Tonight is the USAF's Holiday Party. Chris and I were planning on bringing Matthew. I had talked to a few of the other military wives and asked if they thought it would be a problem to bring our little guy with. He's very well behaved and he'd hang out in his stroller all night. I mean, he can't walk/sit up yet, so he's not going to be getting into any trouble. My thought on bringing him with, as opposed to getting a baby sitter, is he obviously has special needs. Not only is he on a lot of meds (which I'm sure a baby sitter could figure out) but he has a serious medical condition. We had an offer for someone to watch him, but Chris asked if she was familiar with seizures. She was not.
We would trust certain people to watch Matthew, but we don't have anyone out here that is familiar with special needs babies with seizures. We are concerned that IF we had someone watch Matthew, they would not know the signs/symptoms to look for. IF Matthew had a seizure, they won't know what to look for. And if they called 911, would they know what to report?
We're trying not to be overprotective parents and we have only had to call 911 once in the past 10 months, but we are not comfortable having someone watch Matthew at this point (who is not not familar with seizures).
OK, with all that being said, the other day, Chris's coworker strongly suggested that Matthew not attend. Chris gave her the whole thing on special needs, seizures, etc. She said she understood, but technically no kids are allowed. And I guess it just takes one person in the group to (not necessarily her) to complain about favoritism and it could ruin the party. So I'm not going to the Holiday Party this year.
At least I will be able to stay away from all of the tempting high-fat, high-calorie foods at the party.
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That's too bad that you had to get her opinion on it. All my work parties have been "no kids allowed" formal things. There's always one or two that bring babies. Usually they're under a few months old. Like you said, they don't sit up or crawl. Basically Matt fits into the same category. I will admit that I'm guilty though. At our party Tuesday, a couple came in with a baby. He wasn't as young as I've seen them. I don't know if he was walking yet, but he sat in the high chair and was talking a few words here and there. When they came to sit at our table I got grumpy. Of course I didn't show it. But I was thinking, "Great, we have to endure this stupid kid all night when there aren't supposed to be kids and I am paying for someone to watch my kids." But, the boy was REALLY good. The only inconvenience he caused was that the parents came in late, while they were serving the salads. The parents had to inturupt service so the waiter could get a high chair. Took a while since we were at a reception room in a hotel, not a restaurant. And they already had the tables packed pretty tight with chairs, so adding a high chair at the table was a bit uncomfortable. I guess my point is that people may look at you at first, but as long as Matt doesn't cause trouble, nobody will care. And all you have to do is explain to the people at your table (or whatever) about his special needs and they should be totally cool with it. People that aren't at your table shouldn't care less. But, if it is as exciting as my work party was Tuesday, I'd say you're better off staying home anyway.
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