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Have you ever took your young child, say younger than two, to the movies just because you can't get a sitter? How did they act?

When Aydin was a baby we could go to the theaters with no problem, he breast feed through the whole movie, usally falling asleep.

Back in May we were down at the beach and went to go see Silent Hill; and well Aydin was horrible. He didn't want to say still....at all! Well at least it was a bad movie anyways...I didn't miss much.

Last week we took the girls to see superman. Sascha was all hyped about it. I spent all 2 1/2 hours of the movie chasing Sienna around the lobby. gonk Needless to say we won't be taking them to a movie for a long time. I forget that kids are differant. At 18 months Sascha sat through all of "Harry Potter and the Prisoner os Askaban", she was so in to it.
I am and always will be one of those annoying people that brings their kid to the movies. As long as it's a kid/family movie. If you are at a kids movie, you can't really expect that there won't be kids.

I love my town, we have something called "stars and strollers" they put two movies a week aside just for parents with babies or young children who wouldnt nessisarily sit through and might want to move. This week thay have superman returns and the devil wears prada.

you should enquire about it at your theater, if you show interest and possible interest for many parents they may take it on. Never hurts to check, as far as I can tell most cineplex odeons do it, but I dont know if thats only a Canadian based theater.

First off, I don't like to take my girls to movies because I pay for MY ticket and don't want to be in the lobby or getting up with Lis to go pee every 15 minutes, I, ME, want to watch the movie and not the kids.

But, People always think it's the under one kids who are going to disturb their movies, and seriously it's just not. We took Lissa to movies starting at like oh...three months I think. She'd sleep through the whole damned thing. Most babies will. And GENERALLY if a baby starts crying the parent ushers them out quickly to the lobby so it's not anything to get your panties in a snit about, that two microseconds of fussy baby.

Now toddlers and pre-schoolers who don't want to sit for the movie, etc. THOSE are the ones that may be disturbing your movie going experience. BUT just like Angie said if it's a G rated movie with animated characters you get no leeway from me. It's GEARED TOWARDS CHILDREN! they are expecting to MAKE THEIR MONEY from the CHILDREN. And if you throw a fit because my kid is asking questions or squirming about TS, go to the 10:00 pm showing of the damned thing and be done with it.

Third, I am also more pissed with adults who can't figure out to behave themselves in a theatre. Cell phones and talking, and crazy a** laughing during parts that aren't funny which signifies that you're lauging at something your friend said, which is clear because I HEARD THEM SAY IT because even though you're like four rows away from me and only an inch away from eachother you are both talking like you are each in an opposite corners of the theater. Taking kids that are old enough to know what they are watching is scary and violent (we took er...six month old Lissa with us when we saw Alien Vs. Predator, once again she just slept through it) but not old enough to know how to process it and deal. Kicking seats, throwing s**t, acting like unruly zoo monkies, when you are clearly of voting age. Those are the people I'll call the movie theater staff on. Not some mom with a kid.

I think people who get into snits about kids being in these places are thinking about the ONE TIME THAT KID CRIED AND THEIR PARENT DIDN'T TAKE THEM OUT OMG! because there are TONS of kids and babies at movies that don't make a rucus or a peep or so much as wake up for the duration of the movie that people are totally missing.

You choose what makes you annoyed.

Haven't been in here in forever so I didn't see this topic but I did want to comment: I must have the worst luck with parents with children at movies because this ALWAYS happens to me. No matter what type of movie or the time it's being shown. It's not the one time the kid cried and the parents didn't usher them out, it happens on a regular basis where I am. I don't get bothered by a small quick fuss, but minutes upon minutes of crying and whining and the parent just won't take their child out of the theater so people can actually hear it. So I think it's unfair to say it's just children in general that bother people, it's that exact situation outlined.

So yes, I may get into 'snits' about it, but I feel I have good reason to. I payed $8.50 to actually see a movie, not listen to someone else's child cry. I could have stayed home for free if I wanted to listen to that. ;]

I think the problem is discourteous parents who won't take fussy children out of the theater.



Now as for the actual question: no, we haven't taken Ethan out. Because unlike these magical babies that sleep through movies, he just doesn't nap and would be awake fussing the whole time. So until he can be quiet, he'll be kept home. Or when he's a little older, we'll take him to a daytime showing of an actual children's movie where he'll be in good company.