im having a root canal done on wed. it cant get here quick enough lol. figured i would get on the internet and see if time would go by a bit quicker. maybe the medicine will knock me out lol. anyway i have always wanted to know something but dont have the guts to ask people at a ball game. here goes...why in the world would someone bring an infant to a ball game? anyone could find a babysitter for just a few hours dont ya think? number one it is extremly dangerous. example, after the last auburn game at home we had a friend that got hit in the head with a water bottle from upper deck. pure accident im sure, had that been a baby it would have killed it. it almost knocked here out. plus is is entirly to hot at most ball games. im just thinking about the season and some other things. mind is wandering ya know. but i do have a poing right?
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I personally can't speak for anyone here so I'll only give my take on this. I have a two sons, 7 and 3. Neither of them have ever seen BDS(aside from tv). I can barely get my 7 year old to sit through a highschool game so I'm not even going to try the Bama games yet. There are three main reasons that I won't take them to a Bama game, and they are in order.
1. If I try to drag them out into a game like atmosphere where they will get either hot, cold and tired they are going to get ill. I won't make my kids be miserable when it can be prevented.
2. If my kids are miserable in public, I'm miserable. If I'm is miserable and can't watch the game, I'm going to be pissed. I don't have a problem with dusting my kids off a bit when they need it(regularly), but I'm not going to punish them for pissing me off when I already know they aren't going to enjoy something.
3. It's not fair to people around me to be burdened by my kids because they are crying, running around and just being disruptive. Trust me, if my kids are bothering you, they are bothering me even more.
My family is very tight-knit so I don't ever have a problem letting my kids stay with my dad for a weekend every now and again. With that said, my 7 year old begged me to play football this year and is a week away from the jamboree game. I thought he would hate practicing in the heat with pads on but I was wrong. If he still enjoys it as much at the end of the season as he does now, I may take him to the Miss St game this year. We shall see. Make no mistake though....if I take him and he starts acting up, we will be watching the game from the ramp, after I go "ramp-lady" on him.
1. If I try to drag them out into a game like atmosphere where they will get either hot, cold and tired they are going to get ill. I won't make my kids be miserable when it can be prevented.
2. If my kids are miserable in public, I'm miserable. If I'm is miserable and can't watch the game, I'm going to be pissed. I don't have a problem with dusting my kids off a bit when they need it(regularly), but I'm not going to punish them for pissing me off when I already know they aren't going to enjoy something.
3. It's not fair to people around me to be burdened by my kids because they are crying, running around and just being disruptive. Trust me, if my kids are bothering you, they are bothering me even more.
My family is very tight-knit so I don't ever have a problem letting my kids stay with my dad for a weekend every now and again. With that said, my 7 year old begged me to play football this year and is a week away from the jamboree game. I thought he would hate practicing in the heat with pads on but I was wrong. If he still enjoys it as much at the end of the season as he does now, I may take him to the Miss St game this year. We shall see. Make no mistake though....if I take him and he starts acting up, we will be watching the game from the ramp, after I go "ramp-lady" on him.
I'd rather have a toothache that take an infant to a ball game. In my view, taking an infant to a game wouldn't be advisable. I used to scare my own kids when a big play would happen on TV - can you imagine how an infant would react to 90,000 people screaming at the drop of a hat?
I see young kids at ball games, but most are at least four or so. The youngest are usually being toted out of the stadium, asleep, after the game. I started taking my youngest and middle sons to one game a year when they were each 7. A nonconference, late season game (like Arkansas State) might be a good one for your oldest. There's no reason to wait for the youngest to be ready. I started taking each of my boys to a game each about seven years ago. Because I share a pair of season tickets, I take them one at a time, but we make it "our" trip, eating what we want, doing as we'd like. Living in Georgia, we suffer from a Milo's deficiency. When I take my youngest, a real Milo's fan, we hit the Milo's in Moody on the way over, and usually one in Tuscaloosa, Eastwood Mall or Moody on the way back.
