They are dang strict about their height rule at IKEA, and it took two employees crouching to be eye-level with the line to confirm that Miriam was tall enough. But in the end, she was, and it was the best hour of my life in recent memory when I sent her in there to play so I could roam IKEA with only one kid in tow instead of two. Ah, bliss.
Discussion question: Why is there a height rule, anyway? The potty-trained rule I can understand, but height? What kind of arbitrary restriction is that? It just punishes the little ones.
Yeah, it doesn't seem fair that a 2-year-old-big-bruiser could get in but Meme couldn't. Until now. She's probably an asset to Smaland in that she behaves & can take care of herself & look out for others.
ReplyDeleteAs long as height is a requirement I don't think my kids will ever be able to enter... We are all short. Glad you could enjoy IKEA on an all new level... Hmmm... maybe i'll go tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteNo kidding. My friend's 2-year-old is a monster of a kid. He's seriously gigantic. He just got some hand-me-downs from a different friend's 4-year-old. More than half of them were too small.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, Rachel was daytime potty trained at like 15 months...and that's probably too young to have her in there (Smaland), even though she was (at that point) the most cooperative child in the church nursery.
So...anyway...I'm glad Miriam is tall enough, too! She also kind of got the bum-end of the deal considering the height of her parents (no offense). :)
Ian is also short...And still has a good 2" before Smaland is a possibility.
ReplyDeleteMy best guess is that it's some major corporate liability. Perhaps shorter children could sue IKEA for MORE $$ if something were to happen.
And as ridiculous as that sounds... there might just be a grain of truth.
Is it because of how high the steps on their playland are? I know that McDonald's makes them abnormally large in hopes of keeping the smaller (although I think they presume smaller=younger) kids off and out of harm's way, thus minimizing lawsuits. I dunno. An age rule seems more effective, although harder to prove.
ReplyDeleteLiz hits on a good point...you can lie about just about anything (age, potty training, etc)...but height can't be faked.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they're so militant about it because it's the one and only thing they can know for sure...and they've obviously erred on the TALLER side.
She has a Grandpa Stan look on her face! It reads 'oh, ugh, ok.'
ReplyDeletehaha! she sure does, jeremy
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!! Demitri has hit the height requirement, but isn't potty trained yet. Someday, Smalland, I'll enjoy bliss, too.
ReplyDeleteI thought Miriam would never make it, either, but she did! So don't give up hope, everyone.
ReplyDeleteI bet Liz is right - they probably have a height restriction so they don't have to spend time checking birth certificates and such. But it's still not fair.