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Hey y'all
That photo is from last week's football game. At least the weather was temperate. Of course that would not have mattered to a slew of parents who apparently think nothing of bringing little babies---appropriately festooned with team paraphernalia, of course--- out to games that are LOUD, hot and crowded.
The practice of taking babies to places where they are nothing more than an accessory to show off makes my head hurt.
Children old enough to remember and enjoy the experience coming to games?--I'm copacetic with that. We often see smaller children having a big time with their families at games. I think that can be a very positive experience.
The other?
Purely selfish.
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I agree 100% with ya. Although when Ryno was a newborn until he was 3, I would push him in his stroller while X-Mas shopping. Man what a chick magnet he was for me. Cheers TB!!
But ... but ...
I guess I'm a bit confused. I don't find this selfish at all. As a mom, as long as my child is comfortable and not causing a disruption (for example in a nice restaurant), I think this is appropriate.
I cant make the comment I want to make until I get two more additional pieces of information.
Is it expensive to go to a ball game? I know there is a price difference when it comes to where you are sitting, but in the area that this photo was snapped, is it expensive?
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do you have to buy an additional seat for the baby
Matt: LOLOLOL I bet he was--just like a puppy! And I see where there can be a necessity to take the baby shopping.
Dana: You and I will have to differ on this. It seems parents never think 'their' child will be a disruption but they almost always are in some environments. In this case my thoughts are as much about the welfare of the children as the logistical aspects of babies--not children but babies ---in a crowded , noisy, often unstable environment. It's not about the child at all at that point but purely about the parent.
Blue: 'Expensive' is a relative thing---they are in a section where the minimum cost for tickets is $25 per seat but the right to buy a seat is an additional charge(as much as $250 per seat). And yes you must buy a seat for the child no matter what size or age. Also these are bench seats--no backs and no sides.
Maybe they are bringing their child because that's the only way they get to enjoy that stuff.
I take my kids lots of places because we're a family and do stuff together. It was the same when they were babies.
But but but I love having a kid hanging out of my back pocket....drooling behind me - which helps finding my way home - like breadcrumbs ya know -
And when at the bar drinking at 2:00am, man a baby hanging on your hip is a total chick magnet...totally
stop being such a stick in the mud...
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SMOOCH
I wrote this really long comment but I'm just going to say "AGREED".
I took my son to his first White Sox game when he was four and he had a blast but now, in hindsight, I wonder just what the hell I was thinking bringing him to a sporting event at that age - especially because they were awesome seats which not only makes it even more dangerous to him because of the possibility of getting whacked by a ball but also because it's even more rude to the other season ticket holders around us, had he decided to act up or pitch a fit.
Britt: Oh I understand that may be a part of it--my point goes back again to the welfare of a baby---not children. For example it may be 'family' time taking your child(in the case I am thinking of it was a 2 1/2 year old) to a minor league baseball game and sitting along the third base line past the netting. But it turned into 'family' time at the emergency room because the kid sitting in the lap of his parent got hit by a foul ball--a typical hazard in those seats. Now we don't have 'rowdy' fans very often but it's very loud, it's very crowded (normally) and the weather can switch from nice to crazy in a flash. I just think it's more about the parent than the baby. We have two small boys(around 5) whose dads have season tickets right in front of us. They have a great time watching the games together.
Bond: You are silleh--SMOOCH
Sheila: I agree that baseball is inherently a riskier prospect. I think children are generally well behaved at games---everyone is over-stimulated !
OK well that's just retarded. I'd bring my kids to a game, but I sure wouldn't sit close enough for them to get hit.
We used to bring Devin to wrestling meets, etc. all the time when he was a newborn. Both of our brothers wrestled. Did that mean sometimes one of us was on baby duty, walking the halls, etc.? Sure. But I'm a big believer that a baby comes INTO a family and becomes a part of it.
As he grew up he was always very comfortable with crowds, etc. too ;-)
Britt: Wrestling was an indoor sport with quieter hallways etc. I know there are times when babies go along with the rest of the family--trust me LOL
But what I keep seeing is different and it annoys me no end.
I will definitely concur that there are places that a baby shouldn't be, even if that means you have to miss out and sit your ass at home.
I knew someone recently who took their NEWBORN to a freaking Nascar race. In Florida. In the summer. And went into the pit or center or whatever it's called.
We do things with the kids, as a family, that I know the kids would enjoy. When it's a rated R horror movie? A hot baseball game? A marathon 8-hour Christmas shopping trip to the mall? Then the kids stay at home with Dad or Grandma or Nana. They're part of the family but not to the point that they don't enjoy themselves or that we don't enjoy ourselves.
You and I don't disagree on much, but this issue is probably as much of a "hot button" for me as it is for you.
Understand that I approach this from the perspective of being a single mom for the first 7 years of my son's life. I had no family to care for my son - it was just the two of us.
I took him to baseball games, football games and family friendly restaurants. If I hadn't, I'd have been sitting my ass at home for 5 years as would he, and neither of us would have been better for that.
Are there times/places where bringing an infant is inappropriate? Absolutely! I didn't go to a movie for 3 years because I felt movie theaters were not somewhere I should bring an infant/toddler. But a football game? I don't know - I don't see this particular instance as selfish.
I always got stuck with the criers. My god children are such cry babies. So I never really enjoyed anything when I went with their parents. I was always in the hallway trying to calm them down.
But it was kind of fun making people uncomfortable because they thought I was a teenage parent (my god daughter was born when I was 17). So there's always an upside. :)
I agree I guess the only decent excuse would be the babysitter calling in at the last minute.
And one more thing ('cause I'm on the lone dissenter road anyway) ...
You wrote "Children old enough to remember and enjoy the experience coming to games?--I'm copacetic with that."
I *know* what you are trying to say here, but let's be honest. How many things do we have to do with our children (infants included) that they do not understand nor enjoy? I mean really, up until they are at least 2 there is very little that they are really able to enjoy, and they probably won't remember anything that occurs before they are about 5. Is your position that they shouldn't attend sporting events (or other activities) until they are 5? Somehow I don't think that is where you are going with this at all. Common sense tells me there is more to this story ...
See, I have a kid, but I still agree with you. Babies don't need to be out - I'm sorry - hire a sitter, or stay at home. Obviously, there are times you have to bring them, or times more suitable. But to be honest, my kid only traveled to grandma's house until she was about 1 year old. She didn't go to any kind of game thing until she was 4. Why? Because 1) What's the point? She's not watching the game, there are drunken douchebags all around, and it makes it more work for me, when I'd rather be relaxing, and 2) not good for their health for various reasons and blah blah.
I will babble here too much about it.
But I agree, overall. Babies are fragile and just don't need to be exposed to a lot of that crap - period.
We've decided this would make a great Clearly, You're Retarded topic. ;-)
Take a soundmeter to one of these games and tell me that's healthy for young ears...
Needless to say, I am in agreement.
Well every body has got his/her perception and point of view, there will be some reasons that being a mother she cant left her child alone at home and she also don't wanna miss that match, so she decided to take her baby along with her.
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