Bubble machines in the parks

[MrsJ Henry]

Dentist tell people not to eat sweets. Do you never eat sweets?
My current pair of glasses I've had for 3 years now.. not one scratch.. It would take more than one quick wipe in a line to ruin them..

you say that like some parent is giving them to kids and telling them "take em all out kid" lol wow the centralisticness of people these days astonishes me. Apparently tolerance is a four letter word now..

I just can't believe how far low we've gone in a society when we can't tolerate a few minutes around a little child innocently blowing bubbles... Shame on us for becoming so self absorbed...

Especially in a place which is supposed to be so magical for children and encourages grown ups to relive their childhood..

I think this is a good point. Like I said before.. we are talking about bubbles....
I understand people have allergies etc... but in the grand scheme of things ... it would not be life threatening to be touched with a bubble. Be prepared and bring some wipes. Or let the person know nicely that you have an allergy.
Actually out of all the times I have been to the parks I will say that I don't see bubbles in line that much and I actually have never encountered a person who was obviously upset about them.

Should we all have common courtesy and care about the space around us? Well of course we should. But let's be honest... Don't we all have bigger fish to fry then BUBBLES BEING BLOWN while in line at Disney?

We are in Disney... what else matters???

And yes, we should all teach our children to respect others, act appropriately, learn to have patience, be able to wait in line, that all people have different issues and to have a wonderful time in the happiest place on earth!!!!!

 

[BayouMickey]

You do realize that you are talking about DEATH of a child, right? DEATH, not itchy eyes, not oh poor baby, DEATH. I see you whining about your poor child not being able to eat what they want because another child could die, but we're supposed to feel bad for you? FWIW, when we transitioned to sunflower seed butter (and yes, it's good!) we went half peanutbutter, half sunflower seed butter with jelly at home, so when they went to school they were used to it. If sugar was airborne and could kill people, you would not be singing the same tune you're singing now, because you child could DIE. But it's not your child, so who cares, right?

I'm not whining about anything I was posing examples I would never ask for sympathy from anyone for me or my children. That's where you and me differ. I take my child's health into my own hands, I don't need anyone else nor would i push it on to anyone else. If that child is so susceptible to airborne allergens, maybe public school is not the place for them. Sunflower butter is plain nasty.. I'm sorry.. and she vowed never eat it again.
And by and by you really should read about peanut allergies and airborne reactions before you get all high and mighty.. here I'll post a link for you:

http://www.allergysafecommunities.ca/assets/common_beliefs_faan_2003.pdf

 

[irishtigger]

I know when I get hit with the bubbles my skin turns red and starts to itch. I waited in lines as a child not needing to blow bubbles. Find something else for them to do!

 

[ratlenhum]

Face it, bubbles are annoying! If there's die in them it can stain. Soap is a pain to get off glasses and camera lenses. People have allergies to stuff in them. Little kids jumping around and poking their fingers in the air are annoying if they end up poking you or repeatedly bumping in to you.

Kids these days are so used to instant gratification and constant entertainment it's sad. I've seen toddlers playing with phones and iPod touch in line in stores. No wonder these kids need constant entertainment. When my son was an infant and we were online I made faces at him and played with him. Now parents hand their kid one gadget while they play with another.

I have an 11 year old with autism. Waiting and standing around doing nothing is something they notoriously don't do well. We taught him to wait on lines, something most kids just learn through daily activities with their parents. My son had to be taught. Trips to stores when we really didn't need anything, planned play dates and special needs events became learning time.

If an autistic kid can wait on a line for an hour, surviving by just looking around and having his parents talk to him (because he doesn't have much language) then a typical kid should be able to do the same.

My son is entertained by bubbles as much as a toddler, as he is still very much like a toddler in a lot of ways, just a 5'3" toddler! As much as he's love them I wouldn't let him play with them in a crowded line just because "it's Disney"

Buy your kid the bubble blower. Blow them some place where people are not herded in a tight space like cattle, blow them at the resort or at the pool.

Would you bring a bubble blower for your kid to use in line at the grocery store, or while waiting in a doctors office? So why the need to blow them in line at Disney?

I can't believe this discussion over bubbles has gone on this long. I must add though that I do find bubbles less offensive than a family of four gnawing on a turkey leg and passing it around as they each take a big bite off it.

 

[BigAlsGal]

You did exactly what my eye doctor says not to do, as it will scratch the lenses on my glasses.

There are many ways to entertain kids in line that don't involve spraying or shooting of other substances on the other people in line, even if that contact is accidental.

