A Baby is crying in the shop do you?

Question

1. Sulk and moan

2. Empathise with the mother and offer assistance to carry bags

3. Run away

4. Make funny faces and noises at the Baby, in hope it will be really shocked and stop crying.

Answer 1

I scream back and pull faces. If the mum or dad gives me a funny look, I smile and say "It works with some babies."
Well, I might help the mum with bags if she's overloaded, then run away, then once out of hearing range, sulk and moan for not pulling faces and screaming back!
--That Cheeky Lad

Answer 2

When a baby is crying in the shop I would (2) empathise with the mother and offer assistance to carry bags or offer any type of assistance that is needed. I'm sure that the mom is stressed out as well as the other customers are.

Answer 3

Empathise with the mother without being patronising and offer to assist her with her bags to the outside of the store only. Re-assurance would also be given that "children chose there moments" and I have been in the same situation. I say the same situation as one does feel as if you are by yourself when this happens because all you sometimes see or feel is "the whole shop is looking at you".

Answer 4

Number 2 and 4 =)

Answer 5

2. Empathise with the mother and offer assistance to carry bags

Answer 6

I would make faces at the baby. Chances are the baby would stop crying at least for a few moments. If i were the mother of the baby and someone did that for me, I would be most grateful. There's nothing more stressful than being the mother of a screaming baby when you are in public.

Answer 7

Laughter always works.

They aren't crying for any real reason, so I don't think that it's mean or cruel. The kid is always embarrassed and shuts up... this works for very young children (maybe it's the smile and lightheartedness) and for the older ones as well, because they don't get the kind of attention that they want - horrified looks... yadda, yadda.

I used to be a sulk and moaner, but it's much more fun to laugh at them and watch them s t o p. You'll be amazed.

Answer 8

number 2- Empathise with the mother and offer assistance to carry bags.
Helping out others is a real blessing and hard to find in our world these days. :)

Answer 9

How old is the baby? I cannot abide by three or four year old temper tantrums. I say, train your kid to be out in public. I LOVE children, but I've seen more misbehaved ones in resaurants and shops as of late. It's more a rarity now that kids are behaved in public.

When a child is having a tantrum in public, it is the responsibilty of the dad or mom to take IMMEDIATE action. There should be consequences. Ask for the check, leave your groceries in the cart, get food wrapped... .in short LEAVE, and come back another time. Make sure the toddler knows that he or she will have have reasonable and sane consequences when they get home. I never understood those psycho supermarket parents who sit there and scream back, don't remain calm, or WORSE- slap their kid! How can you train your kid to be calm when obviously you're not?

Now, if the baby is an infant in public and crying or screaming that's different. I would smile, and empathize with the parent, and get as far away from the noise as possible. BUT PLEASE! Whatever you do... DO NOT take your infant to;

A. A MOVIE
B. A Fine-dining restaurant
C. Any place that is usually dedicated for adult relaxation!

Best of luck.

Answer 10

Not any of your answer.

5. Looking for his/her daddy. Maybe his/her daddy has left away for some reason and need to tell him about the "thing" happening if there is only a mother and a baby in the shop. Probably the baby is isn't comfortable with the shop environment. Hot, noisy and crowded. So the baby need his/her daddy too to be comfortable.