To be pissed off that I'm not going to Glastonbury this year? ;-(

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I have been eight times and I LOVE it, mud and all.
I decided not to go this year as dd is still too young and I'm bf.
I always feel sad when the festival comes nearer and I don't have tickets.
Mabe I can take dd when she's older. Un less she'd rather go with her mates.

GKS do you work for one of the charities or groups like carnival clubs etc?

The best festivals for DD in tow, I have found from experience, are WOMAD and Greenman. Both are great for children of all ages and are actually very welcoming places for those with children in hand.

I would not even attempt Glasto with child in tow unless said child was at least 10+

Have done mostly Oxfam peachy but other stuff as well...

Agree about the portaloos BOF but the long drops are ok. In the staff fields anyway...

I couldnt imagine my DS enjoying it... Id want to be dancing about and joining the local mosh pit (which I wouldnt be able to do this year anyway) and he would want to be in the kids area. Im putting off Festivals till the kids are older. And then i'll leave them with the grandparents!

In 2007, we went and left DS (aged 1) with my mum...the first two days I kept seeing people with small children having a great time and thinking I could have brought DS after all...then the rain started and the people with small children didn't look as if they were having such a great time anymore and I stopped bleating to DH that we neededn't have left DS behind! However, that is probably true of everyone once the mud starts seeping in over the top of your wellies...!

My SIL took her 3 year old (and she was preg at the time) and had a great time, apart from the fact that tnhey spent most of the weekend in the kids field...

Went last year 28 weeks pregnant, going this year with 9 mo DD. Three more sleeps!

Well done giantkatestacks, excel;lent charity. We did it for carnivals, slightly less good .

YANBU, I am hacked off that I am not going as well. Went last year and it was amazing! DH has refused to go this year for the ridiculous reason that I am due to give birth. I said that this is an even BETTER reason to go as if the baby is born there, it automatically drops the ticket prices when averaged between the three of us, and the baby can be proud that the first thing she accomplished in life was to sneak into Glastonbury. (Given the security and fences, this seems now to be the ONLY way of getting in without a ticket.) But he is sticking to his highly unreasonable position.

Perhaps you can go next year?

I believe that babies have been born there - your DH IBVU lisianthus! ( at it being the only way past security)

They have midwives at G'Bury, you'd be fione**Despite being a homebirther I have limits and that would clearly breach them all PMSL

Pekkala - you should be doing a sort of policywonk type blog for MN while you're there.

I want all sorts of dodgy parenting practices reported and pics of buggies stuck in mud if it rains (why oh why do people think buggies are a good idea there - wheelbarrows yes, buggies no)

DitaVonCheese - am encouraged by your post, I will be just a few weeks less than that! How did you find it at 28 weeks preg?

giantkatestacks I didn't witness it but I remember one of the Select daily on-site mags reporting on a woman using her sleeping baby's back to make a joint on - that might be a hard dodgy parenting practice to beat!

YANBU I'd love to go but it wouldn't be the same as it used to be with a 1 year old.

I do know someone who gave birth in a tent, it wasn't at Glastonbury but it can be done

I think we might make it to a little local festival this year, might be able to get a job as a fire warden which means we get hot running water and nearly proper loos.

I missed this thread pre-festival. I went. I'm 35+6 today and it was fine. I missed a few bands as I couldn't move quickly between stages and I had to stay out of the busier areas and sit further back but there were a lot of bumps there and midwives on the healing fields (who painted my bump for me on Saturday).
Anyone contemplating any festival, if you're fit and can walk around and you're happy to compromise on how many bands to see on different stages I'd say go for it!

Yikes, sorry, just realised I woke a zombie thread.