Simply Upsetting!

M., I completely understand what you are saying. I am a single mother of three beautiful yet loud children. I have a girl 5yrs old, a boy 3yrs old and a 11mth old girl, so you can imagine my nights out. But I feel like this, every single person on this earth were children at once. Were they quiet at every outing, NO. I got in an arguement with someone about this same exact thing. As a matter or fact I was at Miyabi's one day and this man said would you take that rattle away from your baby. At first I thought he was joking but then he said F***ers. I turned my head so fast and told him that if it was bothering him then he needs to go somewhere else. To make a long story short, he had to move. But it is ridiculous how people are. If they want to have a enjoyable night then they need to stay home where they know it will be quiet. Children are everywhere.
I was at Red Lobster with my 3 children the other day and there was an older couple that kept looking over my way when my children got loud or I had to fuss at them. I just looked right back with my face saying yeah they are children and no we are not going anywhere.
It really urks me the way people think.

First of all let me say that you are absolutely right, as parents we should be able to spend quality time with our families, no matter where we want to take them. although no one has actually said anything to me, when my two year old and I are out in public and he gets fussy people start staring and giving strange looks..We shouldnt have to leave a restaraunt or anywhere for that matter because of some ignorant person. Those who said these things are just arrogant ignorant people and should be put in their place, they dont have any kids so they shouldnt make judgements on how to raise a child, where not to take the child, etc.. When I am out with my son ( my family) I dont let others bother me, i just spend quality time with my son, the heck with everyone else! i say tell em off next time you see them! message back if you have another question or just want to vent :) i know its not insightful but I have a 2 year old and my time with my son is precious he is only this small for so long. good luck

Yeah right! I know that little children get as much enjoyment out of seeing the "pretty fishies" at an aquarium as anyone. Maybe more because they are so new to life that something so BEAUTIFUL is an absolute MIRACLE to them. And as far as restaurants go, how are they supposed to learn how to act in a restaurant if their parents are never allowed to take them to any? Yes, parents should be considerate and try to keep children from crying and disturbing others, and, if bad comes to worse, they should be taken outside or to the car or lobby until they've settled down. But that's just part of manners. But these things that were talking, from Mr. College Professor right on down to "lowly", and obvously STUPID students are asking the impossible. I hope that someday I am fortunate enough to sit in a restaurant with my little boy fussing about not getting to get down to play, and some jerk tells me that I should leave the dinner that I am paying good money for just because he is there! I hope he likes looking like a fool in front of a full restaurant, because I'll sure make him look like one! I hope you gave them all a large chunck of your mind!

I once took my son when he was 3 to see a movie that he really wanted to see. It was at 1pm on a Saturday and the movie had been out for a few weeks, so I fugured that if he did get a little loud, there would not be a lot of people there to bother. I was wrong. Well, my son was standing up in front of me, very short so not blocking anyone's view. Well he accidentally touched the woman in front of me and she went and complained to the manager and he came and told me that I would have to keep my son in his seat. Well, we were about 30 minutes into the movie and I could no longer enjoy it because I was fuming at the girl(19-21 with her 19-21yo boyfriend) in front of me. She never once said anything to me. So, I got up and told the manager that I wanted my money back since I was not able to watch and enjoy the movie. He wanted to give me passes and I told him that I would never come back to that theatre, and so I got my cash back and never went back.
If you go to a public place, you have to take things in perspective. I don't think that someone should take a baby to a movie because they will cry and it is disturbing and that is just being curteous. As far as dinner or anywhere else if you don't want to see or hear kids, go at 8pm!

Ya know, I think that it is only imporoper to take them to fancier restaurants and later at night when we know they will be cranky, as far as dinner time, and normal hours, Hey they go to the public place, they need to deal with it, the restuarant was not built for them and their intimate date, they can take that somewhere else!
my opinion.
:)