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Have you seen this article about taking a 5 month old baby to Glastonbury?

86 replies

beansprout · 25/06/2007 16:39

A colleague of mine (quite a senior one at that!) took his 2 year old. The whole thing doesn't appeal to me anyway so I wouldn't consider it, but I have mixed views. Part of me thinks, "good on you, for not just staying at home for 16 years" and part of me is envious that they are so adventurous! The joy of v young babies is that they are so portable I suppose!!!

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puppydavies · 25/06/2007 17:37

one festy i'd recommend with kids if it's the bands you want to see is wychwood - very "suburban" in its home comforts (indoor loos!) but a decent lineup (depending on your tastes obviously).

ThomCat · 25/06/2007 17:42

I think the best time to go with your DC is when they are tiny. Glastonbury is too big and too mad and I wouldn't fancy it for me on my own these days let alone with toddlers. It's rained for so many years on the trot that is massively offputting.

The Big Chill is a different matter, very child friendly and very civilised. It's fab, wather always good and Lotie loved it. Would go again any day but think I'll wait a year or 5. With 3 small children the running off in different directions would be a pita and not much fun. I think I'll go when the youngest is about 5 or so and I can trust him or her not to charge off just for a giggle while his ir her sisters think it's hysterical to do the same but in the other direction!

Festivals and kids / families are wonderful. A great opportunity to share a piece of me and my life and interests with them. Me and DP adore music and esp dance music and it was how their Dad made his living for his whole life until they came along! So it's lovley to share that with them and sit in a fiels soaking up rays relaxing.
Big Chill every time for me.

PinkTulips · 25/06/2007 17:57

i felt very sad reading this 'one guy even took a picture 'to prove to his girlfriend it could be done''

so some poor woman has missed glastonbury because she made the personal choice to put her child first, her bf pissed off to it without her and now he's coming home to her blathering on about how 'this couple did it'. poor woman

i wouldn't have let him take the picture myself if that's what he was going to use it for. especially if i never wanted to repeat the experiance myself!

filthymindedvixen · 25/06/2007 18:00

i didn't take mine to festies when they were babies, because I don't think any of us would have got much out of the experience. Now they are older, we all have a fab time. Respect to anyone who can be bothered though..

PersonalClown · 25/06/2007 18:07

I'm with Gess. I'd love to take Ds to Download or Reading/Leeds but autism and loud festivals really just don't mix. Plus the fact that Ds could escpae from a tent!

2shoes · 25/06/2007 18:09

imagine dd's wheelchair in all that mud

Nemo2007 · 25/06/2007 18:17

Blimey wouldnt have bothered with a pram..lol

paulaplumpbottom · 25/06/2007 18:18

Me neither I'd just stick with a sling

PersonalClown · 25/06/2007 18:19

Ds would love the mud. I wouldn't like getting all of it off him though.

ggglimpopo · 25/06/2007 18:21

I once knew of a couple who took a three day old baby to a Christian rock festival thing.

I don't know about the baby, but I couldn't do that literally hours after giving birth.

ggglimpopo · 25/06/2007 18:23

"knew of", should read "heard of" or "knew", my Engleeeesh is crap today, but then so is my French!

MingMingtheWonderPet · 25/06/2007 18:33

PinkTulips - I took the comment to mean that he and his GF didn't yet have children, and that h e was using the photo as evidence to try and convince her to take the plunge! To prove to her taht everything didn't have to change, and that you could still do fun things with a baby.

sfxmum · 25/06/2007 18:36

am taking dd to latitude in a couple of weeks but she is 2yr old hope not mud

PinkTulips · 25/06/2007 19:54

but if they didn't have kids, and not being able to go to festivals with a child was stopping her from having kids, then where was she? she certainly wasn't there if he needed a picture to prove there were babies there

jackie2kids · 25/06/2007 19:58

Fine if you can afford it.

madamez · 25/06/2007 20:00

I took DS camping to a morris festival at 7 months and he liked it and was happy. Also took him to an event when he was 11 months, and there were people there with younger babies, coping fine. Camping with little babies is OK as long as you have something off the ground for them to sleep in (buggy even if they're in the sling all day) and enough nappies and changes of clothes (ie about twice as many as you think you'll need) and all babies love music anyway. So good luck to the parents.

FioFio · 25/06/2007 20:01

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madamez · 25/06/2007 20:05

I bet most of the miserable fuckers whining on about selfishness are men with no kids of their own... or people whose kids are now grown up and who never had any fun when they were little...

Peachy · 25/06/2007 20:08

I'd take mine, and am planning too (well not ds3) in a few years- going to do a few smaller festicals first to guage it. HOWEVER we may be reassured that we know one of the secrurity heads as a personal mate and have family V V close so that might just help!

I think its brilliant when famillies do stuff together

Peachy · 25/06/2007 20:09

(and if anyone can recommend any smaller festicvals for next year would be much obliged!)

Hulababy · 25/06/2007 21:23

At what age do you have to start paying for children at these things? No way would I want to spend £150 for a 5yo!

oops · 25/06/2007 21:24

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queenrollo · 25/06/2007 21:26

we were at Glasto with our 22 month old.......had highs and lows.

getting the pushchair through the mud was ok...until they started putting straw down to try and make it easier under foot for pedestrians, then it just all got clogged up round the wheels.
the sling seems like an ideal alternative until you factor in how damn slippy the mud is.....wouldn't fancy falling over with my child strapped to me.

ds had a fantastic time despite the weather....he loves music, but we made sure we stayed a reasonable distance from loud music (dp is a musician so we're concious of looking after ours and ds's ears)

in my opinion the worst part about this year is the increased capacity.....quite honestly it was too busy, mainly because large parts of the site were too muddy to walk on so everyone was trying to use the paths.

queenrollo · 25/06/2007 21:28

Hulababy.........glastonbury is free for children under 12.

not sure about the other festivals.....but most are free or offer concessions for little ones....

PersonalClown · 25/06/2007 21:30

I've just discovered that Download has lowered the age restrictions to 8! Couple of year to go for ds!!