Would you take a 6mo to a Wiggles concert?

DD and I have tickets to see The Wiggles next week. Originally I had no choice but to take DS too, and I was tossing up whether to take the pram or carrier, or just hold him and let him get his groove on.

But now, DH has taken the days between Easter and Anzac Day off so he'll be home that day and there's the option of leaving DS with him. I don't really want to take the pram to the concert, I can imagine him getting sick of the carrier because he'll want to get involved, but he's too small to just let him on the floor and too big to hold for that long plus I need to be watching DD.

I think he'd love the show because he likes music, but is it really going to be any good for a 6 month old? I won't be gone long, he'll only be with DH and it's an opportunity to see if he likes his new straw cups while I'm not there.

What would you do?

I would leave him home, I would have taken if had to, but given the opportunity to just focus on the older one I would do that. He won't know he is missing anything and to him might enjoy the music bit no more than on DVD or CD.

I would leave him at home too. For the exact reasons wysiwyg mentioned ;) also it can be loud and if he doesn't like it and cries you will be distracted and it could take away from DD.

We just went yesterday !! DS2 really wanted to go so I took them both, of course.

There were loads and loads and loads of babies. They could not take prams in, so there were lots prams 'discarded' in the foyer!

There was a baby behind me who did NOT want to be there. He screamed. But you know what, no one cared. I only knew because he was right behind my ear and kept throwing the dummy at us! But it seriously reduced the mums enjoyment of the show and her ability to enjoy it with her older daughter. It's so noisy and no one sits in their seats and it's very family friendly!

If I had the option, I'd enjoy the one on one time with DD, but if you did have to take DS, it would be 100% fine.

If DD wants to meet Emma, she needs to wear a big 'Emma-style' bow in her hair. And if she wants to meet Dorothy don't forget the roses!

Ooh thanks for the tips Lenny! She's very excited about going and can't wait to wear one of her 'Twinkle Star' skirts - she has tutus and has to put one on every time she hears Twinkle Twinkle Little Star so she can be a ballerina like Emma lol. Will definitely get her a bow.

You know I didn't even think of the noise, that's a good point. And you're probably right that he wouldn't enjoy it more than a DVD or CD, he won't really get it. I've been a bit nervous about having to hang on to him and focus on him and not being able to be in it properly with DD, so I think leaving him home would be the best option. Looking back over my post I think I was leaning that way all along, I'm just nervous about leaving him for the first time.

Thanks :)

Was just coming in to say leave him home but can see you have decided that already :) As others said, your DD will love the one on one time. Have fun!

DS1 slept through concerts, Singstar parties, loud loud LOUD events, and worse.

DS2 would not have appreciated anything of the sort - unless he could party along with us.

DS does love sleep in loud places, but he'd have to groove along to this :) It'd be one of those things that makes him wriggle and hard to hold on to lol.

It's pretty much decided that he'll stay home and DD and I will enjoy the one on one time.

We are going to the Barbie show Tomorrow and up until this morning I was taking DS (11mths). He would love it, he loves music and bopping along but I think the whole day will be too much for him. So DH is taking an RDO. I am actually excited that I get to have an outing with just my girls. As much as they love their brother and having him go with us everywhere I think having my full attension for a few hours will be wonderful for them.

I was in this same position last year. In the end I left DD2 with my mum and had a great morning out 1:1 with DD1. This year I'm taking both of them as I figure DD2 is old enough to enjoy it too.

Well, it was wondeful! DS would have loved it just as much as DD but I'm so glad it was just the two of us. For one thing, she was quite any and overwhelmed by it all in the beginning and needed a lot of hugs and reassurance that I wouldn't have been able to give as easily had DS been in my lap.

On the way there she was very sad that Daddy and her brother couldn't come. If she was to spend one-on-one time with a parent she'd always choose DH so she wanted to go with him. I think this is because DS has mums of been my permanent attachment for the past 6 months and I can't 100% be there for her ask the time like I used to, not like DH can. But since Wednesday our relationship has been so much better! She plays nicely with DS and waits until I'm free to ask if she can sit on my lap, or if I'll read or draw with her. I'm getting so many more his and kisses that I didn't even realise I wasn't getting.

So glad we had some quality time to ourselves :)