Festival with a 2.5 year old and a nine month old…

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Hiphopopotamonster · 20/07/2023 13:41

So next month my DH and I are taking our toddler and baby to a festival. It’s a medium size one (a few thousand people I think) and seems family friendly ish although it’s not particularly marketed at families. We’ll be camping in a tent. It’s seemed like a brilliant idea when we booked it a few months ago but im getting a bit jittery now and wondering if it’s just going to be awful.

So - is this a terrible idea? Will it all be ok? And does anyone have any tips to make it more ok…?

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Hiphopopotamonster · 06/08/2023 21:54

Zanatdy · 06/08/2023 21:51

Nice weather - probably be ok. What if it rains heavy? You’d end up stuck in the tent. I would hate to camp with babies / toddlers but many do and enjoy it.

Haha I maybe should have started a new thread for this - I’m going to get a lot of advice about something that has already happened fork people who haven’t RTFT (or even just my updates…)

As it goes, the weather was ok. A few showers but mostly dry with sunshine.

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DappledThings · 06/08/2023 21:56

Sounds like you had a fab time, and very much like our experience of festivals with ours when they were that age.

Trying to persuade DH to go again next year. I really want to go back to Green Man where you can go for a full week on the Settler's Pass but it gets so expensive.

DryIce · 07/08/2023 07:19

Hiphopopotamonster · 06/08/2023 21:22

Well I promised I would update so here we go….

We had a brilliant time! Toddler was in her element. Loved the kid’s activities and all the music and the food and just having lots of people around. The baby was a dream - napped fine in the carrier and actually slept brilliantly in the tent. (They both did!)

Some of the concerns that people had…

inappropriate environment - could not be more wrong. The vibe was so friendly and lovely and the family camping area was great.
Kids sleeping/waking up early/screaming through the night and annoying everyone. Nope. They slept like a dream. Though if you’re on the fence about doing this with your kids and worried about them being noisy at night, we had toddlers and babies in tents around us that were definitely not settled all through the night and did make some noise and really, no one cared.
Us as adults having a terrible time Again, nope. We had a great time. Juggled the kids around between us and our genuinely helpful friends so we all got time to do the things we wanted to do.
kids being bored and not having fun I really wish I could show you photos and videos of my eldest - she had the time of her life and just loved it.

For anyone who has read through this thread because they’re thinking about doing a similar experience with young kids I would say absolutely go for it. Definitely read all the helpful tips from the people who have actually done it - they were the ones that were all positive in advance and had really helpful advice. We’re absolutely sold on festivals as a family now and plan to make it an annual thing!

Oh I'm so pleased to hear it OP, sounds like a fab trip! We are just packing up, I wonder if we were at the same festival...!

We even had our first day of absolute wash out rain, and happy to report it was actually fine - lots of in tent games/drawing, and waterproof clad excursions - was actually a really fun day!

Greenfishy · 07/08/2023 20:30

We have just got back today from a festival with our two year old. Like PP we had one day of washout (I’m guessing we were at the same one!) but we coped and a fab time was had by all. So glad you enjoyed it OP!!

Hivaluegirl · 07/08/2023 22:04

I worked at a festival for kids called raver tots the kids has a good time and was family friendly i think it's an amazing idea. I wish my ex attended with our DD

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