To take my 2 month old baby to the cinema?

[TheFrequentNameChangingLady]

I have an unlimited card for Cineworld and very little money to go to another cinema as I'm on maternity leave - there's plenty of films I want to see coming up but the cinemas near me don't do the baby showings and the junior showings are all kids films.

They allow baby's into the regular showings (see picture) and I know I can keep my baby quiet 🍼 so it wouldn't disturb other people's viewing. (Would most likely be going to less busy morning sessions anyway)

My aibu about taking baby with me is about the noise levels - is it too loud for a baby, do you think it might damage ears?

It's never a couple of seconds of crying

so true, @bruffin!

For mine it is, shove a bottle in their mouth

Nice.

@Glitterstick

What bobbins about crap and boring for the baby... did your babies never go to the supermarket, to a cafe, for a car ride to the garden centre or just sit in the bouncer for half an hour whilst you made dinner?

You might not agree with her taking the baby to the cinema, but your comment is constructed to make her feel like a bad mother, and that’s not fair.

Nice

Thanks, it is nice to feed my baby.

I took DS a few times... he slept through most of the films

There's a difference between going to the supermarket and making dinner though than not giving a stuff about other cinema goers who have to put up with restless babies or toddlers.

It is very likely that if you take a baby during a weekday in term time there won’t even be anyone else there

I took DD at about 3 months, she slept all the way through

Yeah took DD to a few baby screenings and she generally slept through them, woke for some food and then went back to sleep. Saw some really good films I wouldn't otherwise have seen!! The cut off age was 1. Actually used the time when she was really small to go to museums etc.

I never did it and don’t think you should because: it’s too noisy for a baby; it will annoy other cinema goers; you will likely be turned away from all but kids films. Sounds like you had already made up your own mind that it’s fine though so I don’t know why anyone is bothering to post!

@Glitterstick

You’ve deliberately ignored my point.

Which was? Didn't miss it on purpose.
I do think it's for the parents benefit of the cinema at baby age, it's not a place for babies and not fair on other paying customers.
Hence the use of the word selfish, you're right, I could have worded it more nicely but it's true.
I say this as a mum of two who knows how important it is to get out yourself too, but cinemas, just no until they're old enough to appreciate the film or you're lucky enough to have babysitters.

I'm going to ask MNHQ to remove this post now as it's just dissolved into mudslinging.

Do we not have enough crap in all our lives without trying to make strangers feel like crap online?

Thank-you sincerely to everyone who gave honest and informative advice.

🙄

I've just checked the cinema by me for screenings of films tomorrow and Tuesday and there are no tickets booked for at least three films on before 1pm yet. It is highly unlikely that there would be many, if any, people there if planned accordingly, particularly for films out pre December.

Also there are some babies who really are content 99.9% of the time. Unfortunately neither of mine have been but my niece is 9 months now and I still haven't heard her cry!

I can't see the issue if you plan to leave if any problems. Maybe some previous posters live near very busy cinemas!

I'd be worried about the effect on the other full paying cinema goers.

For kids and baby type showings everyone is expecting it to be full of kids and the tickets are only a few quid.

If I was paying £9/10 to go and see a grown up movie and there was a restless baby I'd be cheesed off.

Of course this doesn't apply where your LO is well settled but can you expect this for a 2.5 hour window with lots of noise?

Definitely ear defenders (I had some muffy baby ones with the stretchy band) and early morning or afternoon showings. I was lucky that I had a local cinema that did baby showings (DD saw slept through Black Panther at 2 weeks old). The only non baby one was when I took my mum to see Christopher Robin, she got restless (baby not mum ) so I spent most of the time by the side aisle exit door having a walk and bounce so I just listened to the film instead.

Mind you, it still pees me off till this day that instead of showing an actual grown up film for parents, one week they decided to put on Peter Rabbit. I could have seen tomb raider but nooooo (looking at you Odeon)

I might worry about how loud it was for their ears. I think I’d buy some ear defenders, they come in handy for music/fireworks. THen go for it. Just sit at the end of an aisle so you can make a quick retreat.

Oh, FFS .Mudslinging? Really?
Translated - I don't like some of the answers so take my post down.

Oh, FFS .Mudslinging? Really?
Translated - I don't like some of the answers so take my post down.

Yep, this. MN need to stop pandering to posters who don’t like their replies.

So you’d need to settle the baby, which is noisy. First with the baby stirring/crying and then you sorting out settling them.

Babies give lots of cues that they're getting hungry before they actually start to cry. Stretching, moving arms/legs up and down, moving head side to side, rooting, sucking hands, opening/closing mouth. When mine were little babies I would stroke their cheek with my finger and if they lunged towards my finger with their mouth open, like a shark attack, then they were ready for a feed.

Unless it's a parent and baby showing it's quite inconsiderate to take in an infant because they do make noise, just feeding them doesn't always work. There was a rule, no babes in arms and everyone has to have a ticket - seems fair to me. I would not have dreamt taking my kids to films, they are so loud these days.

People have called the OP selfish, said people who take their babies to the cinema are all "me me me", a sarcastic "nice" comment was made about someone who said she puts a bottle in her baby's mouth to stop the baby crying, and so on.

Is that not mudslinging?

YANBU but only with ear defenders and only if you choose a seat at the end of the row and near the exit, so you can just get up and go. If you do that, then you’re good.

With regards to removing the thread, don’t be silly. It wasn’t offensive. People are debating. Some disagree with you but some don’t. That’s life.

I took my youngest with me to the cinema - he was the most contended, placid baby. Lay there smiling serenely and never made a sound! Perfectly happy there and so was everyone else