New baby in cinema

[SciFiRocker]

So would it be unreasonable to take a new baby to the cinema?
I mean any showing, something you'd normally watch without kids.

The baby would be breastfed if crying and obviously taken out if it made too much noise.

I’d be miffed that I’d spent £30 on a childminder only to be distracted by someone getting up and down to quieten a baby in a cinema. Baring in mind that tickets at £12 each so that’s a £50 night out!

Ive had a few grown up films ruined by babies recently . People dont take their crying babies out. One even gave the baby a mobile to play with, so as wrll as baby sounds we had flashing lights.
Dont get the entitlement of parents nowadays

Please tell me this is a reverse?

It's too loud, too loud by far. And people have spent a bucket load to go out and enjoy a film not listen to a baby crying.

There are plenty of mummy and baby screenings. Go to one of those.

So yes. YWBVVVU

I work in an independent cinema and we've occasionally let someone with a small baby into a quiet afternoon screening of the main feature if it's 12A or under as long as they sit at the back near the door (it's against the law to allow them into 15/18s). I've never had any complaints from other customers - you can usually tell the kind of person who is going to be considerate and sensible about it.

We'd always encourage them to come to parent and baby screenings instead though.

How disappointing that cinemas allow this

It depends really, when you say ‘too much noise’ what do you mean? Because any noise in the cinema is too much really, particularly if the scene is tense/mood building.
And if baby settles, do you come back in? And go out again if it happens again? That would be very distracting to your fellow patrons

Thanks everyone, having a look at baby cinema - not heard of that before! Thanks.

Baby cinema is excellent! Very fond memories of that time. Enjoy OP.

Baby cinema isn't an option everywhere. It's not at my local cinema, and it would require a three hour round trip to get there, which wouldn't have been doable first thing (which is when they all are, annoyingly).

I think people know their own children, and if they have the sort of baby that would be OK with it, and would be unlikely to disturb others, then I don't see the issue.

Sitting right by the exit or loos, so you don't have to clambering over everyone, in a constant state of ready to move, you could nip out at the first stir. There'd never even be a cry.

Not all babies cry or make noise when young, and some are so predictable, that you could be confident that they would make zero noise in a cinema.

I wouldn't go now with a nine month old, but I'd have done it when she was three months. I take her to church most weeks, and the vast majority of time (when younger, less so now) , she hasn't uttered, a single noise, sleeping through drums etc.

If you've got a baby that can be unsettled and does cry, then you should give the cinema a miss, but a napping baby that's in a sling, with a quick getaway planned, won't disturb anyone.

And if people don't like it just because they had to get a babysitter, then I don't think that's a very good reason to object.

Sorry but if your inconsiderate enough to even think of taking a baby, then you are not the type to take the baby out ate you!

Weve had people pushing a pram up and down in the front.
People giving baby mobile to play with as well as the noise.
Greatest showman had two babies crying all the way through.

I've been in a screening where a family came with their baby and throughout the film it was in and out and in and out. Plus it was a long 2 hour film. Know in some cases it can work but it that one not the case.

Thank you @Nottakenusername for the solidarity. I’m now sitting outside a film with my newborn (2 months old, 1 if you count she was born at 36weeks). This is second time my husband and I have taken her on a ‘date night’ and it has done wonders for our relationship and therefore the whole family stress levels both times. First time was for Tully, which was fine on noise and she slept throughout , second time for dead pool 2, which is a bit loud, which is why I have taken her outside, which is why I’m on mumsnet now.. I got so many kind remarks both times.. people are much nicer than this thread suggests! I’d highly recommmend it.

This always gets hammered on mumsnet and I have never actually done it for an adult showing but I actually think it's fine if you have a sleepy newborn. My baby girl just slept and fed and I took her and the kids to a children's film (with DH in case i needed to leave with baby) and she slept the whole time, I knew she would. Obviously don't take a baby who screams all the time and leave if necessary.

Yes.

I even find children's films way too loud, let alone an adult showing.

Can't see why you can't get a DVD and have a comfortable evening at home with the baby in their own bed.

Sorry, might have already been said but don't have time atm to read the whole thread. I would only take a baby to a movies for juniors or baby and parent screening. Even ignoring the inconnvience for other views, the sound level/pitch of normal cinema showings is not reccommended for children under 2. The special baby/children/autism showings are quiter therefore would be okay. This is an official reccomendation by cinemas by the way, not just one I'm making up.

if it was the middle of the day and the film was not newly released so only likely to have a few people watching then I would do it.

Some cinemas do mother and baby screenings of adult films. You can take a baby under 1 into any rated film. Obviously they dont show super violent stuff but in my local cinema they do show adult films for baby screenings.