why do we even have to explain this?

[threeplusfire]

From Austin Craigslist: Girl who yelled at me for commenting on her bringing her baby to a bar (Not written by me, in case you are wondering. Last night at the Highball, in the *bar* I saw a woman carrying what appeared to be a 7-9 month old baby. Um, please go bowl or something. Not hang out at the bar.

This is wrong, and stupid. A) you shouldn't be out at a bar drinking and performing child care for reasons that are obvious, B) sure we may not smoke in the bars here anymore but that doesn't make it any more of a kid friendly environment all of the sudden and C) why, why, why are you inflicting a crying baby on a bar full of people? Bars are for grown ups, not babies.

If you can't afford a babysitter, stay home. It's not that hard of a concept. If you are determined to be drunk, buy a damn six pack. It will be cheaper at the grocery store than the bar anyway!

I will not even begin to go into my feelings about women who are drunk and breastfeeding at the bar, except to say that CPS *will* take a report on that.

Comments

[siria.livejournal.com]

I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand I completely agree with you: drinking+breastfeeding is definitely wrong on SO many levels. Smoking around babies (or children) or taking them to places where there is a lot of smoke is obviously also wrong.

On the other hand, though, I would probably consider taking my baby along to a pub if there was a music session that I wanted to participate in - if I couldn't get a sitter. (Not that I have a baby, but. You know. If I did.) Just like I would try and take the baby with me to band practise and the like. Then again, I don't have a baby yet, so I'm not sure what I would do...

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

I think it depends a lot on what sort of place we're talking about, what kind of crowd is there, if the places allows children in, etc. But I think most bars are probably not environments that are friendly for kids because they are meant to be for adults. The other thing is that some places are just not suitable for babies because it disrupts the experience of other people.

[miep.livejournal.com]

drinking and breastfeeding are not entirely incompatible. I'm not saying one should be trying to breastfeed an infant while sloshed, but a glass of wine or a finger of scotch won't make the concentration of alcohol in the milk high enough to affect your child.

just saying.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Ages ago I read some article about that that went into approximately how long should pass between the drinking and the feeding, but for the life of me I can't remember the formula. I assume it probably has a lot to do with one's metabolism.