I try not to wear my burlap shirts to disney.

 

[Schmeck]

I'm not whining about anything I was posing examples I would never ask for sympathy from anyone for me or my children. That's where you and me differ. I take my child's health into my own hands, I don't need anyone else nor would i push it on to anyone else. If that child is so susceptible to airborne allergens, maybe public school is not the place for them. Sunflower butter is plain nasty.. I'm sorry.. and she vowed never eat it again.
And by and by you really should read about peanut allergies and airborne reactions before you get all high and mighty.. here I'll post a link for you:

http://www.allergysafecommunities.ca/assets/common_beliefs_faan_2003.pdf

And that's her choice, not to eat it. But to put other children at risk because she chooses not to eat it, or invade others' personal space because your precious snowflake wants bubbles, wow. just wow. There are appropriate and inappropriate places for peanut butter and bubbles, loud music, farting, smoking, having sex, etc.

BTW, public education, by law, is open to everyone. A parent may decide not to send a child and homeschool (if peanut butter is that important to your child's diet, that may be a good choice for you?) but if the family wants the child to attend, the school has to keep that child safe.

I just hope you never have to feel as some parents do - worry about how the actions of others may harm (or kill) your child. I hope your child never develops a life threatening allergy.

 

[minnie mum]

Hi there!

Strange question, but I was wondering if anyone knows if the sell bubble machines or bubble shooters in the parks. We are headed down to wdw in a week and I read that they are a great distraction for toddlers waiting in line but I can't find one anywhere up here in NJ. I think I remember them being in magic kingdom but I can't be positive.

Thanks so much!

Soooo, OP (If you haven't run for the hills yet), remember back on post #2 when you were warned that bubble threads had been known to get heated???
At least you can't say you weren't warned.

 

[mrssam]

Soooo, OP (If you haven't run for the hills yet), remember back on post #2 when you were warned that bubble threads had been known to get heated???
At least you can't say you weren't warned.

For real... ::thumbsup::

 

[BayouMickey]

And that's her choice, not to eat it. But to put other children at risk because she chooses not to eat it, or invade others' personal space because your precious snowflake wants bubbles, wow. just wow. There are appropriate and inappropriate places for peanut butter and bubbles, loud music, farting, smoking, having sex, etc.

BTW, public education, by law, is open to everyone. A parent may decide not to send a child and homeschool (if peanut butter is that important to your child's diet, that may be a good choice for you?) but if the family wants the child to attend, the school has to keep that child safe.

I just hope you never have to feel as some parents do - worry about how the actions of others may harm (or kill) your child. I hope your child never develops a life threatening allergy.

As I said in a previous statement, you can definitely make that argument. But the fact being that the majority in the school are not affected by peanuts, so why is the majority being neglected for the minority?
And I know about public educational laws, I'm not saying the child HAS to get out, I'm saying if the parents are that worried about it, maybe they should consider it, but by no means am I suggesting that it's the only solution. There are many other ways to ensure the child's safety without taxing the rest of the student body, in fact, one person has already stated how her school deals with it without having anyone in danger or being neglected.
Also as I stated in a previous post. I make sure my daughter is sufficiently prepared for the days she cannot eat in the cafeteria, as I said many times in the last several posts, I was posing a example to be answered. But I reiterate,I don't push my daughters issues on the rest of the populous, we deal and adapt on our own, so not to inconvenience or deter anyone else. Unlike the whole peanut debacle.

 

[BayouMickey]

I try not to wear my burlap shirts to disney.

 

[MrsJ Henry]

Soooo, OP (If you haven't run for the hills yet), remember back on post #2 when you were warned that bubble threads had been known to get heated???
At least you can't say you weren't warned.

Yea I bet when she asked this question she didn't think it would turn into a thread about peanut allergies and if people do or don't care if other children live or die!!

Well that'll teach her to ask about bubble machines again!!!

 

[BayouMickey]

Yea I bet when she asked this question she didn't think it would turn into a thread about peanut allergies and if people do or don't care if other children live or die!!

Well that'll teach her to ask about bubble machines again!!!

