tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24495557.post-82956299890257850922008-05-06T06:41:00.002-05:002008-05-06T06:47:16.523-05:002008-05-06T06:47:16.523-05:00If you have front-row seats behind the dugout on the 3rd base side, do not sit your infant on your lap facing left-handed batters. There was a guy at the Rockies game last night who did this, and it made me so uncomfortable -- it would have been a horrifying "told-you-so" moment.<br /><br />Even though I am judgmental by nature, I at least <span style="font-style: italic;">try</span> to be pretty live-and-let-live about parenting choices (particularly about sports):<br /><br />I wouldn't bring my infant (the couple brought their toddler, too, not that she was any less safe in those seats), but I certainly wouldn't sit where they did.<br /><br />Have you ever brought an infant (under 1 y.o.) to a sporting event? How about a toddler? What age is too young? What age is "old enough?"<br /><br />-- D.S.<br /><br />(PS: After the game, I was at a bar having dinner and wearily left at 11 p.m. Another couple with a toddler was still going strong at one of the bar's tables. Again: They might have their own sleep schedule for their kid, but I couldn't envision it working for me.)<br /><br />(PPS: I am absolutely not averse to bringing infants or toddlers to bars. In fact, most of Gabe's first 3 months were spent bar-hopping in the afternoons, sometimes just the three of us and sometimes in these weird gatherings of Brooklyn moms... and me.)DanShanoff.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08126386161198401693noreply@blogger.com1