It's officially summer, which is good in many respects, but not so good in regards to my local pool. I belong to the local YMCA, which is extremely child-friendly. That's great. I'm all for kids leading an active, healthy life-style.
However, what I am not a fan of is all of the swim teams / swim lessons that are now taking place during the most popular swim times for adults and therefore closing some, if not all of the lanes. I understand why - working parents can only get there at certain times, but it still doesn't make me happy that I pay money to swim in a pool that I can't use when I want.
But that actually is the secondary point of this post. What REALLY gets me is that frequently I swim at the same time as an infant / toddler swim lesson. Now I'm all for kids knowing how to swim, but you can probably see where I'm going here. Infant / toddler = swim diapers. Now COME ON! I don't care how WHAT the diaper companies say - you can't tell me swim diapers work. Nope. Refuse to believe it. How is this at all sanitary? I'm not allowed to pee in the pool! Why are what are basically super-sized, pee sponges allowed?
I know, I know... I've heard the excuses - there is chlorine and that kills everything, urine is sterile, open water is worse, blah blah blah. I. Don't. Care. Plus, it's hard to think about urine being sterile when you're swimming laps next to the lessons and feel a sudden sensation of warm water (it's happened). It TOTALLY SKEEVES me out!
What gets me more is that we have another, larger outdoor pool at the Y that is a water park / lap pool. Do the lessons out there! You know other kids are already peeing in that pool! Why contaminate both?
Am I the only one who feels this way? Again, for the record, I'm not anti-kid and I'm FOR kids learning how to swim and knowing how to be safe in the water. But am I asking too much for one of the pools to be a pee-free zone? I don't think so.
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