am hearing lots of different opinions on this one, like on the radio

My opinion I wouldn’t bring a baby to an event like this, it’s loud and inappropriate.

I don’t think there should have been a baby there in the first place.

Sounds like it was the men in the audience that were the real issue.

Good on Arj for doing what he did a late night Comedy show is not the place to bring a baby seriously is this woman for real??

I don’t think taking a baby to a show was a good idea, this is not something i would have done. I do think the media has made a lot more out of this than was needed. If i pay for a night out, having a baby at an event like this is not really suitable or appropriate.

Its your baby and yes you deserve a night out but so does everyone else. The baby had to be making a noise or Arj wouldnt have even noticed and for other males to also comment and want you to leave says that the child was disruptive. To a Mum with a baby it might have been quite mild but thats because you are used to missing things people say because your baby is making a noise. Other people should not have to put up with this. Inless its advertised that young babies are welcome then do not inflict your crying baby on others who are also looking to have a special night out.
Im a Mum of 3 and would never have done this.

I feel the media is making this into something it’s not by leading with ‘breastfeeding mum’. The issue wasn’t feeding, it was a baby being disruptive. I know it’s just a baby being a baby, but there are situations where isn’t not the best idea to bring a bub. I have a 6 month old and you wont catch me bringing him to the movies or a show any time soon. That would be a selfish move on my part, no one else is love struck with my baby as I am so they won’t tolerate his cooing. Arj was there doing his job that many people paid to see. Mums deserve time off/to themselves, but that means finding alternative care for bub.
If the blokes in the crowd got rowdy and rude, that’s not on and very disappointing, but it’s a straw man fallacy to equate this situation to the devastating crimes against women.

I don’t think it was handled well and I would expect from a comedian to adapt to and treat disturbances with humour. However Personally I wouldn’t have made the choice to take a baby to a late night show and certainly not when the show was for 15yrs and older

I’m going to go with the unpopular opinion, the baby probably shouldn’t have been there. The show was for 15 plus. I believe the theatre had a rule that children 2 and under could attend, but I think most people would probably leave them at home?
I get it, you’re a mum and you want to go out. Honestly though, when I was breastfeeding there were a lot of places I didn’t go

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  • • mom93821 replied
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  I chose wisely too; avoided complicating life.

It wasn’t because she was breastfeeding, as the headline says. It was because the baby was loud. The other audience members being loud and aggressive is not the fault of the comedian. I agree that it’s not the place for a baby and am surprised anyone would take one.

The situation should have been managed at the door prior to the show commencing to avoid the bad outcome for the mum and the comedian.

If the show was strictly age 15 plus the baby should never have been allowed in to begin with…

Sorry, this may be an unpopular opinion, but the mother was in the wrong. Other people should not be forced to put up with a disruptive child because a person feels they have the right to have children and not have to make any sacrifices. Fifteen and over was the rule. Just because the baby was being breast fed is not a good reason to break that rule. Some five-year-olds are breast fed too – should they be allowed into the performance? Having a child is a privilege and, in the grand scheme of things, childhood is a fleeting and short part of a child’s life. Before we know it, they are teenagers and then quickly become adults. Parents can’t expect to have kids and still keep their ‘before kids’ lives. Be willing to make sacrifices for the short time your children are actually children. One day they will be adults, leave home and have lives of their own to live. Then you’ll be able to go back to doing whatever you want to do, when you want to do it.

If he really didn’t want a baby present, then yes, he should have asked theatre staff to deal with it. That could have been telling them not to seat patrons with babies, or asking them (quietly) to discreetly remove the mother. It does sound as though he and male patrons handled it very badly. I’m all for a bit of patience with babies, but there are places babies don’t really belong.