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Children at public events - WWYD?

gniddewgniddew
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Would you take your LO to an indoor public event that requires some level of silence?  A symphony is playing in a 28,000 sq. ft. space this weekend.  It is a courtyard, but indoor.  The event is at 4:00 p.m. and I would love to take DS, but I'm not sure how it would fly.  Obviously, if he was screaming or crying or whatever, we would leave, but what if we go and he is just cooing from time to time or trying to "talk" to the people around him?

(I note that I find it very sad that I am sure I had opinions about this before becoming a mommy and I have no clue what said opinions were.)

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  • julieb00liejulieb00lie member
    Me personally....I wouldn't take DD.
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  • jessicaclarejessicaclare member
    Unless an event like that is specifically aimed at kids, I wouldn't bring mine. Frankly, I'd raise my eyebrows at someone that does. There are just some things that kids aren't meant to attend.
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  • gniddewgniddew
    I should have written that it's a "family" event, but I'm not sure "family" includes "infant."
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  • Breezer80Breezer80
    If it is meant to be a "family" event then yes, that does include families of all ages, and I'd bring the LO.
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  • BengalBelleBengalBelle member

    imagejessicaclare:
    Unless an event like that is specifically aimed at kids, I wouldn't bring mine. Frankly, I'd raise my eyebrows at someone that does. There are just some things that kids aren't meant to attend.

    This.  If it were "Kids Day at the Symphony", I would go.  Otherwise, people paid money to see the symphony play.  And even if he's not screaming, the people around you might not want to hear him coo and "talk".  They want to hear the music.

     I was frustrated enough when I took my dad to see Star Wars:In Concert - because while it was billed as a family event, the marketing didn't do a good job of explaining that it was a symphony concert with a movie screen showing clips from the movies.  And the kids around us were much more interested in hot dogs, pretzels and playing with their lightsabers than actually listening to the music and hearing what C3PO had to say (the actor was narrating).  We could barely hear and I was seriously annoyed.

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  • Ivana_StolichnayaIvana_Stolichnaya member
    I'd bring your LO.  I'm sure if it's a family event there will be other small children and most likely some of them might be also making noise.  It's not like you'll be the only one with a baby.
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  • jessicaclarejessicaclare member

    imagegniddew:
    I should have written that it's a "family" event, but I'm not sure "family" includes "infant."

    If it is billed as a family event, then its probably ok. I'd still be mindful of my baby's noise level though.

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    Annelise 3.22.2007 Norah 10.24.2009 Amelia 8.7.2011
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  • rsd12rsd12 member
    Yes to a family event.  Especially if it is outdoors. We are bringing the kids to my mom's symphony this evening.  Last year a women complained that the kids were too loud (not mine), but the band members did not mind at all - they love watching & playing for the kids!
    Boy 1 2/06 - Boy 2 12/07 - Boy 3 9/09
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  • Scooter359Scooter359
    imagegniddew:
    I should have written that it's a "family" event, but I'm not sure "family" includes "infant."
    If it's a family event, and is semi casual then yes I would. Babies are in fact people too.
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