Miami Wise
tonight, sonia and i watched the first movie we have seen since gabriel was born. we watched miami vice. i was a little worried...did i mention we took gabriel?...that he was gonna be all loud and i'd have to be pacing in that stank hallway, trying not to get melted ju-ju-bee on my shoes, and listening to the movie instead of watching it.so we roll up to buy the tickets right? the people in front of us are buying tickets to "World Trade Center". i don't really want to watch that flick. i watched the real thing on channel 4 when it went down. if you wanna see the real thing, rent this flick. you will not regret it...
not to mention...do i really want to see nick cage doing the same character he always does...but with a cheesy moustache to boot? i'm cool on that...
so i walk up to the window and ask for 2 tickets to miami vice, because to me, nothing says date night like puerto ricans baby. you know what that dude said to me? he pointed to gabriel and said "the movie is rated R, no children under three allowed." i literally had nothing to say (how's that for a change of pace, i had nothing to say?).
i looked at him. then i looked at my son (who was drooling on himself)...then i look at him again...then i look at my son (who is now staring at absolutely nothing like a vegetable)...and then the lady behind me laughs and breaks the silence. i'm like "are you serious? are you expecting him to watch this movie? and then to leave cursing like a sailor?" i couldn't help but laugh. they finally decided to let him in. gee thanks movie nazi!
the movie was a little wack, but i was so proud of gabriel. he stayed quiet the wh
ole time thanks to babywise.if you don't know what that is, babywise is a book/system on how to put your kids on a schedule. it rocks and it totally works. they eat at predictable times. they are awake at predictable times. you can schedule a movie based on that and know they will be ready to sleep. ah, i love that system. you gotta read it with an open mind, it's not totally on point. but it has a great basic premise...
and he's almost sleeping through the night. that's a beautiful thing...
actually, i should have followed cue and slept with him through miami vice. how you gonna have miami vice with no alligator? rookies...
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nah homie, you missed the point.
last week, my momma watched him for a few hours while sonia and i went out. before we left, we told her "he'll wake up at 7 to eat. feed him and keep him awake for one hour. then put him down to sleep with a pacifier and you're home free." you know what happened? he woke up at 7 to eat, played outside with her for an hour, and then went to sleep without a hitch.
babies are very predictable with a schedule. i have only been at this for 9 weeks, but i can pretty much hand him to you and tell you in advance what your day is gonna be like.
babywise is a good system.
besides, you haven't factored in things like the fact that we held him the whole time. babies sleep great when they're being held. they might not like their cribs, but lying on fleshy mound (mine or hers!) with a pacifier is like heaven.
i wouldn't be doing this with an older kid either dog. i can do this cuz he's a baby. the time for that will end soon.
like you say, do your research. you'll find that I had a VERY small chance of anything going wrong. and if it did, i woulda split immediately. he'd be asleep by the time i even got to the hallway cuz they like movement. chances are, you wouldn't have even heard him cry for the 1.77 seconds it took me to handle business.
i didn't get lucky. we put in the work for 9 weeks. we haven't been because i wanted to be sure we were tight before we did it. and we are...
and it's like that son...
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you are definitely right, there is no guarantee. but my chances are really good.
at whatever point gabriel starts being noisy (he only really makes noise when he cries), i will definitely not be taking him to the movies. that's COMPLETELY unpredictable. isaiah is a babywise kid, but i don't think i'd be taking him. he's noisy cuz now he's figured out his vocal chords.
and don't get me wrong, i used to think exactly like you (maybe with a little less anxiety, but pretty much the same otherwise). i remember going to a movie with jake and kim aguilar and they grought orion when he was just a baby too. i remember telling sonia that they were nuts. they even parked the stroller right next to me (literally).
i was all bent out of shape when the movie started. by the end of the movie, i had forgotten he was even there. not a peep.
they were the flagship babywise family, i had never met one before.
i was sold after that day...
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Yeah, Gary Ezzo and his wife have a video series called, "Growing Kids God's Way" Cathy and I took the course and it has been a great blessing in helping us raise our kids.
-Frank Loaiza
Frank, what do you know about Gary Ezzo? We like his book but heard that he got kicked out of his church because of his views that you couldn't be a member of the church if you weren't attending the Growing Kids God's Way classes.
