Okay, your’re right, this weather is awful. I’m wondering if summer will come, maybe never? I am finally at my wits end what do to with my kid indoors. Memory? We played it the whole winter and no, I’m not in the mood to do drawings with her because she always wants to tell me which colour I have to use for the pictures in her coloring book ( – “Hey Mom, are you crazy? Horses are pink, not brown and what do you want the black pencil for? That’s disgusting!” )

For a long time I have been dreaming of a day off so I could read a whole book or go to the cinema… impossible with a child except you have a good and cheap babysitter who always needs money.

But, watch out dear mothers, in Mitte you really can go to the cinema with your kid under 2 years old. I know, it sounds weird, but in the USA it’s a common thing and here in Berlin the Babylon Kino at Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz has been offering this service for quite some time. Every Wednesday at 11 am for 6.50€ you watch a movie from the current program in a child-friendly atmosphere. Crying kids in the cinema doesn’t sound like fun, but be assured, it works. Most of the children are under one year of age and sleep at this time. It is a perfect break from the children’s everyday lives. And you don’t have to carry a diaper along because you get it for free at the front foyer. So let me give you an advice: If the weather is still like today and you have a child who’s too young to express its will: Go to the Kinderwagen-Cinema before it’s too late!

Betsie