Go to a movie with a 2 month old?

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Go to a movie with a 2 month old?
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Sat, 04-09-2005 - 12:28am

Since dd was born, dh and I haven't been able to go out for a "date." Tonight, we went out to eat with a few friends, and I spent most of dinner near the bathroom, nursing dd. She won't take a bottle or a pacifier, she just wanted the boob (we're going to start calling it num num as soon as she starts talking, don't want her screaming BOOB in Walmart!) I've been wanting to go to the movies, and I'm wondering if it's possible to bring her with (because I wouldn't want to leave her alone with a friend for two hours, I feel so guilty, especially when one of them offered to hold her while I ate, while they were still eating!) She's very quiet when she's latched on, she "talks" to the boob sometimes, and she can gulp kind of loud (I can hear it, I don't know if anyone else can hear it) and I wouldn't plan on going to a movie with louding BOOMING noises that would startle her. I don't want to be one of those couples that is selfish and brings their baby to a movie, ruining it for everyone else, but I want to see a new movie! A matinee, anything, just a chance to get out of the house, not have to worry about cleaning up for a few hours, watch a movie, have a little movie theater popcorn (YUM!) and a Fruit Works Fruit Punch. Why can't people with kids understand?

P.S. I'm also wondering if my sanity will survive 3 airports on the way to visit the in-laws in Hawaii. If anyone says a word about babies on a plane, I'll be liable to stab them with a plastic fork.


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Sat, 04-09-2005 - 2:04am

lol at your plastic fork comment.


I used to take my kids with me to the movies even at a very young age. I usually went when it wasn't a peek time. It was pretty convient since I was breastfeeding and could just quiet him by offering chee chee...lol...that was our word for breasts. To keep their hearing intact I would just take along cotton balls to put in their ears.


I know what you mean about hanging around the bathrooms to feed at a restraunt. I got so good at breastfeeding though that I could push a shopping cart and breastfeed at the same time..lol


Have fun on the trip, just take down names and numbers of anyone who complains about your baby...we will all show up at their house with pitchforkes and torches!


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Sat, 04-09-2005 - 6:14am

LOL, I can see the headline now...Woman thought to be terrorist after she attempts to stab passengers on a 747

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Sat, 04-09-2005 - 9:00am
My kids used to sleep though the movies when we took them to a 7 or 9 pm movie. They were so quiet that someone in front of us was suprised that we had a baby with us. You could always try and if it is too much then get your money back. Just a thought!
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Sat, 04-09-2005 - 3:51pm
JMO, I would say no to bringing a child that young to a movie. Not just for your sake, but for theirs as well.
I have seen many people try doing this and it never works out.
If you really want to go, have your husband watch her, go with a friend. Then, when you are ready to leave her with someone else for a few hours, go with dh.
I waited many years due to not wanting to leave my son alone and not taking him with us. I lived, no harm done.
Just do what you think is best.

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Sat, 04-09-2005 - 9:22pm

LOL! I'm not sure just how much harm stabbing someone with a plastic fork could do.........if you really want to get them, i'd suggest using that fork to make them eat the airlines food! LOL!


We have always taken our babies to the movies.......we would go to the dollar theater during a weekday in the afternoon or later at night and we never had any problems. The nice thing about the dollar movies is if you were to have to walk out you wouldn't lose much money.


I was unable to breastfeed my babies, but I had friends that did and one night our ladies group went out to eat at a nice resaurant and one of the ladies brought her newborn.......I was shocked when I realized she was feeding the baby under the blanket, but she was so good at it that she could do it anywhere without people noticing.


JMO, but I think you deserve a break, so go kick back and enjoy a good movie and some yummy

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Sat, 04-09-2005 - 10:47pm

Unless it is a kid's movie, don't bring babies.

Babies are the mot unpredictable beings on earth. While she may have been on this schedule for weeks now, that might be the day she has a screaming fit. And the time it takes you to realize that you can't quiet her and leave the theater, the movie has been ruined for everyone.

I think it is rude to bring a baby to a movie. There is no reason.

"I don't want to be one of those couples that is selfish and brings their baby to a movie, ruining it for everyone else, but I want to see a new movie! "

Well then you have a dilemma...do you want to be rude and selfish or not? Asking a friend to watch your baby for a few hours once a month (or, heaven's forbid, hire a babysitter) isn't wrong. Mommy sanity is a precious and fragile thing.

Just think of it this way.

When I went to my first movie without my son, there was another mommy there who brought her infant who was fussy and such. I was so mad!!!! Finally, they left but it did ruin MY child-free experience.

There are some places that infants and babies ( and some toddlers) should not go to unless it is specifically for them. Movies are one place. Wait until the summer and several theaters have movie days for little ones.

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Sun, 04-10-2005 - 5:24pm

I took my kids to the movies when they were babies.

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Sun, 04-10-2005 - 9:11pm

It is not appropriate to take a baby to the Movies.

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Mon, 04-11-2005 - 10:50am
nevermind


Edited 4/11/2005 11:18 am ET ET by seirith
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Mon, 04-11-2005 - 10:55am
What is the deal with people posting angry replies to this person. You could just say I don't believe it is right to take a baby to the movies. I feel like people are attacking the people that took their babies to the movies and posted about it. Can we all play nicely??
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