Music festival

But great to have positive comments about festivals etc regarding babies !
Loved the comment about IOW Festival and the 8 day old baby ?

Magrithea.....
It’s a long story - I wanted to see take that so bought weekend tickets as the promoters hadn’t announced which day take that would be on.
If they were on the Sat I’d go with a friend and OH would baby sit.
Now we have found out they’re on the Sunday so my daughter and I will go. Baby’s Daddy and my OH will baby sit.
I’m thinking that I have Sat tickets might as well enjoy them. Daughter is happy either way if we go with baby or not. Although other option is to revert back to OH baby sitting and I go with a friend.
So still umming about it.

People often take babies to my son’s brass band concerts. They usually sleep through the music, and I have never known one to cry.

My son and DIL went to the Isle of Wight Festival last year and the couple next to them had their eight day old baby with them, they hadn't even decided on a name for her yet! She slept through everything and the parents were very relaxed and enjoyed the event.

My Dd and Sil took their 10 month old daughter to Hampden for a Scotland football match. She did have ear defenders on for some of the match. She was not upset at all by the noise.

I must admit that the festival we went to there was a whole load of mothers and babies who seem to sleep through the noise and caused no problems. I would say on reflection give it a go, you haven't anything to lose, you already have the tickets so just do as you planned.

Our grandchildren have been to lots of festivals, as a family or with their parents. Depending on the size, and if it’s just for the day, not overnight, the children have a great time. But, I would not want the responsibility of someone else’s baby

My daughter went to a festival on Saturday night and their friends took their 8 week old baby. She slept in a sling with ear reduction head phones on and they didn't have any problems. My daughter got a babysitter for her son as at 14 months old as he is to old to sleep in the pram and needs his routine. I think you should ask your daughter what she feels will be right for you all.

Abuelana were the tickets complimentary? If not, why did you get them knowing your DD had asked you to look after the (then not yet born) baby?

My answer is that is that I most certainly wouldn’t take a baby to a music festival, I’d try to sell the tickets and not go. The promise to babysit is long standing and the parents can’t change the date, it’s someone else’s wedding. But I do wonder why you bought tickets for a music festival when you knew you were going to babysit on that date.

I would do as you’ve decided.

Oh goodness, if you read the posts you will see that this is a longstanding promise:
My DD asked me last year to babysit when she was pregnant. They have a wedding so their event came 1st.

Is there no-one else at all Abuelana? Other GP or an auntie?

It does seem a shame, but a promise is a promise

First I would stay no to babysitting, it won't be easy taking such a young baby to a festival. We took our gd, age 8 to a small festival when she had a broken leg and it was in plaster. I was in a barn with her watching a group from Africa singing and dancing, when I needed the loo. As the loo was very near by I told my gd to stay where she was and not leave the building, away I dashed and back within 5 mins or so to find her gone. My heart sank, looked around and as I was just about to leave I looked at the stage and there was centre stage, broken leg and all, singing with the group. Never again.

Sorry, but I think you should tell your DD you can't babysit on this occasion unless your commitment to babysit is as longstanding as her commitment to go to the wedding. You need a life outside of being a grandparent!

It's a longstanding wedding invitation, sarahellenwhitney

My initial thought was No definitely not. But I must admit our first daughter we took everywhere, and I do mean everywhere( we were vey young parents) without any adverse effects, we put her in the carrycot and off we went to all sorts of places. She's 52 now and reasonably sane.

Music festivals inevitably attract crowds and even when the music cease are far from quiet. I would not take a four month old any where near one of these events.
What is so special for your DD, on the day you are going to one of these events,that she cannot put her own plans on hold and look after her own child.?

I never took my daughter to Glastonbury but the amount of lost children was frightening! I don't understand why people choose to take kids to festivals.
Different for babies in prams , they can't get lost (one would hope)

You could provide the best ear protectors in the world, but if the baby doesn't like wearing them, none of you will enjoy any of the event! Try them out at home first... Another consideration is music festivals typically are pretty unhygienic. I think after you've been in their toilets and washrooms you probably come out with more germs on your hands than when you went in. Can you keep a baby and their feeding equipment clean?

We took our granddaughter to a music festival and bought her some kiddy ear protectors

It could depend on the type of music, of course

Oh! I see now you’ve decided!
Good for you, hope you manage to sneak out for a while!

We’ve taken our grandchildren to all sorts of places when they were babies, but never without their parents, you won’t enjoy yourself because you’ll be too anxious

Tell your daughter you can’t do it on this occasion , I’m sure she wouldn’t want you to miss out.

Thank you thank you!
My DD asked me last year to babysit when she was pregnant. They have a wedding so their event came 1st.
So I’ve decided I’m not going - or I can go and OH can baby sit a few hours. Funny how writing it down and getting replies makes your mind up. My DD and I very close and if asked would more likely say yes - but I’m not going to put her in that position. She was brought up to respect the 1st invitation rule so who am I to break it ?

It’s one thing taking your own small child and I wouldn’t think twice I ve been to music festivals and often seen very young babies and we ( daughter and I ) took her children when young and they were happy as Larry but I don’t think I d take a grandchild unless the parents were totally on board
First you need to talk to your daughter or son and see what their thoughts are there s no need to even think of any arrangements until you have done this