Forum Index
»
Off-Topic
Opening a can of worms with this one, I’m sure
![[Post New]](/jforum/templates/default/images/icon_minipost_new.gif){kind=icon}
Anonymous
Oh, please. sit in your rocker and watch Lawrence Welk if you like. But keep your preaching to yourself, mommy martyr. |
Anonymous
She's not a mommy martyr because she has some common sense and is a grown-up. Who wants to go to a bar in the afternoon with a baby strapped to their back? I mean, unless you're on the next season of Teen Mom, you're too old for that shit. Plus, getting drunk with a baby on your back is not really "spending time" with a baby. Get a sitter. |
Anonymous
| What if you trip after you've had a few? Dumbass. |
Anonymous
| Who said anything about getting drunk? why is having a beer on the patio at the Hawk and Dove different from having a beer on your neighbor's deck at an afternoon barbecue? |
Anonymous
| EatBar in Arlington has high chairs and is family friendly for brunch/afternoon. We live near there and have noticed people there with babies occasionally when we take advantage of their weeknight happy hour. It gets packed on weekend evenings, however. |
Anonymous
OP said getting a drink at several bars. That sounds like a buzz to me. |
Anonymous
| Do your friends have children? Don't take a 6-month old to go bar crawling. I can't imagine anything more than I would rather not do than to go to a bar, pub, whatever with someone carrying a 6-mt. old baby or any kid for that matter. Get a babysitter. |
Anonymous
She wants to be around a 6-month old kid in a Bar? She is as wacko as you. |
Anonymous
Agree with the PPs. Grow the F up. Why on earth would you want to take a baby on a bar crawl. Just hire a babysitter, for goodness sake. If you're bar hopping, you're not going to be sober enough to care adequately for a baby...unless you or DH isn't drinking and is the designated driver / designated diaper changer. Don't even let me start if you're nursing.... |
Anonymous
| Do your friends have children? Don't take a 6-month old to go bar crawling. I can't imagine anything more than I would rather not do than to go to a bar, pub, whatever with someone carrying a 6-mt. old baby or any kid for that matter. Get a babysitter, anyway. |
Anonymous
|
Pearl clutchers. Please provide your age when you post things like "grow up, OP!"
OP, there are several baby friendly happy hours in the city, but these generally happen in the later spring and summer months. My advice is to find not a "bar" per se but a restaurant where you can sit or stand and have a few drinks but it's not primarily a "bar" atmosphere. I remember walking into matchbox with my DS in a sling at 6 months and having a glass of wine while waiting for a table and DS slept through the entire thing. The soft voices all around him were like white noise. I had two drinks total all night but my friend and I started meeting there when it was super busy for happy hours all of the time. We'd get a glass of wine, stand and talk, and then go home. PPs, not everyone who goes to a bar has a drink. Not everyone who has a drink at the bar has 3. She's not watching other people's children or talking about getting wasted. She's just talking about a family-friendly venue to accommodate her (perhaps younger?) friend and her baby. What's the big deal? |
Anonymous
How do you know she's not planning to go while her friend gets a drink at some bars, while she gets a drink of water at half the places? Please, people. OP is not talking about a day of getting wasted. just about relaxing with a drink or two with her own child at a place that serves alcohol. Do none of you order a glass of wine or beer while dining out with your child? What makes doing so at a bar so different. Agree that OP is irresponsible if she's planning a day of bacchanalia with her 6 m.o. but that's not the impression I got at all. |
Anonymous
| I know you said "around DC" but my vote would be to visit some wineries together, which is really a perfect outing with a little one. On a recent day out we visited Hume, which is super low-key, the ended the day at Barrel Oak Winery which is decidedly NOT low-key -- it has a ton of kids and dogs running around, usually a special event going on, a fabulous indoor bar space as well as huge, heated outdoor patios. You still get a fun, social feel, but it's much easier than being inside a bar. We try to take our DD as many places as we can, but I can't imagine how NOT fun being at several bars with my infant would have been. |
Anonymous
| Try the bar part of Birch and Barley - DH and I had lunch there one Saturday and there were a number of kids. |
Anonymous
I am one of the aforementioned "pearl clutchers." I also have two under two. Yes, DH and I have taken them out with us for dinner/lunch while we have a margarita or two. And, yes, I've taken the kids out with other girlfriends for meals when we've imbibed. That's different than what OP said. She specifically said "bar crawl." Which, in my mind, conjures up a yellow wristband where you go from one predetermined venue to another for the pure purpose of getting hammered and slobbering all over some guy you just met while belching up Beast. Sorry....bar crawl and 6-month-old do not go hand-in-hand, IMO. Read the original post. |