DogMom2JoeAndWillie
Real chemists do it in the hood....and periodicall
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Since you couldn't offer them a snack, the best bet is to amuse or distract them. Babies tend to love faces, so you could try smiling or wiggling your eyebrows. Or waving. Sometimes, strangers doing this can scare them, but often it does distract them and keep them quiet for a bit.
And as a mom of a toddler, I do agree that leaving when the child simply can't be consoled is often the beast course of action. However, if you have already gotten your groceries, or whatever, sometimes you just have to wait in the line until you can go. If I stopped grocery shopping every time my son cried or whined in a store, we'd have starved by now.
I totally understand what you mean about finishing up what you're doing instead of leaving every time your baby cries....it's the excessive wailing that gets to me. Makes me wonder whats WRONG and why the child is SO upset and why their parent can't consol them. I would like to try smiling or talking to them to distract, but I'm always afraid that some psycho mom/dad will get angry with me for speaking to their child. You know, the whole "dont talk to strangers" thing. It's heartbreaking, really....because the little ones can't TELL you whats got them upset....and as bad as you want to make them happy it's hard to figure out what they want.