I also find it interesting that this "sellout" happened AFTER you had a child.
i acknowledge that, but it makes sense. now i know much more than i did about kids 9 weeks ago. i get it more.
You have not acknowledeged that it is a lack of consideration for others because it CAN happen.
i know where you're going. but i'm telling you, if that kid is passed out on your chest, he ain't bothering no one. it's not lack of consideration, i'd be out the door if the signs were there. shoot, i never would have walked in the door if the signs were there.
is there a chance? of course. I acknowledge that.
is there a chance I might know a little more about kids and i might be speaking truth?
Be considerate for the rest of the people in that theatre, is all I ask.
ok, i will.
the ones that keep shaking their kids but stay in their seats...that is inconsiderate.
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i'll tell you what. if he ever presents a problem, i promise that i will never take him again.
and i promise never to watch a movie with you and him at the same time. :)
we've only taken Madi to 2 movies, and she was a Babywise baby. Well begaved. Slept through most of it and vegged through the other... didn't need a paci and we went during a matinee, which worked out well.
I think if you put society's needs above your own your child would never be cultured, never get out and never have to learn to behave in front of people. Plus, Babywise is about the child learning to work around you, so... you wanna hit a movie, he/she's gotta learn to adapt. So I think it's important to normalize them, and as long as they're not collicky (or your not in Montebello), then they're probably not going to be screaming or anything.
But I do think you'll get more excepting other people if you're at the matinee (especially midweek) because no one else is there to complain and you can actually enjoy everyone else not talking too. And it's usually easy to time it with a nap. I know I'm a parent and so I understand what you guys did more than eventually bringing your toddler with a 5 minute attention span to see a 2 hour movie. That changes the rules. Alex would hate folks that do that.
that's my 2 cents.
BTW, true. I can't take Nicholas Cage seriously. He's a cheesy actor, and the moustache makes me want to run the other way of a theater this flick is in.
Pablo is the last person in the world who would take a baby to the movies unless he knew for sure the baby wasn't going to bother anyone. Sure there's a little anxiety when you see a baby in the movies, but when they don't make a peep, no one even notices. We took Isaiah to one movie when we went to the sky diving escapade that didn't happen, and he was great!!
BTW-Babywise is great!! Thanks Ben and Carey!
Miami Vice? It doesn't look like a movie worth seeing. I would have to be desperate to see it actually. Plus, I wouldn't want to waste my hard earned money on it. I don't make much to just go and see this...it would have to be something worth it. But even then!
Babies at a movie? I'll have to be more on the extreme side of Alex's comment. I am more black and white on this. You think he is harsh about it? His words are candy compared to what I feel about it.
But then again, I'm not a big fan of kids. They're 'beautiful' and they are 'miracles'...but...Sorry.
mor extreme and harsh than alex? is that even possible? dang...
Hi Sonia, Not sure about the controversy, but I vaguely remember something about Gary Ezzo's "extreme" views.....
Regardless of that, I have to say that I agree with about 95 percent of what the Ezzo's taught in the Video series...
Having a Family centered, (Christ Centered), family is much, much better than a child centered family. The natural tendency in new parents is to center their full atanetion on the new child and neglect the #1 family releationship., (i.e. Spousal relationship). Cathy and I found this very helpful, it helped us to use our heads and think through the ways we ministered to Benjamin and the other children. Have fun with Gabriel! He looks so much like Pablo, it's funny!!!!
Peace in Cristo
thanks frank
the movie was a matinee...and it wasn't that great after all.
When it comes to kids...yeah, I am extreme. I don't want kids and Alex knew that going into our marriage.
If somehow God blesses us with a child, then I'll step up to the role.
I think I'd be more of a 'dictator' though. Alex would have to calm me down on that.
Maybe I'm more against the parents than the kids. (No offense to any parent here.) I've come across many that are kinda lazy when it comes to their children. If it happens to me, I plan to be a full time parent. I feel it would be our responsibility as parents to bring up this child to be a productive member of society...etc...blah blah.
If the child won't get off the chair after you've shouted, "Get off that thing!" trillions of times...then maybe it is time to take action and get them off that chair yourself!
Sorry...I got carried away there.
Still, I wouldn't have brought my child into a movie theater.
i feel you amanda.
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