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Swim diapers, a not potty trained child and inconsiderate parents

dioxide45 said:
Based on my observations, they are seldom used features at most pools. Parents don't want to hang out around the kids pool, they just take their kids in the big pool.
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Yeah- our resort got rid of the splash pool and put in a new, large hot tub. But despite the sign that it’s against the rules, people still allow their little kids in with or even without them.
 
Luanne said:
I hate to say it but I don't think small children in diapers are the only ones who use a swimming pool as a toilet.
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Just notice how long some adults sit at the swim-up bar, consuming drink after drink for hours and never getting out of the pool. :oops:

Kurt
 
PigsDad said:
Just notice how long some adults sit at the swim-up bar, consuming drink after drink for hours and never getting out of the pool. :oops:

Kurt
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They have extra big bladders. Bladders the size of a pool...
 
WinniWoman said:
Yeah- our resort got rid of the splash pool and put in a new, large hot tub. But despite the sign that it’s against the rules, people still allow their little kids in with or even without them.
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At some point, something bad will happen. Someone will file a lawsuit. Then and only then will suggestions become rules that are enforced.
 
I noticed at Summit Watch last year they actually provided free swim diapers by the pool for anyone to take. I have never seen that anywhere else.
 
I agree with the view that those that cannot hold their bowels should not use pools and hot tubs. Bacteria and other things in feces can make large groups of people in pools very sick. It is on a whole different level than urine.
 
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They have the free swim diapers at Westin on Maui.
jwalk03 said:
I noticed at Summit Watch last year they actually provided free swim diapers by the pool for anyone to take. I have never seen that anywhere else.
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jwalk03 said:
I noticed at Summit Watch last year they actually provided free swim diapers by the pool for anyone to take. I have never seen that anywhere else.
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rickandcindy23 said:
They have the free swim diapers at Westin on Maui.
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Well that does it, no more pool time for me. Not that we really pool people anyway
 
dougp26364 said:
Well that does it, no more pool time for me. Not that we really pool people anyway
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It kind of depends. A few in a pool is probably no problem and a few too many is probably a problem.

Bill
 
I’m almost 68 years old and use pools and lakes to swim in all my life. Yes- little kids use them. All ages. Even my son was little we put him in pools. How would he learn to love water and to swim?

I’m still alive. I shower afterwards. Never had a problem. No way I’d give up being in water!

In the lakes there’s ducks and geese and loons and seagulls, etc. And you think those adult boaters don’t sometimes “go” in the lakes?

For pools- I would think chlorinated pools would be better in this regard? Don't know, but I’ve used both.

Heck- in some places you don’t want to know where they get your drinking water from before they clean it up with chemicals.. lol!
 
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WinniWoman said:
I’m almost 68 years old and use pools and lakes to swim in all my life. Yes- little kids use them. All ages. Even my son was little we put him in pools. How would he learn to love water and to swim?

I’m still alive. I shower afterwards. Never had a problem. No way I’d give up being in water!

In the lakes there’s ducks and geese and loons and seagulls, etc. And you think those adult boaters don’t sometimes “go” in the lakes?

For pools- I would think chlorinated pools would be better in this regard? Don't know, but I’ve used both.

Heck- in some places you don’t want to know where they get your drinking water from before they clean it up with chemicals.. lol!
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I can’t speak for everyone, but I can speak for myself. I was potty trained before I was allowed in or near a pool. My parents enrolled me in swim lessons. Urine, as opposed to feces, typically has no bacteria in it unless the person has a UTI. Even then chlorine readily kills it. Feces, OTOH has lots of things not good for people. E. coli
For starters, clostridium can be a bigger issue. Cryptosporidium is an even bigger health risk, especially to anyone with a compromised immune system. It nearly killed my wife in 2010.

It is NOT absolutely necessary for non-potty trained children to learn to swim in public pools where it can infringe on everyone else’s rights to use a pool free from worry about fecal contamination. I haven’t looked, but it wouldn’t surprise me if one of the requirements for swim lessons is the child must be potty trained.
 
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dougp26364 said:
I can’t speak for everyone, but I can speak for myself. I was potty trained before I was allowed in or near a pool. My parents enrolled me in swim lessons. Urine, as opposed to feces, typically has no bacteria in it unless the person has a UTI. Even then chlorine readily kills it. Feces, OTOH has lots of things not good for people. E. coli
For starters, clostridium can be a bigger issue. Cryptosporidium is an even bigger health risk, especially to anyone with a compromised immune system. It nearly killed my wife in 2010.

It is NOT absolutely necessary for non-potty trained children to learn to swim in public pools where it can infringe on everyone else’s rights to use a pool free from worry about fecal contamination. I haven’t looked, but it wouldn’t surprise me if one of the requirements for swim lessons is the child must be potty trained.
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I was not talking formal swim classes. I was talking parents introducing their little ones to water.
 
WinniWoman said:
I was not talking formal swim classes. I was talking parents introducing their little ones to water
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Once they’re potty trained it’s no problem. If they’re not potty trained or if they don’t know how to swim, they shouldn’t be in a public pool IMHO. Not only for the general public’s health/safety but for the child’s safety as well. It takes only a minute of inattention for a child to drown.

As for introduction to water, splash pools are the better/safer place for infants/toddlers.

In the end, it’s a free country. My opinion is just that, my opinion. As for me, if I see swim diapers being handed out by pool staff or I see infants/toddlers in swim diapers in the pool, I believe I’ll just refrain from getting in. Again, just my opinion. All others are free to do as they please within the rules of the resort.

I wonder, if it was your own personal pool and you had to go through a major, expensive, disinfection process every time someone’s child had an accident, would you have the same opinion, or is it just when someone else has to foot the bill and everyone else suffer the inconvenience that’s it’s OK?
 
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I'm curious... do the timeshares drain the pools if someone poops in it or do they just use a chemical sanitizer? IIRC, it seems like it takes them about a day to get the pool ready for use after an incident.
 
BJRSanDiego said:
I'm curious... do the timeshares drain the pools if someone poops in it or do they just use a chemical sanitizer? IIRC, it seems like it takes them about a day to get the pool ready for use after an incident.
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They clean the nastiness out and shock the pool. It has to remain closed because the shock (high concentration of chlorine) can irritate the skin and eyes. It doesn't get drained a la Caddyshack.
 
dioxide45 said:
They clean the nastiness out and shock the pool. It has to remain closed because the shock (high concentration of chlorine) can irritate the skin and eyes. It doesn't get drained a la Caddyshack.
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But that was only a Baby Ruth!
 
I've already stated my opinion about those that cannot hold their bowels being prohibited from a public pool, especially any highly impacted resort pool with high temps.

The comments about lakes and oceans are really uninformed and totally unrelated to a public (resort) pool situation. (I know some were made in jest.) The sheer number of people in an extremely small volume of water and limited sanitation in no way relates to a large body of open water, fresh or ocean.

These resort pools' chemical balance should be checked multiple times in the afternoon, and addressed appropriately. Urine, bacteria, sunscreen, and yes, residual fecal matter (no toto toilet or the infirm) on many, many people can really quickly overwhelm disinfectant regimes. A large fecal release when the water chemistry is taxed can immediately end any disinfectant process, and make people quickly ill if they ingest any water.
 
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