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trying to find a solution that allowed my wife to enjoy the experience as much as I. If that means the baby has to come to the game...so be it.

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Why don't the two of you take turns going? Seems that going to the game is more important than the comfort of your child.

No doubt that happens, Fran da Man. But it's irrelevant to the conversation at hand.

You're using one 'wrong' to try and justify another.

Here's some advice... take a deep breath... step back from the computer and take a break.

At the A&M/tech game in 2002 (one of the hottest ever) the people a few rows in front of us brought a newborn to the game. I mean newborn as in it was still purple like right out of the hospital. the lady thens shows up for the Wyoming game about 8-9 months pregnant and we were taking bets on which game this season the baby will be at. I have a 6 month old daughter and would not even consider bringing her to a game. Untill she can sit with me and watch a game on tv and know what is going on she will not be there. I think that people that do bring kids under 4-5 to a game are selfish people that only care about their own enjoyment.

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"SELFISH"....RIDICULOUS COMMENT!!!!

Guess I will tell my 3 year old that next time I don't take him with me to the game! He went to the Wyoming game and loved it AGAIN, but didn't take him to the Clemson game and he was SO UPSET.

"Son...I can't take you to the game because AggieLumberjack so that would be selfish." LMAO!

[This message has been edited by Fran da Man (edited 9/30/2004 2:56p).]

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I think that people that do bring kids under 4-5 to a game are selfish people that only care about their own enjoyment.

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Take a look in the mirror buddy. My 4 year old behaves better than most of the people around us. Reading your post I would gather you are the selfish one. I guess they built Kyle Field for your enjoyment only. It is amazing that you people whine and protest about adults at kyle all the time until someone mentions a kid coming. Then you come out and call people selfish when all you are doing is worrying about your own selfish enjoyment. Man you Ags are some of the most hypocritical people I have ever dealt with.

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Geesh people. He was not asking any of you if you would bring a child or not. He was asking for adivse on what to expect. How quick you are to lash out. Aggies really do love to whine given any chance they can.

I don't know how I missed this thread earlier.

Here's my take: I have a 5 month old son who has been to every Aggie home football game (2) since birth. He's been great. He just sits up in the zone with a big fat grin on his face and watches everything going on. When he does get fussy, we take him out on the concourse. The disruption doesn't bother me or my wife. There are people around us with kids anywhere from 1 - 6 who all said they have no trouble bringing them to the games.

The heat does suck for him and for Wyoming my wife wound up sitting at the tailgate with him for a lot of the game. She didn't mind and neither did he.

Maybe I got lucky with a really tolerant child. Who knows? I feel bad for all the people who are so jaded from their own bad experiences that they want to judge twilly for wanting to take his son to a game or two. Try it out. You'll know pretty fast if it was a bad idea. Just be ready to eat the $180 and leave early if it isn't working out. Don't push him past that point of no return. But, if he likes the game (and I'm pulling for you), screw everyone else (judgemental *****s).

Your 3 year old will not even remember these games, but I will remember how the people around me keep getting up through out the games and disrupting my enjoyment of it.

Here's a concept for some of you extremists....COMMON SENSE!

If you have a mosquito on your arm are you going to continue to let it bite you?

If your skin begins to burn from standing to close to a campfire are you going to continue to stand so close?



If your baby/child is getting too hot at an A&M football are you going to continue sitting there till he/she gets sick or passes out????

COME ON PEOPLE!

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For all you idiots that DON'T HAVE KIDS that want to slam those WHO DO HAVE KIDS that want to bring THEIR baby to a game.....do us all a favor and KEEP YOUR OPINIONS TO YOURSELF!

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That comment MIGHT be acceptable if you knew everyone that posted here didnt have kids. As it is, it's an unfounded empty insult. I for one have 4 kids, and disapprove of infants being brought to sporting events AND places like movie theaters. As a parent your thoughts should be toward the best interest of the child. If you cant find, or are unwilling to find, a sitter, then YOU make the sacrifice and miss the game.

Ok...

I've bit my tongue on some of these but now I feel I have to respond.

The comfort of my child is the paramount issue behind all of this. If my wife and I feel my child's comfort or safety is a concern, then we would never take Allen to the game. Just like we would never take our child to a daycare we know nothing about.

However AgDC, to blindly suggest that we would ignore that crucial aspect of parenting is nonsense, and in my opinion a low blow. The point is I have seen other parents take young children to the game without a hitch.

In wondering whether we can take Allen to the game, do not question our parenting skills.


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It is selfish to put your child through the heat and the loud crowd in order for you to watch a football game. My attendance at the game does not infringe on anyone elses enjoyment.

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Your 3 year old will not even remember these games,

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BS...I can STILL remember things from when I was 3 years old! Must not be from a very intelligent family.

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but I will remember how the people around me keep getting up through out the games and disrupting my enjoyment of it.

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Funny...same thing keeps happening to me only it is a couple of fat guys that keep getting up to get food from the concession stands!




BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT...IT HAPPENS....HERE'S A CONCEPT....DEAL WITH IT!!!

Sounds like YOU are the selfish one! I would rather spend quality time with my son than to pass him off to a baby sitter...that's sounds selfish to me!

I'm all for taking infants to games. See ya there!



[This message has been edited by Philo B 93 (edited 9/30/2004 3:51p).]

Again, leave the baby at home (not for my sake) but for the baby's sake.

Fran da man is now just lowering himself to mindless insults.

This thread should be locked before Fran da man gets himself banned.

Course, maybe that's not necessarily a bad thing.

But Philo...

