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Moms, how old were your Infants before you took them to the Movie Theater ??

My Son is 6months and I want to bring him to the movies but I’ve been holding off because I think sometimes it’s too loud for us so it’s gotta be wayyyy too loud for their little ears... when did you take your infants ? And what do you ladies think ?

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I don’t know... I’ve thought about this before too and the only other thing I think about is the baby starting to get fussy and disturbing the movie for others

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Some theaters have “infant screenings” where infants are expected to cry, nurse whatever. It’s not as loud as I thought and it’s great not having to be self conscious about your baby being a baby. I know Nitehawk Cinema (one in prospect park and one in Williamsburg) does it every Tues.

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We took our 4 month old but literally had to get up in the movie like 10 times lol eventually we just stood by the door and watched the movie from there. It was fun but being on edge wondering if he's gonna stay quiet wasnt 😂 I think we'll just watch our movies from home until he gets a little bigger. I also think it's too loud for his ears depending on the movie

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I was thinking we could maybe go to a drive-in theatre with ours. I don’t trust her to not fuss.

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I had my son last January and i was taking him to the dollar kids movies at the start of last summer. Lol

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Make sure to bring noise cancelling headphones for your baby! Their eardrums, like you said, are extra sensitive and can easily be damaged due to loud sounds and places

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ODEON cinemas have a few infant friendly cinemas, I don't have one very close to me but I'm tempted to travel just to be able to go to the cinema again :)

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Still haven't taken my first, he's 2. I don't take kids to the movies until they can sit through the whole movie with minimal disruption

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I took my son when he was 3 months we went to a 9am showing 2 weeks after the movie had come out. I figure if you are going to see a movie at 9am on a Thursday you should expect there to be kiddos there. I am so tired of the world acting like if you have an infant you can't go or do anything.

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Do you have a drive in theatre? We’re going to take our 6.5 month old. That way he can talk/giggle/squeal/sleep and it won’t interrupt the movie for anyone else.
Also, there are theaters that have “baby mornings” where they have changing stations set up for you and expect crying, etc. while you watch your grownup movie. 🙌🏼

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Not Untill 2

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My daughter was 2.5 months the first time. She slept through the whole thing

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My daughter saw beauty and the beast, she was about 1 and a half

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My sons been going regularly since he was 2 months old. At first he just slept through it all then around 8 months he started staying awake longer now at 1 years old he’s up the whole time. But he loves it.

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You can always try drive in movies if your city has one 👶🏻

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I took my daughter to the movies when she was about 6 months she did so good slept the whole movie lol

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I’m mainly worried about the movie being too loud for him !! If he starts to cry I’ll just give him the titty ! But it’s the loudness and his little ears I’m worried most about !!!

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I took my son to see Frozen when he was 3mos. I wore him on my chest and he basically slept the whole way through.

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I took mine to see Frozen 2 at about 22 months and she only watched half of it but loved it. I was a mess though with the concessions and the diaper bag and winter coats! Haha it was fun though!

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Only taken mine to the baby cinema, think the first time she was 6 months.

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My babes is almost 2 and still hasn’t gone

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2 years old he loved it x

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We took our son at about a month old. He still goes regularly now at 14 months. If you want to go I say do it! The theater never wakes my son up from a nap but we also never made it super quiet for him to go to sleep.

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My son saw his first movie a few months ago, Frozen 2 from a classmates bday party. He was 4 1/2

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I took my baby at 2 months old and she was perfect!!!

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I took my son tona baby and me screening, were it was ment to be turned down but it really wasn't. He was fine but I wouldn't do it again without noise cancelling headphones.

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I think my daughter was about 14 months old. She did fine. She watched, nursed and went to sleep. Not a peep. I think your son will be fine. It'll be good to get out and there's no charge for babies.

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I took my son at 7 months he was great. We saw Born in China. He watched, eat, slept, got back up and did it again.

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Park the stroller at 4 months

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I took my daughter when she turned 2. And my son we took him to watch end game when he was 7 months. He’s 18 months now there’s no way he’d sit thru a movie.

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Someone up here posted a link to the Baby Banz. I love those too for when I need to go w the baby to a loud soccer game. For baby-friendly movie theater showings, look for a theater in the UES (I don't remember the name).

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I think he/she should be at least 3 years old

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About 6 months. And we have sound canceling earmuffs that she wore.

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We took him when he was around 10 months... he was sound asleep in his car seat and had baby headphones on, would have been perfect but the staff ended up kicking us out!!! 😭😭😭 Lol (just for having him with us..)

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We went at 2 to 3 months and my baby slept the entire time

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I think I went with my older one when he was 6-7 months to a Stars and Strollers screening, it’s baby friendly.
But just last week we went to see the Sonic movie and my kids both enjoyed it, though were a little restless during the non-action parts. They are 6 years and 2.5 years now!

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She was 6 months lol and sleep the entire movie, the next one she was a year and let’s just say she was the movie 😂😂😂

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10 weeks. In Dallas there was a theater that did “cry baby matinee” every Thursday. They encouraged parents with babies to bring them and everyone who came without a kid was warned they may be loud. It was a wonderful way to get this new mom out of the house.

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You can go to a mums and bubs session, I went with my son at 3 months and at 5 months

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I bought ear muffs they were 20 bucks on amazon. I would just breastfeed my daughter until she would fall asleep then enjoy the movie👍

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Three weeks old :)

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Lol my kids are 4 & 6 and I STILL haven’t taken them to a movie theater haha!

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I took my daughter cinema when frozen 2 came out she was about to turn 1 in a few weeks & she loved it! Sat and watched the whole film ate snacks and sang along x

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Wow never knew people would take their kids so young 😳. But I wouldn’t take my boy until he can sit and concentrate on the movie xx

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I took my children 4 year and 2 year that time ti cinema last 2 year to grinch movie they love it

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its recommended by most pediatricians that you actually wait until their closer to 2 years old. Anything over 85 decibels in damaging the an infant's ear.

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Haven't been yet but our local one does a baby and parent one, so atleast everyone knows it could be loud

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5 days old to a baby showing to see the new avengers 😋

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We went to see Frozen 2 and my daughter is 2.5

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My son was born right before Disney dropped all their movies last year. My oldest wanted to go so the baby was 2 months old at his first movie

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