Henna - I'm in Tokoroa. The next closest one is 20 minutes away in either Putaruru or Atiamuri.

I went on the Friday the other week and that didn't seem as bad as today.
I might go again this Friday and see if Fridays are a better day than Wednesdays.

MMM - All Playcentres have the same policies, or they're supposed to.

Argh, there was a little boy there and he had some Maraccas and was banging on some drums with them. I was standing there with Mac dancing along to his beat and about 3 other mothers came over to him on different occassions and told him to stop and be quiet, another mother came up behind him and grabbed his arms mid-beat.

I went to Playcentre as a kid, I remember it being so wonderful. This Playcentre was nothing like that

So I went to Playcentre this morning and I've decided it's really not for me. Well not exactly, Playcentre itself, it's morals, it's philosophies, I LOVE and I think they're awesome.
What is not awesome however are the other mothers/parents that are there.
There was one mother with what looked to be a 9 month old (approx?) little boy and she'd put him down someewhere and walk away, then he'd cry his heart out and she'd stand across the other side of the centre and call his a big sookie and a cry baby and a wimp. I was like FFS, he's SCARED and you've just dumped him there.
Then there was a girl there with a little newborn, she obviously couldn't be assed feeding bubba so she put him in his capsule, piled up a blanket on his chest then rested a bottle of formula on top of the blanket and left him to feed himself. He was no more than 3 months old.
Then there was this haggis old bat who was chasing kids around yelling at them to be quiet, don't run, don't do this, don't do that. FFS, it's raiing and cold, all the kids are inside, they're little boys, they make noise, they run, they crash, you can't just yell at them all day!
There was a group of mothers who stood in a corner talking about how they all got on the piss on the weekend and stuff. I was like whaaaaaaattttt? You're kidding right?!

I'm gutted. I desperately want to do the Playcentre courses cause like I say, I love their ways, but I can't go along there twice a week and sit by and see things like that. It goes against all that I believe. AND I don't want Mac to be subjected to that kind of treatment either.

I don't really know what to do though.

PS: Sorry about the odd text/font. OB went mental on me!