I'm soooo sorry, I initially was just trying to prove a point, I should have known better

 

[Mrsjvb]

What it really comes down to is that there's a million other things out there aside from bubbles that can be used to entertain a kid in line. Honestly I think its ridiculous that parents feel like they need to make it so their kid has something stimulating them at all times, I was 3 years olds holding their parents phones at work watching cartoons while they go through the store...is it really so hard to teach your kid to be patient? And yes because I just KNOW someone is going to say "yes it is hard", give me a break... 99% of you I'm sure were taught to get over it and wait for a bit in line and now it seems to amount to abuse to let your kid be bored for 10 minutes.

once upon a time I read an article that basically said.. Kids REQUIRE boredom at times.

it is a necessary component to growing up.

funny how my generation and ones past grew up without iphones and 24/7 stimulation. as for feeding them every time their mouth opens, well I saw a friend of mine do that.. kid literally had food in his hands all waking hours. by the time he was 4 he was severely overweight and I got a phone call one evening and I got to listen to her pitch a fit because her kid's pediatrician yelled at her and threatened to inform child services she was abusing him.


as for bubbles.. well they are not my favorite thing in the world on any occasion, but when they cause the walkway to become slippery, you can bet I will have very strong words if I end up twisting a knee or worse, slipping/falling.

 

[kristie64063]

This thread has gone to the "ridiculous" place.

OP, buy your kid some bubbles, let him blow them at Disney; be sure and tell him to respect others and not blow them on people.

It's outdoors; they SELL THEM AT DISNEY, so it's just OK to have them there. lol!!!!

 

[ArwenMarie]

Not sure if this has been mentioned, but iPod Touches work great in line to distract kids.

 

[MrsJ Henry]

I'm soooo sorry, I initially was just trying to prove a point, I should have known better

Nothing to be sorry for..... you made some great points.
Just laughing to myself that the OP only asked where to buy bubble machines... and such hoopla over bubbles just keeps making me giggle.

 

[maxiesmom]

OP, buy your kid some bubbles, let him blow them at Disney; be sure and tell him to respect others and not blow them on people.

It's outdoors; they SELL THEM AT DISNEY, so it's just OK to have them there. lol!!!!

Exactly! Buy them, but be respectful about when and how they are used. Is that really too much to ask?

 

[Magpie]

Ok So magpie, I pose this question to you..
there are times my daughter cannot have what's being served for lunch in the cafeteria, her only other option is a sunflower butter sandwich (yes sunflower butter) that they offer.. She is disgusted by sunflower butter..but her dr says to give her a peanut butter (minus jelly) sandwich to keep her carb count up. So what should she do? not eat because ONE child out of 300 or so can't eat peanuts? Let's go a step further.. Now my diabetic child hasn't eaten lunch, she goes into a dangerously low blood sugar. Now for not endangering one child they now endanger mine. Now, you can say it's not the school's fault the child won't eat sunflower butter, well it's not my child's fault, little peter can't be around peanuts. why should she suffer for that?

Are there NO other sources of protein and carbs that she can possibly eat?

My teenage son is hypoglycemic. I would not accept "I only eat peanut butter" as an excuse for him allowing his blood sugar to spike. He'd simply have to eat what's available, whether he likes it or not. And he has.

I assume your child does not eat peanut butter for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I assume she wouldn't die if peanuts entirely disappeared off the market tomorrow. You should tell your doctor that peanut butter isn't available at your school, and ask what the alternatives are. He almost certainly suggested a peanut butter sandwich because it's easy and usually available, not because it's a prescription medication.

I'm willing to accept some small inconveniences in order to make our schools safe for all kids, not just mine.

Edit: I also took responsibility for packing my son's lunch every day, until he decided to cook for himself. That way I knew he never had to go hungry and risk fainting.

 

[Magpie]

Exactly! Buy them, but be respectful about when and how they are used. Is that really too much to ask?

I think that's perfectly reasonable, myself!

 

[BayouMickey]

Are there NO other sources of protein and carbs that she can possibly eat?

My teenage son is hypoglycemic. I would not accept "I only eat peanut butter" as an excuse for him allowing his blood sugar to spike. He'd simply have to eat what's available, whether he likes it or not. And he has.

I assume your child does not eat peanut butter for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I assume she wouldn't die if peanuts entirely disappeared off the market tomorrow. You should tell your doctor that peanut butter isn't available at your school, and ask what the alternatives are. He almost certainly suggested a peanut butter sandwich because it's easy and usually available, not because it's a prescription medication.

I'm willing to accept some small inconveniences in order to make our schools safe for all kids, not just mine.

Edit: I also took responsibility for packing my son's lunch every day, until he decided to cook for himself. That way I knew he never had to go hungry and risk fainting.

Oh absolutely its not a prescription, but it is the alternative given and yet taken away. I suggest people read about peanut allergies, although its a serious ailment, its most certainly containable without having to have this debate. There are solutions that can satisfy both sides, people just choose not to persue because its just more simpler to do away with it all.