To think the person who brought their baby to Wimbledon should be ashamed

[StunningCunt]

Crying in the middle of the point, 17-16 in the final set of the semifinal, do people have no sense???

[MattDamonIsMyLover]

How selfish.

[rosyposyandc]

Mrs Keith I am with you. I have done it loads of times and it has never been a problem. Now the people rustling sweetie papers or gossiping to each other during the film - they were a problem

[FannyFifer]

Bet it was a mumsnetter!

[GhostShip]

Rosy and Keith - what sorts of films are we talking here? And what would you have done if your baby had started crying?

It's bloody ignorant in my opinion. People pay a lot of money to see films at the cinema and shouldn't have to have their viewing interrupted by babies.

[Floggingmolly]

They should be ashamed, but they won't be. If they thought along those lines at all they wouldn't have done it in the first place.

[rosyposyandc]

My babies NEVER interrupted the viewing. If you know what you are doing and sit by the exit there is no problem. Like I said there are plenty adults and older kids that have frequently ruined my viewing.

[QueenMaeve]

Don't get this notion of having to tote your baby everywhere you go. I was always glad to be shot of mine for a few adult hours.

[naturalbaby]

I took my baby to an olympic event, much to the disgust of the lady in front.

Not all mum's can/want to/should leave their baby with someone else for several hours and why should they be excluded from joining in watching the Olympics?? She may not have booked/planned it or wanted to miss out....I'm sure she was very embarrassed.

[BackforGood]

There have been loads of threads where the question of selfish parents taking U5s to events has been discussed.
Yes, they should be embarrassed or ashamed, but if you look at the threads, I think you can guarantee they won't be. If they are selfish enough to take them in the first place, then clearly they don't have much thought for either the competitors or the rest of the crowd.

[FannyFifer]

I have brought tiny babies to the cinema, mine just mostly breastfeed if it's in the evening, sit near exit just in case but tbh just didn't have babies who cried very much.

[QueenMaeve]

No no one should have to miss out if they really want to go. But there's a difference between going to an event say like athletics when people are cheering than an event like tennis when people are expected to be quiet.

[MattDamonIsMyLover]

Why? Because the baby won't be bothered one way or another whilst other people will. It's a case of good manners, really.

[mercibucket]

Is it ok if the parents of the child feel embarrassed? Wouldn't have thought the players would see it that way

[Posterofapombear]

Why the actual fuck should babies get left out?

DD came to the cinema lots and was good. Not so the adults playing with their fucking phones and chatting.

[MattDamonIsMyLover]

The way tickets were sold I doubt you could specify exactly where you wanted to sit. If so, why did tennis woman not leave when the bang cried? Utterly selfish.

[ilovesooty]

If they are selfish enough to take them in the first place, then clearly they don't have much thought for either the competitors or the rest of the crowd

Absolutely, and as QueenMaeve said: there's a big difference between tennis and athletics.

[QuintessentialShadows]

I bet the baby also took up a much needed seat.

[sayanythingrogerjustrogerme]

Oh come on, it's particularly daft and selfish to take a baby to a tennis match, where people don't even talk between points. It's not the same as football or swimming where the crowds as noisy and a baby crying wouldn't affect the athletes at all.

[IcouldstillbeJoseph]

Am I wrong in thinking you can't actually get up and leave when play is in progress?

[MattDamonIsMyLover]

Plenty of free seats :(

You'd take a baby to a festival but not to ballet. Not to tennis. Sometimes you just have to use your brain a little.

[StunningCunt]

The players were in the middle of the point in silence, and this baby started crying. Distracting for the players. Once was too much.

Then during the next point the baby was still crying. This was very annoying/distracting, could have made the difference for the players, just put them off their game: 'Why is that baby STILL crying?'

I have been to Wimbledon, you can't even stand up except at change of ends, and expecting to get out when your baby starts crying is too late - if you've distracted a player and they lose the point, that could be their Olympic dream down the pan.

Other sports are different. Athletics, swimming, badminton, there are plenty of sports where noise/babies are acceptable. Tennis is not one of them.

[MattDamonIsMyLover]

You can only pee during the interval?

[Olympia2012]

It's not the cinema is it? Why the comparison, it's 2 different things

With tennis there will be intermittent loud noise, cheering etc. A sleeping baby can't be expected to remain sleeping through that

[JollyHockeyStick]

Dh recently went to a 9 pm showing of batman and a baby cried for the first 20 minutes until the mother removed herself and the baby.

[janey68]

Its irrelevant whether other people rudely interrupt films with chomping popcorn or mobile phones. Disturbing other people is rude however it's done- crying baby included.

Personally I preferred to express milk and leave the baby with a babysitter... But I think bringing a newborn to the cinema is ok IF you accept that you may need to leave the film and miss out if the baby starts crying.

But an Olympic tennis match- what were they thinking of? Utterly selfish