Have you ever walked up to somebody and actually told them? Or does the privacy of the Web give you the bravado to say such a claim? Don’t question my intelligence either.
The only question of intelligence on my part is why I would take advice from some of the d*psh*ts on this forum.

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I could assume by your tone that you are selfish and could care less about anybody else around you, so yes, your attending may very well infringe on other people's enjoyment of the game. Just because you think so highly of yourself does not mean others do as well.

And for those of you assuming the baby is going to be in direct sunlight you might want to check the kickoff time as well as the game time expected temperature. You are way off on this. Also, unless you are a hearing specialist you know little about what you are talking about as far as the noise. I have 3 children, the middle was born unable to hear. I have been dealing with hearing specialists for all his young life. I have asked about bringing my children to the games. None of them thought it was a problem. You people really have delusions of grandeur. Oh, and you are pretty selfish as well.

Philo, if you did that then you would be nothing more than an ass. All you would do is piss off the parents. I would question your intelligence and motivation to do such a thing. If you actually cared about the welfare of the child then doing as you suggest makes no sense. Try acting for the childs welfare and not for your own ego trip.

twilly - I love being at games, and I feel a great kinship with all Aggies and Aggie families in the stands.

I'm glad you're a proud parent.




[This message has been edited by Philo B 93 (edited 9/30/2004 3:52p).]

Twilly

I'm not a parent yet and god willing won't be for awhile. But I'm all for people bringing their kids no matter how young to the game. One of my mom's favorite stories about my birth is that it came on an away week, so that next week I was with her and my dad on the third deck for my first game. So go ahead and bring your kid, but like others have said watch out with the heat. It can be pretty rough on them and make everybody's day kinda miserable.

Twilly

I'm not a parent yet and god willing won't be for awhile. But I'm all for people bringing their kids no matter how young to the game. One of my mom's favorite stories about my birth is that it came on an away week, so that next week I was with her and my dad on the third deck for my first game. So go ahead and bring your kid, but like others have said watch out with the heat. It can be pretty rough on them and make everybody's day kinda miserable.

The noise doesn't bother Pooh-Ah's kid because he sits in the Zone.

Good one tree.

I have no memories.

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One of my mom's favorite stories about my birth is that it came on an away week, so that next week I was with her and my dad on the third deck for my first game.

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WOW...according to one of the "geniuses" on this thread, NO ONE would EVER talk about a story like that!

By the way philo, there is a big difference between stephen Hawking and Bill Gates holding a baby.

I will continue to bring my 3 year to the game. I leave my 14 month old son at home with his grandmother but only because he is not able to sit still and it is not pleasant for us or anyone else. My 3 year old has always sat motionless and been in awe of what surrounds him there. Therefore we have taken him since and early age. I think it's a judgement call.

My 3 year old talks constantly about when he can go to the next game. Will he remember? We will see later on but right now I am providing him with an awesome experience. I for one don't listen to people who tell me where I can or can't bring my sons. Like I said people are just as selfish when they are using profanity and being drunk and obnoxious but yet noone is complaining about them being at the game. My son has much better manners than half the people that attend games.

I admit that I am selfish. But not when involves my kid. I also doubt that you have a lot of vivid memories from when you were 3 years old.

Ditto everything you said mock!

My 3 year old already knows the entire Aggie War Hymn and he has the BIGGEST smile on his face every time he signs it! He LOVES the Aggie Band and the CD is a requirement for the Suburban any time we go out.

We've taken both our daughter now 4, and our son now 6 weeks to games when they were/are very young. Our daughter loves the Aggies, and actually asks us each saturday if the Aggies are playing and if she can go to the game. I think that is because of the fun she has had with us at the games. Both of our kids are troopers and go wherever we go. If you properly disciple your child as they get older they shouldn't be a major annoyance to others, and they will have fun. As some other people have hinted your child will get used to being in public, and learn very quickly what you will and will not allow them to do. My wife and I have run into the same resistance (mostly from baby boomers and people who don't like kids) that you are experiencing right now. I guess there are two schools of thought when it comes to taking your child out in public. These people who are ragging on you don't even know your baby, how can they be so sure of your certain doom when they don't even know him.
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I went to my first Aggie game when I was 6 or 7 months old. It was the game the tornado went thru C.S. and Bryan. (does that tell my age?) Don't remember much about it but mom said she and grandad took me to the car and dad and granmom sat in the stands watching the game. Have been diehard Ag fan ever since.

What's right for one isn't necessarily right for everyone. The best $100 I spend each game day is the money I spend to have a sitter at my house for 12 hours with the 20 month old so the rest of us can tailgate, see the game and come home to a happy, sleeping baby. He probably debuts at Kyle Field though next year.

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Yet you keep coming back and posting.

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If your baby/child is getting too hot at an A&M football are you going to continue sitting there till he/she gets sick or passes out????

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Appearently someone in section 103 during the Wyoming game did.

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Sounds like YOU are the selfish one! I would rather spend quality time with my son than to pass him off to a baby sitter...that's sounds selfish to me!

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Yeah because at a football game you can really get to know the poeple next to you, play with them, have conversations, you now, dad kid bonding stuff...keep digging that hole Fran.

And the noise factor is not so much the damage to there hearing as much as it is that babies are born with two natural fears, loud noises and falling. Loud noises generally irratate babies.

If you and your little one can sit in the zone and it doesn't bother anyone that's great. But most kids 4yr old and under can't make 3-4hours in the sun in a small confined space. I know mine can't and that's why he won't be coming until he's older.

If your kid stays home he's a real 2%er!!!!

All I gotta say is if he comes to the game he better abide by tradition and get off the wood and uncover just like evryone else around me or else I'll open up a can o' whoop ass on Allen!!!!