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When Play Dates Attack

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Yesterday I hosted a play date at our house for Sydney, 5, and her 4-year-old friend.

“Hosting a play date today. BRING IT!” I tweeted confidently. After all, I’ve been hosting play dates since 2006 when my son turned 3. I could handle 2 little girls going to Kindergarten next Fall. Plus, the other girl’s mom was going to stick around and have a chat. We were evenly matched!

About 20 minutes into the play date, the other little girl comes up to her mom and says nonchalantly, “Mom, Sydney’s got her hair stuck.”

I look over and find Sydney laying face down on the floor, a huge chunk of her hair tangled up in the back wheel of this My Little Pony remote control car:

Thankfully, she’s not crying. She’s as cool as a cucumber. I patiently try to unwind her hair. Hmm. I try some more. That hair was stuck!

I resort to cutting the hair out with nail scissors. The other mom offers to help hold the car while I struggle with scissors and hair. She’s the one who points out this sticker on the bottom of the car:

 

Can you read it? Something about adult Supervision required, hair entanglement, blah, blah, blah…Well, NOW I  know!

Episodes like this one are exactly why I call myself the Experienced Bad Mom!

Got any favorite play date stories of your own to share?

 

Comments

  1. Regarding “the incident” as it’s become known around here. She’s had that MLP car 1+ years and never dangled her locks near the wheels. I think she was showing off to her friend. From the floor. Ah, well, at least she didn’t cry and you can’t tell she’s missing any hair. 🙂

    • This whole blog is a laundry list of things I’ll remember when the kids have grown! Thanks for commenting.

  6. I can’t stop laughing. I can TOTALLY see something like this happening at our house, especially if there was a warning sticker on the bottom of the toy. I’m now making a mental note never to Tweet about play dates before they happen…just in case! Happy SITS Day!
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    • Sooo glad you laughed. That’s my goal in sharing these little ditties! Yes, no confident tweets before play dates for me anymore. 🙂

  9. Love the warning. I guess you can’t say you weren’t warned. Kind of like when one of my daughters friends wedged herself in the dryer during a game of hide and seek and the door jammed. Sheer panic on my part. I was ready to call a welder to come unweld the door or whatever they do. I was going to be on the news I was sure of it. After about five minutes that felt like five hours the door came open. And what was staring me in the face…a warning about not getting in there. I mean–I knew that, but really? Who doesn’t spend a few moments in there as a kid during hide and seek. Maytag should take that into consideration when designing their new products. Right?

    • Yes, Maytag should totally consider that in their product design! Glad to know I’m not the only one out there who saw a label after the fact! Thanks for sharing. 🙂

  10. Sorry about the hair loss. My worst play date memories are not of my own child getting hurt but the visitor. My daughter had her friend over. They were both pretty small. They had moved a chair on the porch over so they could ring the doorbell. One leg must not have been all the way on the porch because they tipped over. And her friend landed on a decorative lava rock in our flower bed. I had to call his mom and tell her that her child was bleeding profusely from the head and I was pretty sure he needed stitches. That’s not a fun call to make. He needed something like 8 stitches. She was cool and got over it, but it still wasn’t a fun thing.
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    • Ick. Yup, we’ve all been there and it’s not fun. But totally part of almost everyone’s childhood I’m betting. Thanks for commenting!

  11. Hate to say it but I was relieved. I thought the post would be about what to do when your child’s play date companion attacks. Attack of the pink pony is livable, lovable, and laughable. My daughters all loved the ponies when they first were produced and as adults they still hold fond memories. Thanks for the laughs. Enjoy your SITS Day.
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    • You’re welcome for the laughs. I love to make readers laugh! And how funny (or disturbing?!) would it be if I did have a post about when your play date *friend* attacks. Thankfully, I don’t have a post like that. Yet. Ahem.

  13. Hilarious! Not too long ago, my son’s little friend puked all over my garage floor. Cleaning up after your own kid is one thing…but someone else’s?!? Ick.

  14. Too funny! I used to have a home daycare. One day a couple came to check out our little set up. As I took them and all the children out to the play-structure, I felt rain. When I looked up, my son had climbed to the balcony of the tree-house to pee!! AH! Thankfully the couple laughed and their child joined our little tribe 🙂
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  15. My daughter (9) has a friend down the street that likes to come over and play. Last night he stopped by while my daughter was at ballet and asked if he could come in and play with my boys (5 & 2). I said sure and he came in. We went from zero to madhouse with the older boy chasing my five-year old around the house and tackling him!! I had to put a quick stop to that, even though my 5 year old was loving every bit of it!
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    • 🙂 Sometimes playdates ARE awesome cause the kids play with each other and you are left alone (Remember what that was like?!)

    • Yes, the other mom was cool. Can’t imagine if it had been a new mommy friend. someone I didn’t know…probably would have been first and last play date!

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