Do you bring your babies to crowded places even if it would mean .....

Hiya MMT, If I could avoid taking Babies to such places if it were really hot I would. I would be keeping them nice and fresh as possible cotton transpiragle clothes nappies ect. Also plenty of drinking water and food and of course yourself very near to calm them down. Some Babies will find these kind of things frightening and bewildering specially if there is very loud music played all the time. We have plenty of festivities here but I have stayed away from most of them because they were young babies and also young children. There were at the same time more local fiestas going on so I used to go to those more than the really big ones.

That is depends hugely on how much the baby is. If the baby is still a year or below, i think is it quite unwise to bring the baby into a place with crowded area. This is especially when we know that the place is hot and uncomfortable for babies, because babies are so sensitive.

I would try to avoid crowded places because it's no fun caring for a sick baby. And children pick up germs quite easily, especialy from other children. I bring my kid to malls quite often, but the air ciruclation is pretty ok, so she seldom falls ill there.

With my oldest, my daughter, I rarely took her anywhere that there could be a crowd. However, when my son was born almost four years later, things were a lot different for me. I took him absolutely everywhere. He was in a hospital because my grandmother was dying a week after he was born. Because of the fact that we were away from home for over a week during this ordeal, he was also in and out of restaurants, a shopping mall and other crowded places all before he was a month old.

There are places where babies should not be brought. I don't think the mall is good for little tots especially during weekends where there are lots of people. They can be exposed to viruses and other microorganisms that can cause illnesses. This summer, measles and chickenpox is in season, aside from cough and colds. Parents should take this into consideration when taking their babies to crowded places. Babies can be brought to places where air is fresh, maybe in a nature park.

yes i will bring babies to crowded places because baby want to entertain and enjoyment baby will happy baby will understood every thing

No, I would not really take babies to very crowded places mainly for two reasons. One is as mentioned by you…too much of germs and infection around and secondly, they baby would be like a liability to me…I can neither enjoy myself nor can I pay proper attention to the baby. So either I keep the baby with somebody and go to such places or I don’t go at all till the baby is grown up enough.

With babies I would avoid it. They are getting nothing out of it but maybe sick. If you insist on going, I would stay on the out skirts of the celebration.

Now, that is the kind of question my husband will certainly ask me too. He doesn't like it when I bring our kids to the mall. He's a little paranoid that our children especially our 9-month old girl will be exposed to every bad micro-organisms present! My husband is really tied up with his work at the hospital. So, it's up to me to make sure our children get out of the house once in a while. But, I don't expose them to the public that very often. With my 6 year old son, he gets to see the mall twice a week. But I bring him during weekdays, where there is less population. As for my baby girl, I just bring her to the mall maybe once or twice a month. And if I do bring her to the mall, it has to be on a weekday and DEFINITELY NOT on a saturday or sunday! Once, I made the mistake of going to the mall with my husband and our kids. And we were both very stressed afterwards. The crowd was very thick and we end up not using the stroller after all.

The main reason why babies are taken along is because there is no one at home to take care of them. At the same time one cannot live without getting out not just for fun but to do some shopping and such things. That is the plight these days and as you rightly said babies do get exposed to pollution but what other way is there?

I don't mind bringing baby to the mall, at least I am still in control as the crowd is still bearable and it is air-conditioned. However to go to such festivals, I definitely will say NO! I will not bring my baby there and I have no intention of going without the baby either. I am not a party goer and futhermore I hate such crowded places. It gives me headaches. As an adult I feel restless and uncomfortable to such places and imagine what the baby might feel! Happy mylotting.

Crowds during festivals are crazy! I really wouldn't want to see babies or young kids brought along by their parents. We have to bear in mind that merriment like that also provides an opportunity for pickpockets and diseases being spread, so we have to be extra careful. But if they (parents) do, I hope they just stay in the far in the borders of the vicinity.

When our kids were babies we always played it by ear we would only go it the weather was good and the baby wasn't crabby and then we would go knowing we may leave at any moment and stay out of the most crowded areas. Now that they are a little older we do go to more crowded events but we never let safety or health concern take a back seat.