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WTF?

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Gobbledigook · 14/04/2005 19:28

Well that was my response - what do you think?

A couple of friends of mine are going on a girls night out tonight with a group of Mums from their child's nursery (not mine so I'm not going) - one of the mothers, also one of my friends, has a 9 week old dd and is breastfeeding so she is taking her with her

Please - who would take their 2 month old baby on a girls night out to a posh restaurant?? And it's not about the fact that she'd be bfing her in a restaurant btw, but what about the other mums in the group and all the other diners who have gone for a night out only to find a baby in the place?!

Madness and tbh if I was going I'd be pretty peed off.

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JoolsToo · 14/04/2005 23:22

there ain't enough polish

Blu · 14/04/2005 23:22

I think the moral is, if you're arranging a night out make sure it isn't woth people who think a sleeping (or quietly feeding) bundle will nick their drinks or cramp their pulling style, or however it is this baby is supposed to ruin a night out in a restaurant.

bosscat · 14/04/2005 23:23

GDG

GeorginaA · 14/04/2005 23:23

LOL don't have a halo to polish, sorry!

Seriously though, I'm quite shy in real life, and if that conversation had got back to me it would have been a serious blow to my confidence. Almost certainly would have stopped going to the group.

Baby/toddler group politics are trecherous waters at the best of times, but I do think if you've got an issue with it then it's better to be upfront about it saying "actually, we'd rather have it without children as a break".

emkana · 14/04/2005 23:24

LOL @ Blu!

CountessDracula · 14/04/2005 23:24

ROFL GDG!

MamaMaiasaura · 14/04/2005 23:26

btw wasnt been 'angelic' - just honest .. I might sound like a sad old cow but i do party

hunkersneakymunker · 14/04/2005 23:27

I really don't understand why a 9 week old baby in a sling or carseat, who sleeps and feeds is a problem.

I really do understand why a screaming colicky baby who is jiggled around and projectile vomits across the dinner table is a problem.

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Gobbledigook · 14/04/2005 23:29

Well I don't know which type this baby is (have seen her quiet and have seen her screaming) but this venue is not, imo, a place for a baby.

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Blu · 14/04/2005 23:29

Well i'm quite sure the snotty 'halo' comments were meant to include me, and I'm not apologising for giving my reaction to the question

JoolsToo · 14/04/2005 23:31

smugness, sarcasm and snot flowing like the Nile tonight

(and thats a general comment btw)

nosyparker · 14/04/2005 23:33

can't see a problem at all and would never even occur to me that anyone would find it offensive and if they did I'd still do it anyway. Slightly baffled that anyone with kids of their own would be pissed off though.

maybe I just have more sedate nights out than you? I wouldn't have taken my babies to a smoky club for example but a nice posh restaurant would be just my cup of tea.

hunkersneakymunker · 14/04/2005 23:34

GDG, you know the venue, so you know more than we do about whether it's suitable for a baby.

JoolsToo · 14/04/2005 23:39

I think the point was that it was a GIRLS night out - there was a babysitter available so why not use him - go out and relax (if you can)

hunkersneakymunker · 14/04/2005 23:44

But on the flip side of that, the baby may very well not take a bottle, so having a babysitter may not be at all relevant.

She said, covering old ground

hatsoff · 14/04/2005 23:44

Let me get this straight. All it takes to earn a halo is not to mind babies (of the teeny variety) in restaurants? I had no idea it was so easy. I'm straight off to heaven me.

JoolsToo · 14/04/2005 23:46

hm - but if the baby would take a bottle would it be ok to leave her with daddy? please!

binkybetsy · 14/04/2005 23:46

Can you make them yourself does that count?

hunkersneakymunker · 14/04/2005 23:46

Dammit! I so wanted to go to hell as well. Think it'll be boring in heaven.

Ooh, I seem to have earned myself a one-way ticket "downstairs" with that comment

JoolsToo · 14/04/2005 23:47

hatsoff - no thats not how you achieve the halo - read again!

PuffTheMagicDragon · 14/04/2005 23:48

Now I do have a halo. It's in my wardrobe - made out of a coat hanger, and still covered in gold and silver tinsel. Worn 35 years ago in the school nativity play. I've never recovered.........my best friend not me was chosen to be The Virgin Mary!

hunkersneakymunker · 14/04/2005 23:48

Only if it was EBM

Having said that though - I know that if I'd gone out when DS was nine weeks old, my boobs would've been fit to pop a couple of hours into the evening if I couldn't express during the evening. The logistics of breastfeeding a little baby aren't particularly conducive to girls nights out

JoolsToo · 14/04/2005 23:48

hm - ?

JoolsToo · 14/04/2005 23:49

well I was the Virgin Mary so I out rank you all!!!!

(I've got the photo to prove it!)

JoolsToo · 14/04/2005 23:49

hm - why is there always a but?

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