[vavooom]

"Trust that I would step out if my child were actually disturbing anyone."

Key word here is trust, which I think many have lost the ability to provide to others since the pandemic. We live in a jaded society and sometimes people will project their opinions from positions of power that aren't quite justified.

Good on the author for being capable of doing so much and taking conflict in stride!

[bumby]

The problem is it leaves the entire interpretation of what is or is not a distraction up to the mother. The founder obviously thought the baby was being distracting enough to (politely) ask her to step outside.

I've been at professional events with infants; as long as the infant was quiet there's no issue. But I think the it's also reasonable to defer to the attendees who also deserve a professional environment free of distractions. It's hard to know without all the details, but the author must have felt there was some distraction, or I doubt she would have moved to the back to begin with.

[Manuel_D]

> When he started babbling and cooing, I moved to the back of the room. That's when someone approached me and said, "Would you like to stroll your baby outside? I want people to get the full experience out of this conference."

It sounds like the child was indeed disturbing people. The author may have not be in alignment with the rest of the audience as far as what behavior is disturbing.