Do you use parents parks?

I use them if there's one free, which there never is a Porirua Shopping Centre.

At Woolworths in Johnsonville they're 'expectant mothers' parking also. I found this to be great as my baby brain was so bad I could never remember where I parked the car!!

i use them, I kinda figure that between the gremlins trying to get themselves run over and being eight months pregnant that i qualify.
I also have no issues with telling people off for parking in them without kids. And my pet hate is couples who park in them then one waits in the car with the baby while the other one goes in. IMO, if you're not getting the kid out of the car, you have no need for a parents park, don't be so damned lazy!

We were with the MIL the other day and she pulled into the Mummy park (we had Keziah in the car) and she got the most wicked evils from this lady... Morgan (MIL) went absolutely off her nut... and the lady giving the evils quickly turned on her heels LOL

I usually park away from the entrances in the back lots.. the congestion is bad enough to keep me away

cuppatea wrote: The one at countdown says new and expectant mothers.

I'm TTC, does that count??

We always head to them - they're generally much wider than normal parks which makes it much easier with a pram.

I like the idea of a 'new and expectant mothers' sign though. I remember when I was 8 months pregnant trying to squeeze out between our car and the one parked next to us - not fun!

cuppatea wrote: The one at countdown says new and expectant mothers. Dh complained about this as he reckons its sexist and that it means he shouldn't park there even if he has Spencer with him, to which I pointed out he has never actually taken Spencer shopping with him

ROFL thats so true.

I actually am yet to find a mothers park thats wider than a normal one. Maybe I just go to the wrong places. I actually think a pregnant lady deserves it more than me, its way worse having to walk further when pregnant than push a pram a few extra metres. I wouldn't mind if they had bigger parks further away just so its a bit easier for me and my monster pram. I hate having to leave one of the kids behind the car while I put the other one in the car.

I use them when i have Rhylz with me otherwise I find another park. In new Plymouth centre city there is only 2 (and yup they are right near the entrence) I think when I was pregnant (it is for expentant and new mothers) I could never get one and even since Having Rhylz I think I hv parked there once.

The other day a lady was in one who clearly wasn't pregnant or child (she was around 60 odd) and I was going to say something but she must of caught me on a good day and I just went and looked for another.

I definitely head to those parks first and see if any are available before I go looking for another park.  I've only managed to get it a few times.  Once I was just walking past the park on my way to my car, and saw a car pulling out, with no children in the car whatsoever, with 2 very capable young people in it.  I think the parks for expectant mothers is awesome.  I used them when pg with Jett and Gia, loved them!  Those parks always seemed empty, which was great that I could get one, but then wondered how many other expectant mums used them. 

 

What that Howard-Smith guy said about how he uses them is so rude!  He obviously doesn't think about how difficult it is to get children in & out of the car, or what a mission it is, to get safely inside the shopping centre with young toddlers/children after walking around the carpark with them!

If they are free then I use them, they are much easier for getting in and out.  I had a lady have a go at me when I was prked ina normal park (no parent one's free) when I was getting Kate into the car, as I had the door open too far and she couldn't get into the park next to me (despite heaps of free ones further down).

I tried to complain at Centreplace in Hamilton about people using who definitely didn't have a pram - one woman had two teenagers with her.  If they provide that service they should monitor.  But they really didn't care.

That's a disgusting attitude! Yes I do park in them, every time if I can unless DH is shopping with me. The teens who park in there annoy me so much, I have been close to saying something to their face at times.