[MR] bringing a baby to pennsic

[Jennifer Dobyns]

Good gentles,

I have to point out that you have to be very sure the cooler water  
hasn't had anything like meat juices that have leaked into it if you  
do this.  Don't want to expose the little one to harmful bacteria.

Genevieve

On Jun 10, 2008, at 8:29 AM, Jerri Lyn Mooney wrote:

> Again, posted to the Tavern in case others are interested...
>
> I second what Lord Siegfried has said, especially about lowered  
> expectations
> about what you will be able to do.
>
> * In regards to the pool, may I suggest you dump your daily "cooler  
> water"
> into it instead of Pennsic water. The pool in our camp was ruined  
> due to the
> rust content. Unless you don't mind an orange baby.
> * Also, we kept our son's coif doused in cool water to keep him very
> overheating.
> * Make sure you bring WARM jammies for the cool nights.
>
> - Flora
>
> On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 9:25 PM, Siegfried <siegfried at crossbows.biz>  
> wrote:
>
>>
>> (Emailing to private email as well as the Tavern, for those that are
>> interested)
>>
>> My Lady and I took our son to Pennsic at the age of 6 months
>>
>> He loved it.
>>
>> What we did, which seemed to all work out was:
>>
>> * Sunscreen Sunscreen Sunscreen
>> * A small inflatable pool for staying cool & baths
>> * A hefty wagon with lots of padding in it to pull the kid around in.
>> * Planning on only doing 25% of what you would normally do at  
>> Pennsic.
>> * Setting aside a 'kid area' in the camp, where he had a ground  
>> cloth,
>> all his favorite toys, etc.
>>
>> I think those were the basics.
>>
>> Siegfried
>>
>>
>>
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