# Should I take a 19 month old to a Wiggles concert?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 27, 2007, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-a-19-month-old-to-a-wiggles-concert/417128 "2007-08-27T18:01:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-a-19-month-old-to-a-wiggles-concert/417128/21 "2007-08-28T12:48:03Z")

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[QUOTE=sturmhauke]  
Well I don’t have any kids, so maybe I don’t know what the hell I’m talking about, but the way I see it is this:

An infant is not really old enough to understand that a concert is a cool special event, and would likely have just as much fun if you threw a Wiggles party at your house and invited some other parents over with their kids. I could see it more for a 3 or 4 year old, but your girl’s only a year and a half.  
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Seconding **Nutty Bunny** in that an 18-month-old is far from an infant. I agree that the party you describe would be fun, but so is getting out and doing different things and being around different people. My 14-month-old is constantly surprising me with how much she understands, so don’t be so sure that a young toddler wouldn’t appreciate a new and interesting experience. I think she’d be beside herself with excitement.

I say take her! I think it would be fun!

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**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-a-19-month-old-to-a-wiggles-concert/417128/22 "2007-08-28T17:36:24Z")

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[QUOTE=Elret]  
Seconding **Nutty Bunny** in that an 18-month-old is far from an infant. I agree that the party you describe would be fun, but so is getting out and doing different things and being around different people. My 14-month-old is constantly surprising me with how much she understands, so don’t be so sure that a young toddler wouldn’t appreciate a new and interesting experience. I think she’d be beside herself with excitement.

I say take her! I think it would be fun!  
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Yes, I agree. My baby who saw the Wiggles when he actually _was_ an infant is now 17 months old and I think he’d really enjoy seeing them again. When we go to street festivals and things like that that have live bands (especially the ones that play kids’ music), he has a ball clapping and dancing. It’s almost a better age than 3 or 4 because they’re so enthralled with everything and are less likely to do the love it one day/bored to tears with it the next routine.

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