to take a 5 week old to the cinema?

[TheEvilDead2]

I don't think I am, but DH think I really am and so do a couple friends.

baby doesn't scream unless she's not being fed so won't have any issues there. I would sneak in way before start of movie so no one saw her and wanted to kick off about it and would leave promptly if she did make a peep.

Our local cinema do a baby morning once a week but would like to go out with DH only we haven't anyone who can baby sit for us.

I did this with my first child 11 years ago, before baby screenings were around and it proved very successful. My top tips would be pick an art house/independent cinema if you can. If they have a cafe/bar attached even better. Try to go when the cinema will be less full - eg Monday evening rather than Friday or Saturday and if you have the choice early evening rather than peak evening. Try to sit on the end of a row and near the exit so you can make a speedy exit if necessary - I rarely had to and I did not have a particularly docile baby. You only have a brief time in which this will work, as after a few months babies get much more alert to their surroundings.

YABU - too loud for a newborn IMO.

Also, if you take your nb I don't get how its a proper chilled out night out with your DH IYSWIM. Your DH obviously isn't keen, so he'll be on edge. Sounds a bit like you're trying to prove a point.

Would it really kill you to just watch a DVD at home, get a takeaway, and hope you get some chill-out time if your baby goes to sleep in the evening. You've only been 'cinema-restricted' for 5 weeks, so you can't be that desperate to go!

I think YABVU to waste £30 or more to see a film that a, you don't really strongly want to see, and b, probably won't get to watch it all the way through, you know, with the screaming Newborn attached to you wanting to get away from the big noise.

This is a weird post IMO, very selfish aswell.

I'd have a few concerns. Maybe too loud for the baby's comfort, and there may be people there who are sick with flu, virus's, coughing etc. in a confined area. Have you considered renting a film and ordering some decent take out food to have at home?

Regarding hearing loss and loud noise for infants. This article says it can be damaging. I wouldn't risk it, I'd rather go alone and leave baby at home if it was that important to go out.
www.todaysparent.com/healthsafety/baby/article.jsp?content=6215&page=1

Some cinemas have baby screenings where volume is lower and you wouldn't have to leave if the baby was just having a little gripe.
I have been in a (non-baby) screening where a sling-wearing mother with a 2-3 month old was asked to leave because the film was an 18 certificate and the baby was underage . Apparently she could swap her ticket and see a U or PG film

I wouldn't, don't think it's fair on the baby not to mention the other people in the cinema! I'd go to the baby session or stay at home with a DVD.