[Artemisia] camping with infants

[Trischia Wadey]

> From: mikkelsen_rebecca at hotmail.com> To: artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:24:06 -0700> Subject: Re: [Artemisia] camping with infants> > Giliana wrote:> We've sent in our pre-reg for Uprising!! Does anyone know if >there are any motel/hotel/inn/b&b or other establishments >nearer to site than Blackfoot or Idaho Falls? I will be with a (hopefully!!) 1 month old baby and Lady Clare will have hers a bit >more than 2 months grown but neither of us really want to >freeze baby this early on so we are looking for some options for >the sleeping portion of our fun.> Freydis said:> > Freydis> ~who's mother camped with her at three weeks old, in the >month of APRIL.> Rebecca replies:> We took our 3-month-old to the first Estrella. He cried all night because he was cold and not in his regular bed and he was in unfamiliar surroundings . . . He was unhappy, we were unhappy, the campers around us were unhappy. I do not recommend camping with an infant. We also had a 2-year-old who was just fine.> 
 
I guess I am a lucky one!  I also took a 3 month old to Estrella... the one 3 years ago where it rained almost the whole event and everything flooded at Estrella park.  He slept through the nights, didn't complain, and was a joy the whole event.  It probably helped that we kept him bundled and warm the whole time, and had let him sleep a few nights in the portable bassinet at home to get the feel of it first, but that is all speculation.  Maybe it is just his nature to enjoy an adventure! :)  
So, I guess it depends entirely on the infant in question.  Some will be miserable, some will be just fine.  Unfortunately, you have no real way to know which way yours will react until you try it... and if they are of the unhappy camper type, finding out may not be much fun.
Just another perspective,
 
Aeschine
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