, if they were sitting in toddler chairs in a children’s library, I would definitely ask them to move!

These kids were playing on the baby swing. Yeah, I’m going to ask them to move so my baby can swing. This is one of those times when OMG I HAVE A BABY MOVE is appropriate.

Nope. And your expiration date on this is coming soon, so get it in. Nobody cares about your kid but you. Seriously internalize that.