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to not bring a 3mo to the cinema?

51 replies

PrincessAnastasia · 01/01/2013 19:01

One of my friends posted a photo on Facebook of her and her nephew (who is just a little over 3months in the cinema screen. Think his mum was there too.

(Cue cute snap of him wearing 3d glasses)

I know theres been lots of posts recently about toddlers in cinemas but would anyone honestly consider bringing a 3mo to the cinema?

I'm not judging her parenting but I remember when my dd was that age and I just would have never have considered it.

OP posts:
DeWe · 01/01/2013 20:41

You do get "mother and baby" screenings. The local theatre has started them-entry only with a babe in arms Grin

I didn't go to the cinema, but I did take dd2 to the panto when she was 2 months old. Thought she would sleep through it-dd1 would have at that age. No. She was so excited by it she spent the time bouncing up and down on my legs, her little head was moving so much backwards and forwards to try and see everything at once. Very funny.
I wouldn't have tried taking a baby of that age to something that needed them to stay quiet though.

TheDetective · 01/01/2013 20:48

I guess if you know your baby, then you know if you can or not. I have a baby that only cries for 3 things, and all of those can be pre-empted before the crying starts. Plus he sleeps when we are out. The louder the noises around, the better he sleeps.

My baby is pretty easy. I'd not take a whinger. Ever.

YouOldTinsellySlag · 01/01/2013 21:36

I took my 9 week old in to a film once and the noise was so deafening his whole body vibrated. I lasted two minutes and took him out for his own welfare. My ears were ringing when I left.

If as people say, it's a mother and baby screening with the sound down a bit lower, then fine, but otherwise it's not fine as it's WAY too loud and I just wouldn't ever do it again.

Nanny0gg · 01/01/2013 21:51

Films are usually too loud for me - must be dreadful for babies.

And surely, those who say that they are ready to make an escape if they start crying - well that means they've already disturbed the film for other people, doesn't it?

IneedAsockamnesty · 01/01/2013 22:04

I've been taking my babies to the cinema with no problems for years nobody even notices that they are there.

I think I would be more worried about older but still young children creating a disturbance.

I only ever go during the day time and our cinema is not one of the moden ones that are really loud

RubyrooUK · 01/01/2013 22:16

Do you know if it was a mother and baby screening OP?

They have these at least twice a week in my local London cinema with all the latest releases so it's perfectly possible to take a 3mo old to the cinema without pissing people off.

I saw quite a few films when DS was tiny. And I know some people do have small babies who could sleep/feed through a film anyway. DS, alas, was not one of these babies so it's been a long time since I went to the movies.

TheDetective · 02/01/2013 17:12

You can't hear the first murmurs of a cry over the film anyway. Not q kids film anyway which are the ones I'd be going to with my other child.

Has anyone had their cinema experience ruined by a baby under 12 months crying?

I'm 28, and never have.

Doodlekitty · 02/01/2013 17:36

Nannyogg, the start of my baby crying would not disturb anyone in a cinema any more than someone coughing or opening bags of sweets. Maybe it would have if I'd sat at the back as it would take me a while to get out. But when I say I could make a quick escape I mean I would be outside within seconds of standing up. There is no way it would have been more disturbing than 'normal' cinema noise.

5alive4life · 02/01/2013 18:07

The last 2 films I have been to a young baby has ruined the film for me. The cinema is not a place for a baby.

YouOldTinsellySlag · 02/01/2013 19:02

I just think cinemas are too noisy for babies. If you're that desperate to see a film, get a DVD, or go without the baby, or just don't go at all. They're not babies forever, sometimes you have to miss stuff.

Mother and baby showings are the exception.

IneedAsockamnesty · 02/01/2013 19:11

I've never ever had a crying baby under 12 months ruin a film at the cinema.

TheDetective · 02/01/2013 19:13

It isn't like I'm taking my baby to see the newest releases. I'm taking him to see kids films with my older child in the afternoon, where there are noisy toddlers, hardly ruining the ambiance am I? No more than 'mummy I did a poooooooooo' from 3 rows behind. It is part and parcel of going to see kids films in the day time.

I agree about not taking them alone to adult type films, or even the evening showings.

honeytea · 02/01/2013 19:52

My 2 week old hardly ever cries and if he does start to look sad a nipple in his mouth makes him happy and sleepy in a second. I would take him to the cinema as I know he would be fine.

I thought the sounds in the womb were louder than a lawnmower, I didn't realise babies ears were especially fragile.

CommanderShepard · 02/01/2013 21:13

We saw The Hobbit with 7mo DD at the weekly parents & under 1s screening - twas lovely. We sat at the end of the row with some other friends and she variously slept, fed and sat on a blanket with her 'friends' and played with toys. I saw Skyfall with her in the same way.

It's a great way to see new releases and even better it's only a fiver per adult! That said, never in a month of Sundays would I take her to a 'normal' screening.

YouOldTinsellySlag · 02/01/2013 23:27

*My 2 week old hardly ever cries and if he does start to look sad a nipple in his mouth makes him happy and sleepy in a second. I would take him to the cinema as I know he would be fine.

I thought the sounds in the womb were louder than a lawnmower, I didn't realise babies ears were especially fragile.*

Would you seriously take a 2 week old to a cinema?

I took my 9 week old and despite him being in a sling, with my hand over his ear and his other ear against my body, I could feel his body vibrating with the noise the way a car playing Gangsta rap vibrates as it drives past. I took him after about two minutes.

YES it is too loud for a baby.

I understand mother and baby screenings turn it down a bit.

TheDetective · 03/01/2013 00:01

The cinema I went to wasn't loud at all. Maybe it was the type of film?

Dryjuice25 · 03/01/2013 02:50

My 6 month old loves it. He never sleeps and the screen must look like an ocean to his little eyes! I regret not taking my other kids when they were babies! I did worry a bit about the noise but I m sure he is fine with it

IneedAsockamnesty · 03/01/2013 02:54

I've taken 2 week olds.it was not excessively loud

PetersburgPrincess · 03/01/2013 02:55

Kind of inconsiderate to the other people to bring a baby to a normal screening.

To all those that have where do you park the pushchair??

pleasedtomeetyou · 03/01/2013 03:01

Cinema Club: In showcase and picture house every Saturday morning, blessed with lots of screaming children. This is irritating if your child is being really quiet and you actually COULD have watched the film in peace, or very refreshing that there are at least five other little screamers wrecking the film with yours. Oh, and it's cheap. Usually £1 to get in.

IneedAsockamnesty · 03/01/2013 03:03

In the pushchair/ pram secure area they provide right next to the sign that says something to the effect of

" we welcome babies with adults into screenings of up to 12a rated films please leave your buggy/ pram here, under ones are free"

PetersburgPrincess · 03/01/2013 03:09

I've never seen a pushchair section in any cinema.

All the screens I have gone to have a couple of one seats so you can have a wheelchair next to it. But that's it.

Is the pushchair section actually inside the screen?

IneedAsockamnesty · 03/01/2013 03:20

No its in the lobby but past the ticket desk, the buildings so old there's only one screen that can be used by people with significant mobility issues and even then you have to enter the building via a different street.

TheDetective · 03/01/2013 07:29

In the car. I just took him in the car seat although I could have just held him or put him in a sling. Wouldn't bother taking a pushchair in.

lottiegarbanzo · 03/01/2013 07:35

I took dd at 7 weeks. It was a baby-friendly daytime screening, perhaps slightly quieter than usual, though I didn't notice that. Not a particularly loud film anyway. There were about 50 babies there. Most slept. I thought it was brilliant!

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