Crying baby in public

[Pingu49]

If you were in a cafe on your own with your baby and they were kicking off (even after you've tried feeding them etc) and someone approached you and offered to sit with you and entertain the baby while you finish your coffee, how would you feel?

This comes on the back of the "crying babies shouldn't be in cafes" debate last week.

I seen someone suggested doing this. I personally, would be incredibly grateful but I imagine some may be offended or think it's strange?

When my Ds was about 3 months old we went out for dinner. He started to cry and the lady at the next table offered to take him round the block in his pram so we could eat in peace! Er, no thanks.....

However I wouldn’t object if someone wanted to sit with me and try to entertain him whilst I gulped down a coffee.

I'm not sure a stranger would be better at settling my baby than me, so whilst I wouldn't think it strange or be offended I wouldn't take them up on it. If my dc was kicking off in a cafe I'd leave.

Oh god.. walking them round the block is odd. I definitely wouldn't agree to that haha!

I'm not even sure I'd agree to them sitting with me really, I just think I'd feel SO grateful for the offer

I took dd out when she was tiny and she screamed the place down. I was stressed, it was making her worse and the most wonderful lady next to me asked if she could hold her while I finished my food. Dd settles down being with someone that wasn’t getting themselves into a tizzy and it was lovely. So no, never offended.

Ah teddy, that's a lovely story.

I think what im getting at is, I know how grateful id feel for the offer so I would be open to be the one offering. I just wouldn't want the mother to feel offended or like it's my way of saying "can I shut that thing up please" 😂

I’d think it was a very kind offer but I’d never sceptical that they’d be able to distract my baby and I’d still feel rushed and stressed to finish. When friends have done this ive still found I can’t relax

With my first I wouldn't have like it, because I was quite young, exhausted by a very screamy baby, and worried I was mucking it all up, so wrongly interpreted these kind of offers as people thinking I was doing it wrong or not coping. With three, I would practically take up the offer of the walking-around-the-block lady

If you do, I'd start with something to disarm it a bit, like 'its so hard when they cry so much" / "you're doing such a good job" etc to let her know you're well intentioned!