Mom and baby movies at Cinema Salem
Written by lizzie on August 6th, 2008 2 Comments
Today we have special contribution from fellow insider Lizzie on TheSalemInsider.com blog. After our last poll regarding the make up of our readers I thought this would be a fine post topic as many of our readers are young professionals and some are starting family’s.
As a new mom home on maternity leave with my little one, days can get a bit monotonous. There’s only so many walks to take, friends and relatives to visit and let’s face it, daytime television leaves something to be desired. So I was really intrigued when I realized that Cinema Salem has brought back their mom & baby shows on Monday mornings at 10am.
Before I had a baby I couldn’t imagine what it would be like to sit in a theater with a bunch of moms and their antsy children. Well, my imagination created far worse of a scenario than what reality actually turned out to be. This past Monday the featured movie was “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” and admission was free for all us “mummies.” (cute, right?)
I loaded up my little one, grabbed all of my gear and headed on over. This could either be a really great thing or a giant mistake. I found a seat, which wasn’t hard because there weren’t many mommies there. When I got settled in I surveyed the lay of the land: strollers in the aisles, house lights up (although very dim) and the sound was definitely softer than the normal volume of a regular movie. There were about seven other parents there aside from me and among them only one toddler, who was by far the most active and vocal child there. But I didn’t mind, I was there to enjoy a movie and just tuned out the occasional, excited outbursts from the other little ones.
Mom & baby show at Cinema Salem
That morning I was sure that I wouldn’t last for the entire movie, whether it was because of my own own baby’s behavior or that of other children. I couldn’t have been more surprised when the end credits began to roll. I think that Cinema Salem is doing a great thing by offering these shows for moms only. It’s a great way for us to enjoy some first run movies without worrying about finding a babysitter or worrying that our children are bothering anyone else, ‘cuz we’re all in the same boat!
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I wonder if stay at home dad and baby are welcome. Or is it mom and baby only?
Kirby- they let any parent/stay at home provider (whatever the term is) and the baby in……..they don’t discriminate.