Reply To: bringing babies and small children to megillah reading

If they cannot be quiet then of course not, beside disturbing other people you will not be yoitze yourself. If you expect the child to sleep through the leining or quietly eat his pekele you still need to know that you take a risk, the second the child becomes resstless you have to walk out. To bad if you spent helf an hour getting ready and another helf hour looking for parking.