Babies at playoff games

[TilsonBritoFan]

If they sit on your lap they don't need a ticket. If you want them to have their own seat, you need to buy one obviously.

 

There's no way a baby can sit in a seat on its own.

[avatar22]

There's no way a baby can sit in a seat on its own.

 

Not in a seat. In a booster chair supplied by the stadium which straps into the seats. With the child sandwiched between two parents on either side, she can't go anywhere, and the booster seats tend to sink back into the stadium seats, which means gravity is also on your side.

 

You don't need to buy a seat for an infant, mind you. But the reason you would want to is because holding a baby for a whole game is tiring for the parent and the child and many are too squirmy to accept that for long. Our 1 year old was good for about 2 hours in her booster seat with another hour in a Baby Bjorn sling to sleep. She was just fine for the whole ballgame and made it the whole 9 innings without any problems, about 60-90 minutes sleeping, and the rest sitting in her seat taking in the sites and sounds, eating some snacks, etc...

 

But of course every child is different, and like pitchers, mileage may vary from game to game. In the second game we took her to, we had to alternate the seat, holding her and letting her sleep in the sling because she became a little fussy.

 

I am not saying you should take a baby or toddler to a ballgame - having done it we prefer to get babysitting if it's available. But the people acting like it's some act of gross child abuse are so depressingly ignorant and foolish. Like I said, very typical of the neurotic times we live in.

[Krylian]

There's no way a baby can sit in a seat on its own.

 

You can just stuff the kid in a backpack and leave it on the seat beside you. Should be fine in there.