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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Edited 4/11/2005 11:18 am ET ET by seirith
So, you don't have any kids then? Nursing mothers find it very hard to be away from their children. If you were a nursing mother you might know that. I practiced a technique called attachment parenting which means I basically took my babies every where I went. My children had a right to access to their nourishment which just so happened to have come from my body. I HAVE a right to pay and watch a movie if I like and if I choose to bring my baby...well it is just nobody's business. Just as I do not have the right to tell someone on the street to stop smoking when I walk by.
Now I personally only took my babies to late night or early movies...but as a parent, it is my right to decide. On this board we are allowed to post our opinions but please do not attack the members of this board.
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To ejkdmom and istlmomof2
I never thought that I might be ruining a kid free night for another couple, that really puts it into perspective. I know if I were able to get away for 2 hours to watch a movie, I wouldn't want to hear a baby crying during that movie. Thanks for the help!
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I'm doing attachment parenting (as best I can without reading the books) too! I just got a Maya Wrap sling for my trip to Hawaii to use in the airports. I can nurse her while walking through the terminals, woo hoo!
I talked to my husband, and he said that most people that complain about babies don't complain to the parents, they complain to the flight attendants, so as long as they do that, it's all gravy!
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**I'm doing attachment parenting (as best I can without reading the books) too! ***
I had to lol at your comment. With my first I did not even know that was what I was doing! I just followed my heart and did what I thought was the right thing. It was not until I got a computer that I found out that my style of parenting had a label...lol
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