Eastie77 Fri 19-Oct-18 19:44:08

Took DS (2) and older DD to the park today. DS was sleeping in his buggy while DD played. He woke up and was sitting contentedly watching everyone play. I went over to help DD with something and returned barely a minute later to find DS holding a bag of Wotsits and a bar of chocolate. The woman sitting next to me on the bench had given them to him. I have never met or spoken to this woman before. She had a young child with her and a large bag of snacks. I took the chocolate and crisps from DS and politely gave them back to her saying "thanks, he's already had his snacks today and it's his dinner time soon". She then proceeded to ignore me and hand both items back to him! I took them from him and this time forcefully said we did not want them to which she replied "why can't he have them, what's the problem?". I repeated what I had said earlier. She tutted and rolled her eyes .



At first I was just a bit bemused by it all but as the afternoon wore on I became really annoyed as I saw her attempting to hand out various snacks to other kids. Several parents intervened and said no but there were some kids who were on their own/parents not in view who took the chocolates etc. DP thinks I am completely over-reacting but I really don't know who in their right mind would just hand that kind of stuff out to a child they do not know? She had no idea if a child was allergic to anything in any of the items she was giving out.



Btw I don't think there was anything remotely sinister about her (so no need for me to log a call with 101 ) but I do think I should have said something to her...