My DH and I are members of our state’s Democratic Party (said state is sometimes called Wississippi), and we have been delegates to state convention since 2001. As is usual, there are many speakers, lots of clapping and shouting, and of course the hospitality suites. Copious amounts of beer, obviously. So what better place to bring a baybee or toadler?
I don’t remember this happening before a year or two ago. Sitting three rows ahead of us was a Mawm and very small baybee, maybe six months or so. Thankfully he was quiet, though how he slept through the noise is beyond me. Saw some other baybees Friday nite, too. Saturday morning a toadler started in with “Mom! Mom! MOM!” during floor debate on resolutions. Granted, that isn’t very exciting—so why submit a small child to that kind of boredom? Her handler finally hauled her out of the main hall.
Maybe the Democratic Party has embraced the “famblee friendly” mantra a bit too strongly. FFS, why bring small kyds to an adult event? Just why?