RTR,
Tim
I see young kids at ball games, but most are at least four or so. The youngest are usually being toted out of the stadium, asleep, after the game. I started taking my youngest and middle sons to one game a year when they were each 7. A nonconference, late season game (like Arkansas State) might be a good one for your oldest. There's no reason to wait for the youngest to be ready. I started taking each of my boys to a game each about seven years ago. Because I share a pair of season tickets, I take them one at a time, but we make it "our" trip, eating what we want, doing as we'd like. Living in Georgia, we suffer from a Milo's deficiency. When I take my youngest, a real Milo's fan, we hit the Milo's in Moody on the way over, and usually one in Tuscaloosa, Eastwood Mall or Moody on the way back.
RTR,
Tim
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djngl1 said:
Good luck with the root canal.
To take a cut at your question. As for a babysitter, unless you are from around Tuscaloosa "a few hours" of babysitting would not work. Thousands have to overnight to make a game. So the parents could either forgo games for a few years (several years if they have another child) if they don't bring Junior. As for conditions, heat/cold/rain...can be managed, which may be an acceptable alternative to missing years of games. Over to the parent to do that correctly. As for safety, flying bottles to juniors cranial soft spot is such a long shot. Honestly, its never happened but death by babysitter is in the news every year.
Bringing an infant, or a 3-year old, or a grade-school girl not interested in football, or your drunk buddy, or grand dad with his blatter the size of a pea...all have factors that have to be managed for us to enjoy the game, but we do it. If we don't do it, then that is an entirely different matter.
hey guys
im actually suprised i got as many responses as i did. man was i hurting at 4 this morning lol. i was kinda ill and thinking about some people we saw this past year at some of the games. on more than one occasion we saw infants and i mean newborns. to me that should be illegal. like child endangerment or something. any how i wont rant too much. its getting close. roll tide.
im actually suprised i got as many responses as i did. man was i hurting at 4 this morning lol. i was kinda ill and thinking about some people we saw this past year at some of the games. on more than one occasion we saw infants and i mean newborns. to me that should be illegal. like child endangerment or something. any how i wont rant too much. its getting close. roll tide.
Argo, I wish everyone had your consideration for other people. I've been to stores, movies,restarants,and other public places and had to sit besides,front or around people who just could care less about what their child ,children are doing.I know you get used to the things your kids do or their cring but not everyone can tune them out.
When ours were young,we made it very clear to them about manners and how to act ''in public''.
I'm proud to say they got our message early on and we never had such issues. Some people just don't care though.
When ours were young,we made it very clear to them about manners and how to act ''in public''.
I'm proud to say they got our message early on and we never had such issues. Some people just don't care though.
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It Takes Eleven said:
Funny you should say that. A toothache is responsible for this thread. :lol:
This could have been my post, except I only have a 3 year old. But I feel the exact same way.Argo said:
reger60 said:
I'm guessing the fans in your section (both of them) cheered quietly so as not to awake her?
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I started taking my kids at age 3. I guess everyone has their starting point based on their child/children. By the time they had reached 7 they'd been to tons of games. They love it, and it works for us.
I agree with the baby idea though. I wouldn't trust myself with a baby at an Alabama game. :wink: The "mom" light only comes on at certain times of the game.
I agree with the baby idea though. I wouldn't trust myself with a baby at an Alabama game. :wink: The "mom" light only comes on at certain times of the game.
I have three sons, 12, 8, and 3. Every one of them has been to a game a Bryant-Denny. My threshold age is 3. Every one of them is riveted to the game. Had someone thrown a water bottle down on us, all three would head to the upper deck to whup some a$$!
hey man i know where you coming from
its almost impossible to figure stuff like that out though. i think the university should put time delayed camera in every corner and just scan the crowd all day long. that way if ANYTHING bad happens, well there ya go. lets check the cameras. did i reinvent the wheel with this idea?
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its almost impossible to figure stuff like that out though. i think the university should put time delayed camera in every corner and just scan the crowd all day long. that way if ANYTHING bad happens, well there ya go. lets check the cameras. did i reinvent the wheel with this idea?
I went to my 1st college football game at the tender age of 3 months. My dad said I was never a problem the many years he took me.
