Take One!

Right from the start, we have taken Dawson pretty much everywhere with us. Out to eat, friends houses, traveling, the mall, etc. We may not have had too many date nights since he has been born (and probably should invest in some more...I hate asking people to babysit because I don't want to feel like I am troubling them ...) BUT on the flip side, Dawson does very well at restaurants, on planes, and various other public places. One place I was afraid to take him was the movie theater though...sitting for a couple of hours, keeping him quiet, not interfering others was all part of my worry. After talking to some people who have been in the child rearing business longer than I have, I realized I couldn't say no to anything, if I just do things right from the start then he will learn earlier how to behave, etc. So, after receiving a gift card to the movie theater for my birthday from my mother in law, Christopher and I decided we would do a family movie outing to the theater. We selected a kid friendly movie, Horton Hears a Who; and a kid friendly time, about 11am. I was surprised how many Moms and young kids even Dawson's age were at the theater!!
We brought in his portable high chair so he had something to sit in and we bought lots of snacks and sat in one of the closer to the front rows just in case we had to do some hallway duty with him. He did AWESOME!! I knew I would getting a 1/2 hour out of him and I was hoping for maybe an hour, but he sat the whole time and watched the movie! I think having him in his little chair helped because he knew he couldn't get out and run around. He just sat there, watched the movie, oooo'd in places, and munched on popcorn and twizzlers...I couldn't get over what a little person he was! It must of been tiring though cause the last 20 minutes he zonked out on Daddy's shoulder.
I have to say, I was so glad I tried because now I know that taking him to a movie (kid-friendly of course) is do-able, and I am excited because Christopher and I would always go to the movies before we had him so even if it's to go see a cartoon....I'll take it!