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Taking baby to cinema

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Dancingfairy · 24/07/2017 11:18

My baby is 14 weeks old and my ds really wants to go to the cinema today to watch captain underpants, I have no one to watch the baby, would it be ok to take her??

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babapinksheep · 24/07/2017 11:20

Is there no mum and baby screenings at your local cinema my odean does them ?

Popskipiekin · 24/07/2017 11:23

Min&baby screenings usually don't allow babies over a year, or sometimes 2 years. How old is DS? Is it a toddler screening you're thinking of taking him to? Can you check the rules for the screening? If it's a kids showing then I expect people will tolerate a baby. If general public/all ages, you might have a more frosty response...

Ashkey234 · 24/07/2017 11:24

I personally would hate to pay to go to the cinema if a baby was screaming all the way through it

Dancingfairy · 24/07/2017 11:25

No she won't cry she's not a big crier, was more the noise for her I was worried about, just checked and no mum and baby screenings for this film

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Dancingfairy · 24/07/2017 11:26

Oh and my ds is 5

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pinkyredrose · 24/07/2017 11:27

Could her father look after her?

SmitheringSmithison · 24/07/2017 11:31

Absolutely fine to take baby, if you're worried about the ears and haven't any ear muffs/defenders, cotton wool balls go nicely in the outter part of the ear and will dull the sound a little.

divadee · 24/07/2017 11:31

I would say a daytime showing to a kids film would be fine if you are willing to take the baby out if she screams, so maybe warn your son you might have to go outside to settle the baby so he is pre warned and doesn't have a tantrum at missing some of the film.

Here we now have a children's screen which has a children's play area. A good idea if you ask me.

Sunshinegirls · 24/07/2017 11:31

Is she likely to sleep through it? I knew a couple that always took their very young baby to the cinema with them, he just slept through it. If he made any noise then I'm sure they would have taken him out. He didn't though.

Dancingfairy · 24/07/2017 11:31

No unfortunately no one to have her

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PinkHeart5911 · 24/07/2017 11:34

Unless it was a special mum and baby screening, no I wouldn't take a baby to the cinema why should other people have to suffer after they've paid for a film?

Can't the child's dad look after them for a while? Grandparents for a couple of hours?
Do you really have to see the film so very urgently?

SomewhatIdiosyncratic · 24/07/2017 11:34

DS2 accompanied DS1 and I to a Despicable Me film when he was about 4 months. I had warned DS1 that we might need to leave if DS2 cried, but he spent the whole time feeding or sleeping quietly.

For a family film with a baby who is likely to be quiet, and you're prepared to leave if there is crying, I don't see an issue.

The baby screenings near me were adult films unsuitable for DS2 not for the benefit of families with young siblings.

Underthemoonlight · 24/07/2017 11:37

Please don't bring your baby to the cinema it's expensive and it's totally unfair for people to be disturbed by a baby. A five old would struggle to understand why he would have to leave because the baby was crying. It's not worth the tantrum.

SmitheringSmithison · 24/07/2017 11:37

She's already said baby isn't a big crier, just because someone has asked about taking a baby doesn't mean they expect nor intend to make other people suffer because of it.
Some babies are quite laid back and content to go different places without making a fuss. I was able to take mine anywhere and everywhere and didn't hear a peep outta them.

Crunchymum · 24/07/2017 11:43

Given that it's a kids film I'd go. The audience is going to be full of noise making children??

I wouldn't take a young baby to a normal screening of a film aimed at adults though.

JennyBlueWren · 24/07/2017 11:51

If it's the noise of the cinema you're worried about then don't. We took DS to baby screenings until he was walking (and then just wanted to run around the cinema). At that age he would just sleep through. I think it would be okay as it's a child's film. Perhaps try to choose a quieter time.

hmcAsWas · 24/07/2017 11:52

Never acceptable - unless its specifically a parent and baby/ toddler screening

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lottiegarbanzo · 24/07/2017 11:53

Yes, I think I would. The issue would be, if you had to take the baby out for a bit, would you be happy to leave the 5yo in there by himself?

Could you go with another family, so DS would be sitting with them?

Sexykittenhells · 24/07/2017 11:54

I think your baby will find it too loud. The baby screenings are at a lower volume for this reason. I think you will need to arrange it for another day when someone can look after the baby.

Sunshinegirls · 24/07/2017 11:54

I doubt yours would be the only baby there tbh. It's not unusual. Just do it!

lottiegarbanzo · 24/07/2017 11:55

My only other concern would be noise levels for the baby. 'Baby screenings' turn it down but there's a big difference between my local arts cinema and the multiplex too - I'm always a bit shocked at how loud it is at the latter!

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AndNowItIsSeven · 24/07/2017 11:59

Ds1 went to the cinema 8 times before he was three months old. I breastfed him and he slept. It is really a non issue.

hmcAsWas · 24/07/2017 12:00

"The audience is going to be full of noise making children??"

Really Crunchymum? My dc are young teens now but it was only 4/5 years ago that we were going to U cert films. The audience was not full of noise making children because mostly people are responsible and only take their dc if they are capable of being quiet. I took mine to the cinema from the age of 5 upwards when they could be relied upon to be quiet if told.

There were one occasion when children were chattering - I leant over to their mum who was seated with them in the row in front and reminded her it wasn't her sitting room and could she ask her children to be quiet. She replied "But they're just children" - I said "I know, I have two a similar age right here - what's your point? She then huffed at me that I had apparently ruined her half term, but managed to keep her dc quiet after that without too much effort.

WomblingThree · 24/07/2017 12:06

Oh my god there's some serious over dramatising here. "Suffering" and "screaming all through"? Really? You do realise that most babies can actually manage to go 90 minutes without screaming?

OP ultimately you know your baby. If she's the snuggly sleepy model then take her. If she's the whingy miserable model then don't. It really is that simple.

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