Pub in evening with baby?

[ThreeWheelsGood]

Our baby is 3 months old. I'd like to go to our local's pub quiz one night, I breastfeed and we don't have family nearby to babysit, would you take baby? Am I being crazy to think this is okay?

Only youcan judge how suitable the pub is. My old local was a villagey, friendly place where nobody would have minded a jot. My new local is sadly a wetherspoons where i wouldnt bring a child ever.
You shouldnt be shackled at home just because youve given birth, pub quiz will be nice evening out.

Do it I'm sure my parents stuck me in the Moses basket under the table on a few nights out.

...and I turned out fine!

We took DS to our village pub when he was still small enough to just sleep in the carrycot. As long as you are prepared to make a sharp exit ( to the loos at least) if he starts to cry, then I'd go for it.

I would. Good luck, hope you win!

Once DS got to about 6 months old, he got too aware of his surroundings and so out a stop to all of that.

I'd also start looking for a local babysitter as you will want/need to get out occasionally without DS at some point. Could be an idea to ask in the pub while you have DS with you?

I honestly didn't realise you could do this. I thought something about a baby being under 18, pretty daft as I am sure you won't be giving him alcohol.

Ask the landlord, some places kick all under 18s out at a certain time (I only know because my brother was amused that his friend's newborn son got them 'thrown out')

We used to take DD to the pub all the time when she was

Depends on their liscence. I had someone come up to us very apologetically once And ask us to leave because it was 7pm and they were not allowed anyone under 16 in after that.

YY I would definitely check with the pub beforehand, and make sure you have "permission" before just walking in there. Also some pubs are different in the evenings to how they are in the day time. We brought DD to our local pub when she was very little (

Some pubs allow (ie are allowed by their licence) to have kids until 7 or 9pm, so do check.

I had baby dd with me at an event in a bar over the summer and around 7:30 when I was thinking the music was getting a bit loud for her, security came over and said they weren't allowed children after 7, and while they might pretend they hadn't seen her, the music was getting above the level they were allowed to have when children were present too - but they were happy for us to stay outside. So volume is another consideration.

here are the guide lines ask the landlord if you can - most pubs are struggling so will not turn away customers if they don't have to

I took DS with me EVERYWHERE until he was about 6 months. Cinema, restaurants, pubs etc. Once he got to that age, he started getting nosy and yelling at things he thought were interesting. But prior to that, he just slept if I cuddled him, so was no bother.

I took ds to a quiz night in a pub when he was 3 days old! I am a very bad mother!

I never realised there would be a licensing issue, I'll have to ask them! Thanks for heads up.

Baby doesn't have a bedtime really, sleeps longest between midnight-ish and morning, and is generally quiet/not screamy, so I didn't see the issue, but the "friends" who want to join us say they "don't want to be those people" ie with a loud baby. Sigh.

Personally I would hate to have a baby in a pub in the evening if I was there. I expect when I have (the rare) night out I do NOT want children around, 3 days, 3 months or 3 years. And I expect there would be a lot of people who feel the same.

So a sleeping baby in a sling would spoil your evening?

Yep because you can not guarantee that baby will not wake up screaming can you?

If the baby wakes up screaming then the parent takes it out. Simple.

parliament info

it doesn't mention babies but if the premises are allowed children then yes I would

I have been in few pubs in the evening when this has happened ...."oh they are not usually like this" as the scream and will not latch due to the noise and general atmosphere. Because children and a pub in the evening with fairly loud drinkling adults is not a great atmosphere for a young child perhaps?

So they would take the child out in this cold wet, windy weather really?

One of two things would happen in my experience, either the parents are oblivious and everyone has to deal with screaming until the child settles orthe parents get anxious about child and therefore unsettling said child even more. Mind you this is only the evening I have no worries about children being in family pubs during the day.

Depends what type of pub it is, but it if seemed ok I'd definitely do it. I wouldn't mind at all if someone brought their baby in, as long as the parents take the baby out if he/ she starts screaming. Wish I'd thought of it when dc were babies. The uk isn't as child friendly when it comes to things like that, unlike some othet countries. Its such a shame.