A mum has shared her best tips for taking a baby to a festival after bringing her own nine-month-old son to Download Festival last weekend. Anne Shirley, 36, and her partner Andrew Harris, 37, began planning to take their baby Ziggy to a festival when Anne was still pregnant and organised tickets for Download Festival when Ziggy was six months old.
Ready for a challenge, the pair did all they could to prepare for a weekend camping with a baby and headed to Download Festival last weekend. Maths teacher Anne has no regrets about taking young rocker Ziggy along and is now offering her best tips to other music-loving parents for taking babies to festivals.
Anne said: "It was something we always talked about doing while I was pregnant - we couldn't wait to take him to a festival with us. We're both super passionate about music so wanted to get him started young, plus tickets are even free for children under four years old.
