I really don't care about your baby.

I think some places should be free of babies & toddlers & a taproom would be somewhere I would hope to go to drink & avoid babies & toddlers. Surely there are places more suited - plenty of child friendly restaurants & cafes. If I go to pizza express I might expect to see some babies & toddlers. It might be generational as when mine were little we would not have gone somewhere like that (& mine didn’t cry much or make much fuss but it’s all the faffing about you need to do).

I am with you, but I kind of feel like if you’re in a toddler play area it’s fine or you're in the wrong place.
Leave adults to have adult time, some adults there might be avoiding child areas for various reasons. I know a couple whose IVF failed and they went to a pub only to find a family turn up next to them and the kids ran around / babies crying and adults shouting at kids. They went there to avoid children, yes kids can be lower in pubs but really is that the right venue? I’d have taken mine to a soft play.

If you are in a bar / tap room / pub / any adult space inc restaurants etc then you are in the right. It’s not the space for it, I do wonder why people take children to pubs and then promptly ignore children running amok while adults get drunk.

Choose your venues appropriately.

Just for that I think they’re insufferable!

I was recently on a flight with parents like this, with their offspring. Surrounded by middle class, millennial parents (sorry!) of babies and toddlers we were: I know I shouldn’t generalise, but they all seemed like they would definitely frequent tap rooms! Thought we all needed to hear about baby Spam and little Zebra or whatever they were called, and were delighted by the aisle based antics. I’m fairly sure there actually was a Leaf.

My teens were happily watching films and I wanted a kip but couldn’t because little Glockenspiel was kicking my seat throughout… on top
of all the noise.

Generally speaking, people should keep their conversations to themselves. Whether it’s the office gossip, your baby, what your husband has done wrong or your plans for your next novel. I’m not interested in!

I’m on your side OP. Some people are so over the top. I don’t have an issue with people talking about their babies. Or having a drink with their newborn because they don’t move around too much at that age.

But when my friends came over when my babies were small, I would usually beg them to tell me what they are up to! Some adult conversation!

So they basically had a pint each, and are overproud of their brand new baby. Crime if the century.

Bet they both had a pregnancy ticker on SM.

It's quite insufferable to refer to a baby as 32 days. Just say a month or 4 weeks, no ones that arsed. For this reason alone I feel they are being unreasonable 😂

Reminds me of City Slickers where Billy Crystals character was turning 40 and talkd about how his mother had only just stopped referring to him as being "480 months today!"

Why is everyone saying a 32 day old baby? It’s a month old surely or 4 weeks?

I love talking about babies, I realise not everyone does though so I tried not to bore people when mine were small.

I promise you, you absolutely were that annoying when yours were little, you just didn't comprehend the signals at the time and now your memory is washing it. Just wait until you are older and memory whitewashes and then rewrites a lot of annoying habits, mistakes, and unpleasant conversations.

They are just enjoying their baby you don’t have to focus on them.

It’s normal to be a bit excited.

I’d be concerned if they stayed and carried on drinking, otherwise wouldn’t care.

This is Mn, home of the misanthropic.

A taproom is a bar in a pub.

I thought this was Mumsnet - not miserable parents of grown up kids-net!
I am not a big drinker but I am sure I had a glass of wine or a pint when my baby was a month old in a pub. Stop trying to make it sound like they are drinking loads!

Sorry, Katie.

It’s a pub. It’s par for the course that there’ll be loudmouthed people talking about stuff
you're not interested in.

Yep, the parents may as well enjoy their last bit of freedom before a mobile, talkative whirlwind of destruction emerges from their tiny baby. Enjoy the pub times while they last. Flights of beer will be replaced by jugs of weak squash at soft play soon enough.

What's wrong with Wacky Warehouse?

I have a lovely friend. Just had her first very longed-for baby. When I am with her I coo and cuddle the baby and he is very sweet.

For my birthday she gave me a card with a printed photo of the baby with a speech bubble saying "Happy Birthday".

I look forward to the day I can tease her about it :)

I already said this kind of performative stuff is annoying, especially if you have other stuff going on yourself, but at least the child is loved and doted on, it’s better than millions of children get so🤷‍♀️

Do you think because you're a teacher you just don't want to hear about children in the precious holidays?

(what are you doing by the way, get back to marking!!!)

joke

Agreed. The first 32 days is only the beginning! Wait til senior school/teen years!!! 😬💀 (And the terrible twos also...)

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