Meet the mum who took her 11-week-old baby to a festival and says strangers told her she is "nuts". Katie Tradie, 29, took her three children - Gethin, six, Roux, three, and Torvi, 11 weeks - to In It Together Festival, in Margam, Wales.
Katie and her husband, Adam, 34, a plumber, have taken their brood to festivals twice before and claim their children "love it". The family camp together in a teepee and during the day go and see music acts and take part in activities like painting and colouring for the children.
Katie, a retail assistant, from Swansea, Wales, said: "We are massive music lovers and so are the kids - they love camping. We go camping quite a bit as a family and this is the perfect mix for us really.
"We only take the children to family-friendly festivals that have the perfect mix of kids and adult stuff. My husband and I have been to Boardmasters a few times and plan to take the children one day."
Katie recommended that parents take a lot of activities to keep the children entertained. She said: "We takes lots of colouring books with us and bubbles for the kids to run around with.
"We always take a little wagon with us too - they are fab as you can pull the children along in them. You can decorate it with fairy lights so that when we are pulling them around at night other people can see you.
"Also, take the whole medicine cabinet with you as you never know what can happen." Katie said that a lot of parents don't understand or realise you can take your children to a festival.
This year, Katie took her 11-week-old baby, Torvi, to the festival on May 27, 2022, with her family and admitted it wasn't as difficult as she expected. The family of five already have their next festival planned for July 2022.
She said: "A lot of people don't understand that it can be done and think it can be very overwhelming to take the kids. In reality, it is a very fulfilling experience.
"I love taking the kids with me, they are all experiencing this stuff for the first time. They love the music, and they are really getting into the festival culture. We always spend the whole festival as a family and never split up.
"The In It Together Festival was fab there were lots of babies there - I was not the only one. It was a family-friendly festival and they catered to the children so there were more quiet parts if you wanted to get away from the main areas."
