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To take my 4 month old baby to the cinema?

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Gatecrashermum · 07/12/2024 00:32

I'm solo parenting this weekend and don't know how to fill the time.

I'll be knackered and it's only a bit windy round here tomorrow, so feel safe driving a short distance.

But will it be too noisy? Is it bad for the baby's hearing? We've been to baby cinema before and he's just slept through it.

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Negativefeedback1 · 07/12/2024 01:29

LoserWinner · 07/12/2024 01:10

Baby cinema, no problem, but please don’t take him to a normal showing. It’s unfair to everyone else.

I agree with this. I once got a refund from the cinema as a baby cried all the way through the screening! Unless it’s a specific screening for babies YABVU.
I am also interested in why people do this?

MaybeNotBob · 07/12/2024 01:21

The original Everyman used to do early morning "screamings" designed for taking kids to. Is there anything like that where you are?

SnoopySantaPaws · 07/12/2024 01:19

Depends how reliable his sleep times are. It's really not fair on anyone else if he is grizzling.

and if he's properly awake it's not really fair on him,

A walk? A coffee?

it's funny how we're all so different. I live alone & I love it. I don't have much energy anymore, so most things sound too exhausting. I'm completely happy at home, on my own, for days on end.

I'd be perfectly happy at home with the little fella. Just mooching around the house, napping, cuddling, playing, watching one of the million things on the TV.

Alalalala · 07/12/2024 01:18

Do not take your baby to a cinema, it’s very unfair on the other people who have paid to see a film.

ThinWomansBrain · 07/12/2024 01:15

Might be safer with ear defenders just in case, cinema is usually too loud for DH and he grumbles afterwards 🙄.

Can you take along ear defenders for everyone else in case it screams throughout?
I'd be seriously hacked off if I paid £18 for a cinema ticket and had a baby crying through the movie,
I wasn't overjoyed with a child that talked it's way though Paddington - only pausing when it was stuffing smelly pizza.

LoserWinner · 07/12/2024 01:10

Baby cinema, no problem, but please don’t take him to a normal showing. It’s unfair to everyone else.

Marblesbackagain · 07/12/2024 01:07

BibbityBobbityToo · 07/12/2024 00:39

Might be safer with ear defenders just in case, cinema is usually too loud for DH and he grumbles afterwards 🙄.

You might get some tuts and eyes rolls though if baby starts screaming the place down.

It's very unfair to bring a baby. It's an expensive evening these days and most cinema's have discounted baby sessions.

Marblesbackagain · 07/12/2024 01:05

Unless it is baby specific, no.

Noodlesnotstrudels · 07/12/2024 01:03

There was another similar thread last week and the consensus was really just to go to dedicated baby friendly screenings. Let me see if I can find a link and post it.

mitogoshigg · 07/12/2024 00:49

Most don't let them in after 6pm or to films ranked 15 or 18 otherwise it depends on your little one

CrazyAndSagittarius · 07/12/2024 00:46

The cinema is way too loud these days for a baby. I always wear earplugs. I have with wax earplugs before and could hear it perfectly well which tells you it's too loud, especially for a baby's sensitive hearing. Be prepared to take baby out if you can't settle them.

Huberin · 07/12/2024 00:41

Are you planning to go to a baby cinema screening? Or just a normal showing?

Personally, I think it’s unreasonable to take a baby to the cinema unless it’s the former.

BibbityBobbityToo · 07/12/2024 00:39

Might be safer with ear defenders just in case, cinema is usually too loud for DH and he grumbles afterwards 🙄.

You might get some tuts and eyes rolls though if baby starts screaming the place down.

Landlubber2019 · 07/12/2024 00:38

Unless the show is aimed at parents with babies I would avoid, unless you are happy to leave should your baby become unsettled. Cinema tickets are not cheap, I would therefore be upset to pay and be disturbed be distracted by someone's children

MrsSkylerWhite · 07/12/2024 00:35

Fine if he sleeps through again but not so great for other cinema-goers if he doesn’t and makes it difficult to concentrate. Cinemas aren’t cheap.
(What’s the certificate? Are babies allowed in to anything other than U?)

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