Thanks everyone. I don't want to bring attention by bringing along crib sheets and such-that's why I only put the sheets on the car's seats. I did wipe the armrests down but even felt funny doing that-like people would just think we are incredibly germ-phobic. Part of my concern is that my dd is almost 16 now and will probably be going to the movies with her friends someday, and won't want to have to bring along a sheet or anything like that. I guess I'm trying to assess the actual risk. btw as far as we know she hasn't had contact reactions, but my concern is something getting on the car seat or something like that and her touching it while eating in the car (we rarely let them eat in the car but she does chew gum, which she gets out of the pkg with her fingers, and on vacation we do let them eat in there). We did not eat at the movies and don't plan to-I've told my kids they can manage a couple of hours of the day without eating.
My dd is 16 also. When she was younger and went to the movies with me, I always had her sit on a beach towel. Also, we went to the first show of the day, got there early when the lights were on, checked the seats to make sure there was no spilled stuff, and only went when the movie had been out for awhile so that the theater was mostly empty so we would have room to find clean appearing seats and not have anyone sitting close to us. She has been going to the movies with friends for over a year now. She obviously did not want to bring a towel. The first time she agreed to sit on her sweatshirt and then afterwards put it in a shopping bag. Also, it was not the first show of the day. What teens want to go to the movies at 10:30 A.M.? The second time it was with a boy and we agreed that we would try having her not sit on anything, just make sure that the seat looked clean (in the dark, lol), see how it goes, and if she has symptoms then we would have to tighten things up. However, that has worked fine for her. She has now been to the movies around 30 times with no special precautions other than making sure that the seat looks clean, and being aware of what other people around her are eating. The first five or so times I checked her jeans afterwards to see if there was any spilled food or crumbs from the seat and there was not. Now I don`t even check. She is allergic to milk and peanuts. The only food she gets in the theater is candy in a box and a closed up drink (soda in a can is okay, but soda from the machine where they hold the cup up to the machine not okay). I think that has more to do with the milk allergy and concerns about contamination of the server from butter. I had read on the old board about reactions to movie theater drinks due to contamination. She used to get the drinks that the server serves and get a cough or runny nose, and I think that probably was from residue on the server`s hands.
Also, she is not allowed at the movies unless someone other than her is epi trained.
Topic: How do you deal with going to the movie theater? (Read 5054 times)
