[Alright_on_the_LeftCoast]

so why were they taking the baby to the pub to begin with?

[CometBaby]

so why were they taking the baby to the pub to begin with?

The article never implied they took the baby to the pub. You are making some assumptions.

[basil]

Things are a bit different in Europe--many pubs are family places. They serve dinner and other food, and have the children sit with their parents and drink colas and talk with other kids there.

I've seen mothers nursing their babies in pubs, as well as keeping up with older children.

It's a rare thing for someone to get falling down drunk in a pub.

At least this is the way it was 9 or 10 years ago when I was still traveling to Europe.