To take a 3 year old to a beer festival?

[curiousmonkey]

Would you? One of us would stay sober as will be driving. No other children we know there.

[2ManySweets]

Then the chances are your 3yo will be bored out of their tiny mind, act out accordingly and piss folk off.

Some events and young children just don't mix and a beer festival would is (IMHO) one of them.

Sorry OP but YABU. To your child and the other attendees.

[puglife15]

You Just need to be prepared. Take toys, books, their own special drink, snacks and some adult friends who are happy to help entertain him.

Last one we went to we had a bunch of kids coming to play with DS' toy cars!

[Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost]

I wouldn't really worry about him not knowing the other kids, as they seem to just muck in together.
Should you take him though. Well all families are different aren't they some are brought up to socialise with their parents.
My dd always came to parties with me especially if mum was going as it was only my mum id leave her with. She's always been around adults. That's probably why she's 17 going on 27. .
I think provided you're not going to be sliding down the walls tgen. It should be fine.

[user1469086365]

I couldn't enjoy myself if i brought my kids along, i also reckon i would find it a bit strange if someone brought kids to a beer festival.

[blinkowl]

If there's a family tent then if course it's suitable.

I don't understand the comments for people saying they'll be bored. If it'still a place they can run around / be entertained with kids stuff and there are other DC there (even if not ones you know), what's not to like if you're 3?!

[Heidibb]

Where we live it's a family event so I wouldn't hesitate.

[blinkowl]

"I would find it a bit strange if someone brought kids to a beer festival."

Really? You would find it strange that someone bought kids to a festival that has a family tent with entertainment? Why?!

[puglife15]

I suppose because we have no one to leave our DC with, it's a case of take them or don't go. So we've always taken them if we think it's appropriate.

[cornishglos]

I would

[2rebecca]

I have taken mine but agree it depends on the festival, timing and company. Some at pubs with large gardens during the day are just extended beer range pub lunches with more people and activities. Evening camra festivals in halls can be serious drinkers only. I like beer but can't drink much of it.

[DamsonInDistress]

Ds2 attended his first beer festival at about four months old! I've breastfeed in family areas more times than I can count. I've walked miles around tents and fields holding a toddler's hand. These days at 10 & 8 they tend to take a book or their tablets, or we play top trumps and similar. But I admit that their favourite festival is the one on our local rugby club field which also happens to border the local large, well equipped playground!

If the event is generally family friendly then it will be fine. If your party group is okay with taking kids then it will be fine. It's good for children to see and learn that drinking alcohol isn't always about getting drunk. That it can be enjoyed with good food and good company in great atmosphere.

[LittleLionMansMummy]

I would and we have. Our local beer festival is a large one with fairground rides and live music. We agreed to go home when ds got bored/ tired and we did. Until that point people had been lovely with him, giving him balloons and free things and talking to him. It has outdoor spaces for him to run around in so he wasn't getting in people's way. There were some other children there and it was very friendly.

[LittleLionMansMummy]

Oh and it's a camra one that last 5 days/ nights.

[Scribblegirl]

Our local town's beer festival is super family friendly and all ages go - most of my friends have been brought up attending as little kids, then as they're older going off and playing, and then as older teens coming along for a quiet half under the supervision of mum and dad. Now we're in our late 20s and the cycle begins again! It's a great day out.

[Lweji]

Without knowing the festival well and as a group, I wouldn't.

As a group you want to socialise and relax, not having to run after a toddler all the time.
Older kids are more easily entertained and almost take care of themselves.
As for babies, they say they will now, they may well change their minds when the babies show up, but babies tend to sit on laps.

And if you don't know the festival, it could easily get too crowded or worse.

[BathshebaDarkstone]

Our DC would love it. It's no different from going to a battle reenactment weekend. The older DC used to go off and do their own thing all day.

[MrsKoala]

It wouldn't even occur to me not to take kids. The same way i take my dc to the pub. Same rules apply, no bothering people, no screaming, we leave after a shortish period of time/when they are looking bored and starting to get twitchy, take entertainment for them, no top shelf drinking.

[UnikittyInHerBusinessSuit]

If there's a family tent then that seems perfectly reasonable. But there's a possibility that the non-drinking parent will end up stuck in family area all day while other parent hangs out with mates in adult bar.

[horseygeorgie1]

Yes, I've taken my DD to the local one since she was a baby. I just make sure she doesn't piss people off but if I waited to go to these things until I had a babysitter I'd never go to anything!

[NeedACleverNN]

There was a beer festival in my town about a month ago

I would have happily took my children because it was aimed at families.

There was rides, bouncy castles, face painting, family entertainment and then the beer.

Perfect family day out. Didn't go because it was my nieces birthday party