https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:29:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-lo-is-loud-in-public#post-210025 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 12:22:16 +0000 brownie 210025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: That is their problem not yours. You are in a perfectly appropriate family setting and your child is being well mannered. They aren't running around or screaming bloody murder. You were also attempting to deal with the situation. </p> <p>As parents, we always feel like our childrens behavior is worse than others perceive it. I took my son to a sporting event on Thursday. I felt like he was just so difficult. But as we left, the woman behind us told us how fantastic our son had been. </p> <p>Another funny story, my sister took her 9 month old on a plane trip. On the return flight the woman next her her obviously wanted nothing to do with a baby. And he was a bit fussy. But after calming him in the back, she came back to find the woman, with her head on the random strangers shoulder and feet on my sister's seat. Much worse than a little baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-lo-is-loud-in-public#post-209975 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:45:51 +0000 banana 209975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: They probably don't have kids yet so they're clueless. Wait til they have their kids who are loud in public. They'll know then! Whatever...I love happy babies and like as @mamamoose put it...those people need to suck it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-lo-is-loud-in-public#post-209971 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:41:28 +0000 autumnlove 209971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@banana: One couple (probably in their early twenties) asked the waitress if they could be reseated...and they moved into another section. :-( I wanted to tell them that our check was on the way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-lo-is-loud-in-public#post-209963 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:35:26 +0000 banana 209963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ok, seriously....who doesn't like happy noises from a baby??? If a baby was making loud happy noises, it would totally make me smile. If my baby was making loud happy noises, I would just roll with it. If we were talking about loud unhappy noises, I would just take him/her outside. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-lo-is-loud-in-public#post-209913 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:06:14 +0000 Honeybee 209913@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used to take turns eating. At the age where DD started shrieking (around 5 or 6 months, maybe?) she couldn't understand the concept of volume control, but we also didn't feel comfortable allowing her to continue to make loud noises (especially if it was a small or quiet restaurant). So one of us would take her outside or to the lobby while the other one ate, and then we'd switch off. She grew out of it within a few months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-lo-is-loud-in-public#post-209890 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 10:51:49 +0000 brownie 209890@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Happy noises, I just remind him to use his inside voice and put my finger to his lips. Everyone else be damned. For unhappy noises, we do our darndest to get moving. And as long as you are attempting to do something, you can't fault the parents or the kid. You tried which is all that can be expected.</p> <p>These days, we try to find a booth and let him wander around the booth and eat. This tends to work much better than locking him in a high chair. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-lo-is-loud-in-public#post-209772 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 09:41:45 +0000 plaidpants 209772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If it's an angry loud noise, I try to do whatever I can to quiet her down, even if it means going outside. If it's a happy loud noise, I usually laugh and sort of jokingly shush her. I don't want people to think I'm ignoring my shrieking baby, but I also don't feel like I need to actually stop her from being (loudly) happy at this point. She's only 6 months old! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-lo-is-loud-in-public#post-209752 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 09:29:26 +0000 littlek 209752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I get embarassed and then apologize to anyone around me. Luckily he only did this once (so far) and we were in a car dealership, all the salespeople ran over and tried to help. It made me feel better, but so embarassing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-lo-is-loud-in-public#post-209741 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 09:24:26 +0000 loveisstrange 209741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I get embarassed too, but at this point C has only done the "someone is murdering me" scream in public. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-lo-is-loud-in-public#post-209679 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 08:58:15 +0000 heffalump 209679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If it's a happy noise I still get embarrassed, but I don't do anything about it. I feel like babies have the right to be happy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-lo-is-loud-in-public#post-209675 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 08:52:31 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 209675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: Agree completely! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-lo-is-loud-in-public#post-209673 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 08:50:55 +0000 MamaMoose 209673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would just roll with that. I don't have kids yet but when other people's kids are making happy noises (even if they are loud) it doesn't bother me. Now, unhappy noises are something else altogether. But why would I expect parents to discourage their babies from being happy!? Tell the dirty lookers to suck it : ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-lo-is-loud-in-public#post-209670 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 08:48:36 +0000 T.H.O.U. 209670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We ran into this for the first time this weekend. LO just didn't want to do anything besides play peekaboo with the table behind us. What made it worse was that all she wanted was me so I couldn't even eat any of my dinner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-lo-is-loud-in-public#post-209653 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 08:32:20 +0000 autumnlove 209653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went to Red Lobster (mmm cheese biscuits) last night for an early dinner (5:30ish) and we were halfway through our meal when LO started to shriek. She wasn't wet, didn't want a bottle or any of her toys. She sat on DH's lap while he finished his meal and continued to babble and shriek. I took her outside and walked around for a bit and it seemed to calm her down. We went back inside and she started her happy noises again. At that point, we were almost done so I didn't try anything else.</p> <p>I was definitely aware of unpleasant looks from some of the diners and it made me feel terrible! Do you feel bad when your LO is loud in public or do you just roll with it? </p>