I confess I'm not very excited about a trip to Maui in a week. I'll be gone to paradise for 3 weeks, the first two with no DH, but my cousin coming along instead, and my sons. The third week, cousin is going home and DH will join us. We're going to MIL's, and I adore staying there, all of the in-laws there, and all the activities we always get to do. But back at home, my sister is on rest with a placental abruption, my grandma is recovering from a fall, broken arm/shoulder, and surgery. Also, DH is working a LOT while we're gone, so the dog will have some long periods alone. I feel like I *just* got stuff sorted at the house, and I know it'll be a disaster by the time I get home, plus I've got a massive To Do List with many things I really can't do from MIL's. I'm not excited about packing, hauling the boys around, and then an overnight flight home. If we were going to see family I'd be even less excited, because the weather here isn't much cooler than it is there this time of year.
So basically, this time around, I'm a spoiled brat. And knowing that makes me feel guilty, and that makes me less excited.
I read an article online yesterday called "The 5 Worst Things To Pack in Your Child's Lunchbox"...I confess that I give my almost 4 year old DS 3-4 of those things on a regular basis. Not in his lunchbox for preschool, but at some point throughout the week. The list consisted of: fruit snacks, juice boxes, deli meat, crackers, and pre-packaged snack cakes. With the exception of the snack cakes and juice boxes, we are pretty much guilty nearly every day.
I confess that as disturbing as the Colorado theater shooting already is, I was additionally disturbed at the interview with one of the women who had her 4 month old baby with her...AND her 4 YR OLD DAUGHTER...at a MIDNIGHT showing of Dark Knight Rises...seriously? That is just inappropriate on so many levels.
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TracyDP Yes, it also disturbed me that parents take their children to see movies like that. I was also disturbed by the fact that the 10yo that had a kidnap attemped that was just on the news learned how to escape from wathcing Law & Order SVU- who lets their child watch that show?? I am greatly relieved that the guy wasn't able to take her & was aprehended though.
DH started talking about what happened when I got home yesterday; in front of the kids. I seriously wanted to smack him. ODD is highly sensitive and she LOVES to see movies in the theater. You don't think hearing that X people were shot and died at a theater would freak her out? I calmly and in my low serious voice said "we'll talk later" and thankfully he shut up about it.
Not that I want my kids to be naive, but they are 6 and 3. They don't need to know about ALL the bad stuff in the world. I'm just broaching what to do if someone tries to touch them inappropriately!
I confess that as disturbing as the Colorado theater shooting already is, I was additionally disturbed at the interview with one of the women who had her 4 month old baby with her...AND her 4 YR OLD DAUGHTER...at a MIDNIGHT showing of Dark Knight Rises...seriously? That is just inappropriate on so many levels.
I told my mom that yesterday, too. It's bad enough that people take their small kids to movies like that anyway, but the midnight premiere? You wanted to go so badly that you couldn't leave your kids with anyone and go sans kids? There is no way my 4 year old would sit through a movie like that, much less at midnight!
While I think it's a bit crazy to bring a 4 mos old to such a noisy movie, I have come to realize (or reason) that maybe it's not that crazy to bring a 4 mos old to a midnight movie. After all, babies aren't really on a STN schedule - they're up every couple of hours. Plus, they're schedules are usually reversed early on, so they're up more in the night than the morning. So maybe it's not that crazy. I never even thought about it, when my kids were that young, but I've seen so many people do it. I took my kids to "Mom movies" which were during the day, and they typically slept through the movies. Plus, the noise was lowered, the lights were on (though dim) and nobody flinched when babies cried.
I'm more concerned with how the baby would diminish the experience of the movie-watchers around them!
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I'm more concerned with how the baby would diminish the experience of the movie-watchers around them!
It totally irritates me when people bring their infants to the movie theater and then won't leave when the baby wakes up and cries. I didn't pay to listen to people shushing the baby, passing it around family members, more shushing, then making a big production taking the baby out of the theater only to return two minutes later to get the diaper bag, then back five minutes later with baby still crying... I don't judge the parents for taking the baby to the theater, no matter what time it is because I don't see a problem with infants sleeping or napping wherever, but I feel that if their gamble didn't turn out and the baby wakes up and cries, they need to leave.
I'm not sure I would take a my 4 y/o to a midnight movie, but I would totally take my 7 y/o. I may even take my newborn for the reasons mentioned above. Of course I would leave if he started to fuss. That being said, before current events I would've felt comfortable leaving my 7 y/o in the theatre for a few minutes if I needed to leave to calm my newborn. One of the theatres by us has this awesome kid watch area. The kids have to be potty trained, but I've seen some parents take their young child in with them and leave the older ones in the kid watch. I will say our area is very much a "young family" town, but I'm just saying I've seen families do this w/out being disruptive to others.
Originally Posted by TracyDP
