When I hear a baby cry I want to make the kid feel better to make it stop not slap it. But if the kid deserves it then by all means give a firm pop on the mouth. Not enough to hurt but enough to startle and send the point home that enough is enough. And if that teen mum had been in the same aisle as me I think that I would have done the same thing with less restraint.
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I guess that's where, where I am from differs from alot of places. My son doesn't like to be constrained to the buggie when we are grocery shopping. He'll start screaming and throwing things, including tantrums. We'll walk by an elderly couple and they'll smile and start talking to Denin, and soon they have him laughing at them, and everytime we pass them in the aisles they'll smile and wave at him. The south is not a bad place when it comes to old people and little kids, at least if you aren't in a big city like Atlanta, I'm just from a small town that has only one high school. Just looking at them, you can tell they are grandparents and absolutely love babies. It makes me feel less embarrassed, hell even some of the younger moms and dads, will give a look of understanding like "I know what you are going through." And the pregnant ones get a horrified look on their faces... It makes me laugh, then I say, "See what you have to look forward too." I wouldn't trade my son for the world though, he's my pride and joy.
Last Edit: 2009/09/04 08:59 By Yumei Chi.
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