To think that if you're at a school nativity and your baby/toddler refuses to stop crying/whining then you should take them the hell out!

[EvaJacobs1]

Youngest child's first ever school Christmas performance today so inevitably I was looking forward to it, well it was completely and utterly bloody ruined by other parents allowing their children to scream bloody murder. Now I am a mum of four so i know all to well that children make noise and not always at the best of times, but Aibu to think that if your child is making that much noise that the other parents cannot hear their children do their parts/sing their songs then you do the decent thing and take them outside to calm down.

What ruined DD's show was all the videoing parents. Wish they would just ban photos and videos and just let everyone enjoy the show in there here and now. As it was we could hardly see past all the iPhone's in the air.

Yanbu, I can't understand these rotten, selfish idiots who spoil it for everyone else. No one cares to hear your child crying to take them away!

My ds2 was the screaming and crying child today. Unfortunately he was part of the performance

I'm with you. Yes I understand that not all have childcare options but it's still selfish that their want trumps all others attending.

At our school again it's not preschool age children. They are turned away (despite this advertised there's always one!).

To be complimentary the performance put on along with the costumes and set is pretty damn good (school nepotism aside), which is surprising as its not seen seen as a creative type school but is wicked on the sports field!

Yes, well, it was a nappy pissing horror. I gave birth to one of my own a couple of years later (I discovered, to my dismay, that the fiends also shit in their nappies as well as piss).

The screeching piss bag wasn't even invited to the wedding. However, it's colossally stupid parents brought it anyway.

Thanks for drowning out my wedding service with your ghastly offspring.

The couple have us a cheque as a wedding present. It bounced.

"Gave" us a cheque.

Orange

YANBU

The eulogy at my father's funeral had to compete with a screaming toddler whose mother (my friend as it happened) sat there with her instead of going into the church porch. Those were the last words being spoken in public about my dad - they were very important to me and to many of his friends and family but not more important than her child screaming inside the church apparently.

I started a thread like this last year. Yanbu.

I wish there was an announcement at the beginning that screaming children should be removed so the children can be heard. In fact, I'm going to suggest just that to the head at the dcs school before next week.. Fingers crossed

I remember at least one thread about this last year whirly

I started one yesterday about how I have changed my mind now I have a toddler dc2 rather than baby dc2. No way could I bring him to dc1's nativity this year. He would be on the stage and diving off it before you could say "bollocks" and he's a heavy little bugger to drag away again.

That said all the younger children who were there today were really good, as they were last year, which is why I think I was of the view last year that bringing toddlers was ok. There were only a couple of toddlers and a few little babies there.

It depends on the toddler I guess and how well you can control then. And you must take them out if they are being distracting. My ds was fine to bring as a baby. Not as a toddler as he is now. Dd (dc1) had more language before she got to his physical stage so I didn't anticipate until ds got to this point having a child who you could not keep in one place!

To be clear, I didn't bring him!

Absolutely YANBU. S'funny though I am sure I have seen threads like this go the other way on mumsnet with indignant posters saying "FGS it's not the Royal Albert Hall" You never can tell.

Orange At BIL/SILs wedding there was a woman with a screaming baby. She wasn't even invited but she knew them so turned up to watch the ceremony. The baby bellowed throughout and she didn't have the common sense and basic manners to take it out. They were having a wedding video done but when it was played back you could hardly hear the ceremony for the baby noise

YANBU. At our school performances preschoolers are banned.And it is enforced by the headmistress.
Even at assemblies where they are tolerated one squeak and she descends like an avenging angel to remove parent and child.
She's useful like that.

Our Nursery goes in to watch the Nativity dress rehearsal with the rest of the school. They are usually impeccably behaved, sit there and enjoy the play. Noise is not expected or allowed.

We don't allow babies and toddlers in to the parents' performance (except rare exceptions) as we were sick of them being ruined by inconsiderate parents.

The children put a lot of effort into these plays and it's not fair to spoil it.

YADNBU, it's common courtesy surely.