to think a nightclub disco for babies on a saturday afternoon is sad

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...just saw this on breakfast tv

"babygrooves" dark, nightclubby set up for parents and babies who miss clubbing

quote from a dad "well it's not really cool but it's better than going to the park or something"

i just think adult venues, as this one looked like, is inappropriate for children. I just think childhood is not about initiation into nightclubs. But wach to their own, i just wouldnt feel comforatable taking my lo there.

oop each to their own

God I thoughtone of the GOOD things about having kids was that you didn't have to pretend to enjoy sweaty nightclubs any more!!

it looked really crap on the tv! Like the sound of your one fandz but this was in a dingy basement and was basically dads bopping with their toddlers. They seemed quite sweet and aware they were a tad uncool but i didn't buy their argument that it was better than the park at all. Could have been nice in a different venue perhaps?

In the 70's my mum and dad often brought us to a Sunday morning Jazz session in a pub. It was totally adult orientated but I remember is as a lovely thing that we did together and there were loads of kids there.

Sounds lovely, carmenere.

We went to a holiday park in Dorset at the weekend and they had a clubhouse which was for adults and children, started with kids games and party dances followed by cabaret and a disco at the end of the evening, all the children had a fantastic time and this doesn't really seem that different. I wouldn't want to go somewhere like this on a regular basis, but now and again it looks fun.

I read an article about those a little while.

This is the one I went to (although I didn't go to Adelaide to see it)

It was fab, one of the most fun things ds and I have done together

some of these do sound a bit sad and seedy though I must admit

How was DS party F&Z - and the skirt/dress/jeans thing as well?

I saw on the tv this morning to Zippi.It made me chuckle...all those dads dancing badly

oh god...one will be a mumsnetter won't he/she

errm yeah...saw some really cool funky dads grooving on down ..

it just looked so dreary

...don't children like bright and airy not dark and dingy

probably shouldn't have called it disco

looking at the website linked too, it doesn't look to bad....

Oh Clary, the party was fab I think, thank you. I really enjoyed it and ds did too. I wore the skirt from Monsoon that HC chose for me - it felt good

a toddler group but with grown up music in the background - sounds like a great idea to me.

could see tasteful lighting working rather well in a sound and light show sort of way.

NQC, ds3 goes "Ching-ah!" at the end of Grace Kelly!
All mine loved dancing at that age and blessed many a wedding with their dance skills! I think they'd have loved this!

Franny that's good. Have only just realised that our DSs are strangely close in age - DS2 was 4 on Easter Saturday.