I took Amelia to the park in Ellesmere Port today and I made some observations.....

Amelia was the only girl in the park not to have had her ears pierced. Even tiny baby girls had them done.

I was the only mother with her own eye brows and not wearing fake tan.

Amelia was the only appropriately dressed child, wearing Jeans, long sleeved Tshirt and cardi. It was nice and sunny but the wind was cold. All the others had strappy tops, skirts and sandals. Poor buggers must have been frozen!

Same at my local park, although its really warm here in the sun, so lo's needed lots of sun cream but didn't notice anyone else bother, also really don't like ear piercings on babies, doesn't seem right

Some parents just don't think do they?

Last week its was just starting to get sunny here but the wind was still quite cold and I saw this mother walking down the street with her toddler in little shorts and a strappy top..she must have been so cold, cos I was and I had a little jacket on

Im so glad you said that the other kids must have been freezing! Its so sunny here, but its not proper hot yet. I left Caitlin at her granda's this morning for a day trip to the zoo wearing jeans, long sleeved t-shirt and short sleeved jumper over it. The zoo is at the top of a mountain and imo always blowy/ a bit nippy.... When I arrived her 2 yr old cousin is wearing a short denim skirt, bare legs and a strappy top.

I was beginning to feel a bit sorry for Caitlin that she was going to boil/look silly!

I packed suncream too banarama - prepared for everything me lol!

poor kids, my dad wouldnt let me have my ears peirced until i was 16 yrs old, and now i dont bother with them

i've been looking at baby clothes for the summer and they all seem short.. i see that but there doesnt seem a middle range out there that i like, but maybe i just fussy

Which park did you take her to Lisa? Whitby Park used to be okay (opposite the EPIC)

I am totally unsurprised at your observations. Were any of the parents above the age of consent?

Half the parks in The Port got closed down when I was a kid because the druggies used them so they weren't safe for kids.

NB: to everyone else: I grew up 3 miles from where Lisa now lives

LOL Gill it was Whitby park! It was nice enough but I couldn't help noticing a few things! x

Lisa, are you sure that you didn't do a little de-tour to Widnes today as you've described the scene I saw when Bethany and I went to Asda this morning!!

LisaGandAmelia wrote:

LOL Gill it was Whitby park! It was nice enough but I couldn't help noticing a few things! x

that was the best of the lot when I was a kid. I still have the scar on my knee from falling off the roundabout on my birthday when I was 9.

I guess you don't notice these things when you are a kid.

Lesley - I think Widnes and Ellesmere Port people come from the same original stock so I am not surprised.

mmmmmm Chav's day out I expect

Lol Gill, you've hit the nail on the head!! hee!

Hahahaha! You're right!!!

ClareandRuss wrote:

poor kids, my dad wouldnt let me have my ears peirced until i was 16 yrs old, and now i dont bother with them

ha ha ha, im sorry lol, I had to read that twice before I realised you meant you dont bother with ear rings. For a min I thought you were advocating kids getting their ears pierced young and had taken a moral stand by disowning your dad!

I was the opposite today! Its been 26 degrees here and boiling and sam had vest, long sleeved to and jeans!! xx

The weather is absolutely gorgeous here, well over 20 degrees... So I'm now sat in the garden with my feet up, a glass of juice, magazine, an ice lolly and my iPhone hehe!

But going back to the OP...some people just don't have the brains they were born with do they?! Poor children XX

That does make me laugh one bit of sunshine and the vests and shorts come out it may be sunny but its not warm enough yet x
Lasttime i took callum to the park all the other mums looked dressed up as if they were going out xx

Useless bit of information but in some culture's it is traditional for babies ears to be pierced by the doctor delivering them.

Enchanted wrote:

Useless bit of information but in some culture's it is traditional for babies ears to be pierced by the doctor delivering them.

Gosh really?!

Not sure caucasion 20 somethings from Ellesmere Port could claim it was cultural lol x

it was 31 degrees in my parents back garden today and gracie still had a vest and t-shirt on and 3/4 length trousers that roll down to full trousers if she needed it !!!!

i saw some mother the other day wearing jeans and a thick fleecy cardigan and the child was in a spagetti strap dress and sandals

Crikey it was so hot in some parts of the country!! It was 15 degrees here but the wind was cold x

Eeeek...nice to see people embracing summer but that's a bit mad!

my folks back garden is an absolute sun trap it really is 5 miles away when i got in my car at lunch time it was 26 so 9 degree difference in 5 miles x

we went to the coast and it was red hot, i had to take off ava's tights and cardigan and attempt to sellotape her sun hat on .

It was really hot here today and Aimee was in a summer dress. I had to keep her out of the sun in the afternoon though as it was too warm.

Earings? I just don't get why babies/little girls have it done so young. Aimee is never getting it done, poor bugger x

It was pretty hot here. C was wearing her knee length shorts and a long sleeved tshirt...however she also went out with her tutu, ladybird wings and deely boppers on