Re: Babies / Children at games. : Sat Nov 26, 2011 5:47 pm  

As long as you're not like the couple sat a couple of rows in front of me for the England Aus game at Wembley.

They brought a baby who couldn't have been any older than 4 weeks, who was clearly tired and wanting to sleep but was rudely woken every time the crowd cheered at a passage of play. Cue the parents scowling at the fans around them for making so much noise. Madness.

Personally, I've not taken my little lad to a game yet (he's almost 3) as I know he wouldn't enjoy it (he hasn't the attention span to stay in one place for a couple of hours) and therefore I wouldn't enjoy it either. The way I see it, I have years in front of me to enjoy taking him to watch Saints -no point forcing it sooner than either of us would appreciate.

Re: Babies / Children at games. : Sat Nov 26, 2011 9:19 pm  

Cragganmore Kid wrote:

As long as you're not like the couple sat a couple of rows in front of me for the England Aus game at Wembley.

They brought a baby who couldn't have been any older than 4 weeks, who was clearly tired and wanting to sleep but was rudely woken every time the crowd cheered at a passage of play. Cue the parents scowling at the fans around them for making so much noise. Madness.

Personally, I've not taken my little lad to a game yet (he's almost 3) as I know he wouldn't enjoy it (he hasn't the attention span to stay in one place for a couple of hours) and therefore I wouldn't enjoy it either. The way I see it, I have years in front of me to enjoy taking him to watch Saints -no point forcing it sooner than either of us would appreciate.

We had a family like that infront of us a few times at Widnes.

I took my son to a Challenege cup game at Knowsley Road when he was about 8 months old, but other than that he has only been to watch a few amateur games. He is just turned two and loves watching games now and will happily sit at home watching the majority of a game. I have got him his free season ticket for next year to use when we play on a sunday/cup games etc but won't be in a rush to take him to evening games as evening games plus young child means grumpy and spoiling things for everyone!

Re: Babies / Children at games. : Sat Nov 26, 2011 9:32 pm  

Cragganmore Kid wrote:

As long as you're not like the couple sat a couple of rows in front of me for the England Aus game at Wembley.

They brought a baby who couldn't have been any older than 4 weeks, who was clearly tired and wanting to sleep but was rudely woken every time the crowd cheered at a passage of play. Cue the parents scowling at the fans around them for making so much noise. Madness.

Personally, I've not taken my little lad to a game yet (he's almost 3) as I know he wouldn't enjoy it (he hasn't the attention span to stay in one place for a couple of hours) and therefore I wouldn't enjoy it either. The way I see it, I have years in front of me to enjoy taking him to watch Saints -no point forcing it sooner than either of us would appreciate.

Totally agree. Mine was 5 when he went to his first game, he is now 6 and he loves it. I will only take him to the Sunday or Sat games as 8pm Friday is way to late. If he gets tired he wont enjoy it, I wont enjoy it and that may spoil it for a long time. The first few times we went he wanted to go for a walk under the stands part way through, now he sits and watches, taking more notice than me at times. He will tell me things on the way home that I missed, It shocked me at first how much they take in.

Re: Babies / Children at games. : Sat Nov 26, 2011 9:36 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

I was carried to Central Park Wigan at the age of three months and it's not done me any harm has it.

Pity you were so young. I'd be interested in hearing about the first ever game at Central Park!