Nicole had lunch the other day with a couple girlfriends, one of whom had recently had a baby. The baby is adorable but still very much a baby and will get fussy if he’s hungry or needs a diaper changed, etc. So every once in a while throughout the lunch, the baby would fuss or make a noise and people kept looking at Nicole and her friends.
The baby’s mom was telling them who cares, it’s a baby, you can’t expect them to be completely quiet for hours at a time. Nicole was kind of anxious about it. She doesn’t think that her friend should stay home just because she has a baby but Nicole gets uncomfortable with the baby interrupting other people and their meal.
As a parent himself, Stan says it depends on where you’re bringing the baby to eat. There are certain restaurants that you just don’t bring kids to.
Ryan says the only time kids or babies will bother him is if the crying and loud screaming go on for minutes. A few seconds, who cares but when it starts to get longer, the parent needs to take their kid away from everyone else and either calm them down before they bring them back, or just go home.
Rich says he’s torn on this because yes, kids will be kids and everyone was a kid once. As long as the parents are at least attempting to get the kid to settle down you can’t ever get mad. But if the parents are doing anything at all then you definitely have a right to get annoyed.
What’s your take on kids and babies at restaurants? When can you get mad and when do you have to be understanding?
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