To think the person who brought their baby to Wimbledon should be ashamed

[StunningCunt]

Crying in the middle of the point, 17-16 in the final set of the semifinal, do people have no sense???

[bogeyface]

FFS, the kids wasnt wandering around nicking the balls!

Babies and children are admitted. Presumably the players will have been warned about this (and if not, again the fault lies with the organisers) and will accept that to play there they might have those distractions.

[Loshad]

bogey, typical blame culture.Adults should be able to make their own decisions if capable of being in charge of a baby. Any considerate adult would know a tennis match is not the place for a small baby

[NewGirlInTown]

Totally agree, the selfish entitlement of such parents beggars belief. This is why people are not allowed to bring babies to Wimbledon 'proper'. Staggeringly rude not just to the players but the rest of the spectators.
If they were sitting anywhere near me they would be left in no doubt that their presence was unwelcome.
What next? Babies at the opera? Classical concerts?

[roundtable]

Funny that people complain that we live in a nanny state where rules and regulations are dictated but yet there is always seems to be a diehard minority who won't apply common sense or decency by themselves and need to be told.

[AnnieLobeseder]

Sorry if anyone thinks I'm harsh but I can and will soundly judge anyone whose opinion of themselves and their baby is so high that they think they are somehow entitled to behave in highly antisocial manner.

[ilovesooty]

Oh I daresay some people think babies should be allowed at the opera and classical concerts too.

"It's just a bit of singing and playing. Get over it".

[DizzyGoldBee]

Not everybody has the benefit of a baby sitter, and it's quite possible to have bought Olympic tickets before you knew you were pregnant.

[bogeyface]

And maybe this considerate adult has a baby that would sleep through a bomb blast, but who got a drink spilled on them by the person next to them? Or developed a sudden fever?

Perhaps, just perhaps, on balance the parents thought that the baby would be fine but this one day it wasnt. Babies make liars out of us all, we all know what its like to say "Oh she eats anything!" only for them to turn their noses up at everything.

You dont know that they were being selfish, you just dont.

[miaowmix]

Babies cry though, it's what they do. Don't get all this 'if they thought it would happen' stuff. Don't bring them, it's just beyond selfish!

[GhostShip]

If someone doesn't expect their baby to cry at some point during a 4 hour match then they're either deluded or walking around with a baby born doll.

[ilovesooty]

They were being selfish to take a baby in the first place.

[marquesas]

Why is it ridiculous to suggest that a baby could cause a match to be lost?

In tennis and also golf any loud noise at the critical moment that the player is about to make contact with the ball can affect how the shot is played.

A baby simply has no place at a sporting event of this kind and those who think its OK must be putting their needs above the years of training the athletes and the right of the 10s of thousands of other spectators.

I really wish the parent involved would come on and give us their take on this.

[bogeyface]

Can I just add that selfish implies "Fuck you, I am going to do what I want"

Has anyone got any evidence that this was the pov of the parents? No.

It could just as easily have been "OMG, she is normally quite as a mouse, I just pop my boobs out and she is fine, but today I dont know what happened! I was so embarrassed and why did it HAVE to be today?" :(

You dont know which is was, so why the assumptions.

Oh and no, it wasnt me btw, i hate tennis (as confirmed by my one and only visit to wimbledon on a freebie :o)

[AnnieLobeseder]

Of course anyone who brings a baby to a day-long sporting event, where silence is expected, is being selfish!!!!! Babies absolutely cannot be expected to be quiet for hours on end.

[Goldenbear]

What about an open sir theatre play where you can bring a picnic?

I have to disagree about it not being an appropriate sport to take a child to. My DN is 5 and is able to sit and watch sports for a very long time, he has had the obsession since he was about 3. His cousin is 6 and was told by his father that the coach has been training him for free since the age if 4.5 because he has a natural talent, being so keen on the sport he would be able to watch it without making a noise. So I don't agree that tennis is not suitable for children as was said up thread. A baby is different but it couldn't have been a sleep deprived error of judgement??

[bogeyface]

*quiet not quite

[ilovesooty]

Anyone who thinks it's ok and it's "just a game" has no understanding of sport, and the efforts and training required.

[Goldenbear]

Could not 'couldn't'

[StunningCunt]

Not everybody has the benefit of a baby sitter, and it's quite possible to have bought Olympic tickets before you knew you were pregnant.

Yeah and I bought Olympic tickets for the tennis on Thursday.

But I didn't go because I had to go to a funeral instead. That's life. For me, it was sad. For you, if you have a baby, that's a joyous event, ok you have to reassess some of your plans, but you know, you'll get over it.

Your convenience and enjoyment does not trump that of thousands of spectators, millions on TV, and athletes who have more talent and dedication than you will ever have.

[StunningCunt]

I just pop my boobs out and she is fine,

No, that's too late.

One 'wah' can cost a match. A missed shot because of a crying baby can me defeat rather than victory.

That's unacceptable.

[GhostShip]

Bogey there's lots of instances in which people don't realise they're being selfish, but in fact are.

[bobbledunk]

The type of parents who need to ruin things for other people because they couldn't bear to be apart from their baby couldn't care less about the disruption the crying causes. They're probably proud that their babies cries got on the telly and perhaps affected the course of the match.

Everybody who's ever had a baby knows that they cry, you go to a tennis match/movie/theatre you accept that there is a good chance they will wake up and cry, ruining for other people, experiences that they paid for. That is inconsiderate and rude. Babies should be banned from anywhere that it is unacceptable to cause disturbance, that removes the ability of selfish twits to inflict their offspring on the rest of us.

[scottishmummy]

some parents are velcroed to wean and expect complete accommodation
at all events,
and cannot comprehend some situations not appropriate to bring squally wean
the whole world doesn't revolve around your wean

[rainydaysarebad]

Oh whatever with all the "Olympic dream down the pan" shit!! Why did the screaming baby only affect the loser? Federer could easily have lost the point too due to distraction, but he didn't. I think if it was wrong to take a baby to the tennis then the organisers wouldn't allow babies in. I don't think that mum has anything to be ashamed or embarrassed about.

[LaBelleDameSansPatience]

How ridiculously precious about a game.