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Movie Theater..with a Baby?

Is there a theater that has a mom and baby time? I don't want to take the little guy (5 Months) to a movie unless there is a designated time for mom and baby or something like that b/c he may get loud :)

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Here's info about the "Cry Baby Matinee" at Angelika. It's located at Legacy Town Center. You can find out which movies are showing in the Dallas Morning News or go the Angelika Plano website and click on events.

Every Thursday at 1:30 pm and Saturday at 11:00 am, the Angelika Film Center presents the “Cry Baby Matinee at the Angelika” for frustrated parents in the Plano area. Relax, enjoy a film at the Angelika and meet other new moms without worrying about breastfeeding in the dark or unexpected hissyfits. We keep the lights dimmed, the sound volume down, and the films coming. Baby changing table provided. Regular matinee admission for adults and children under 5 get in free!

AMAZING! There is SO MUCH out there for moms. I had never heard of such a thing until reading the responses to your question. Very cool.
What my husband and I do with our son is go to a matinee (less people, and sometimes we're the ONLY people or only share the theater with another dad with a kid or something. We started taking our son about once a month to the movies because we didn't know anyone to babysit him, when he was about your son's age. He's on a pretty predictable schedule (we've worked on that) so we just searched for a matinee that would start a few minutes after naptime. We'd feed him, and the drive to the theater got him relaxed, and then we pull the canopy thing on his infant carrier so it helps keep distractions away. I give him his blanky and stroke his hair and he falls asleep a few minutes before the movie starts. He sleeps through the movie. I think if you plan it right, it's possible to still go out to eat or watch a movie even with the baby in tow. Another thing: we often do the movie tavern so we can eat AND watch the movie because it's kinda pushing it with our boy, to think we're going to do the whole dinner and a movie thing.
If you live near Plano though, I think this Mommy and Me theater is an amazing idea. Good luck

I think there is childcare inside the NEW Theatre in Southlake Town Square. Check it out!

Cry Baby Theater at the Angelika Theater Center in Plano. Every Thursday at 1:30pm or every Saturday at 11:00am. You can also check your near by AMC Theaters. I know in the summer time that every Wednesday at 10:00am the show a kids movie. It's free to the entire family. Babies invited. Hope this helps.

The Cry Baby matinee is also offered at the Angelika in Dallas, not just the one in Plano. :-)

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