Comments on: Whither I goest, my baby will go

By: Denver Mile High Mamas » Relishing my final baby’s firsts!

Denver Mile High Mamas » Relishing my final baby’s firsts! — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:45:56 +0000

[...] really is surprisingly portable. I’ve written before about how I’ve taken him out many places where I’d normally be reticent to take a [...]

By: Born2Shop

Born2Shop — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:32:16 +0000

My son went to his first movie (You Got Mail) at four months old. He was so mesmorized by the screen, he did nothing but stare at it in amazement the entire two hours. I on the otherhand have always hated it when people brought their screaming, crying, babies/kids to the movies and here I was…joining the despised!

Of course after he became a little older(he’s now 9), we gave him the courtesy threat before the movie starts. You know the one where you tell the little darlings that if they make a peep it will be the last movie you ever take them too, yeah, that one. But it worked becasue he even sat through 4 hours of Lord of the Rings (Mr. Wonderful is a big fan) with no chatty comments on “Daddy why is that Hobbit so short?” and “Mommy, where is the horse running to?” and my favorite part, we never had to get up and leave the movie for countless bathroom breaks! In fact, now that I think about it, he is actually BETTER behaived at the movies then at home…Hmmm.

I still don’t hesitate to turn and give “The Look” to parents who let their little angels talk during movies and kick the backs of your seat (sooo rude!!), but…I make sure when we as parents take our own little angels, that we sit near the end of the isles closest to the exits, in case we need to make a quick exit ourselves and that we treat people at the movies the way we want to be treated too, pre-baby days! ;)

By: mayberry

mayberry — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:38:59 +0000

I posted about this once because I was so annoyed by an (IMO) arbitrary rule about no kids under 4. I think that in most cases involving public places, parents should be trusted to make their own decisions about whether kids can be included.

http://mayberrymom.blogspot.com/2007/07/singing-show-tune-blues.html

By: Joy Opp

Joy Opp — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:14:26 +0000

This past week we had more complaints about our generator on our camper going at 8:00 p.m. than our 5-year-old giggling at 6:30 a.m.!!

By: kelly

kelly — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:15:45 +0000

I agree that it depends on the baby and his/her personality. I’ve taken my kids nearly everywhere, and especially as babies when I can ‘wear’ them, nurse them, and keep them close. But as soon as I arrive I always plan an emergency exit route in case anything goes awry.

I usually think occasions that exclude children are planned by people who don’t have them. Seems silly the J&J would not want babies to be a part of their event!