good point.
In some cases, you may be able to take turns looking after baby and playing, or bring someone extra to babysit while you both play. In a few larps, it may be possible to have baby āin characterā in the larp, especially if itās not a live-combat larp.
It will depend on what the organisers of each larp are happy with. Some may not want the added complication of having babies present, but others will be happy with it so long as you ensure baby doesnāt disrupt play.
I could just imagine a baby in a larpā¦ 
im sure sheās fit right inā¦
Yes, I suppose dryad is closer than tree. 
My partner doesnāt larp, so he looks after the kids when Iām away, and if heās away too then they go stay at the grandparents. I donāt larp all the time, so mostly it works out. I cannot imagine bringing a baby to any of the games Iāve played so far, though I know some of those giant European ones have whole families encamped, including babies in tiny medieval baby gear.
If its still a baby, where they just eat and sleep and maybe smile, then they could be carried around. IF its up to crawling and toddling, then I would say no. Most other players donāt have babies and do not see the hazards that a parent has - like a ring of mail dropping off and becoming a choking hazard. My kids are now 10 & 12, and I feel are starting to be old enough to join in, but I pick and chose which event I think are suitable. A couple of other larpers have teenage kids joining in on a equal footing with other players. Another thing to consider is that there are many people without children who donāt like children and may view them as obstructive ( I know I use to, before I had my own). Also if a parent is taking time out from their own family to enjoy their own hobby on their own, getting to be just an adult, rather than a parent, kids around may not help. And then you need to ask whether the child would be able to be immersed ( and not just the costume) or will they get bored and interrupt, and try to get their parent and/or someone else attention. And then they need regular feeding, which doesnāt always happen at games. This is starting to sound a bit negative, sorry, its late and Iām starting to babble. In summary, I think youāll enjoy it more if you get a babysitter and not have to worry about them.
Iād be interested to know what criteria you use and still end up taking them to āFools Rush Inā 
My daughters are 6 and 8 and I think theyāre a little young yet. Iām not sure how old Rouls kids are, but Iāve seen some excellent role playing from the elder two. Kane story telling at St Wolfgang and Lucretia playing a ghost at Nightmare Circle.
Again, it depends on the game. Most genres have children 
so as Ryan says, itās really up to the organisers.
I agree with Hannah, I like to NOT be a parent when Iām larping. Games like St Wolfgangās and Knightshade arenāt usually suitable for babies. They often involve running battles, mud, slippery hillsides, loud scary monsters in the dark, lots of shouting and screaming, late nights and for the weekend games, highly irregular mealtimes.
Lucy had a pretend baby for one weekend game, just a foam doll. She found it so difficult to play that (out of character) she was really happy when it was kidnapped by demon worshippers. Admittedly, sheās not a parent in real life but still, itās an indicator of how hard it would be to manage.
On a separate note:
Hannahās kids had a blast at Fools Rush In, Derek. They even went charging back into the tunnels by themselves afterward. They werenāt a bit scared.
Hannahās kids are great - her son has done a bit of starwars stuff and it was great to watch the players faces as the angry local guards mowed both him and kim - who was playing his mother - down with heavy fire because they were caught having been infected with the same things the players were
A look of stunned horror crossed several of their faces in a kind of āthey would kill a childā¦ we are totally screwedā kind of way.
I know and I fully approve of them playing and enjoyed their participation. I could just imagine Hannah sitting there with a list of larps deciding which were āsuitableāā¦
āHmm, lets compare larps ā¦ Wolfgangās with demons, devils, human sacrifice and people trying to corrupt the innocent vs Nightmare Circle, with possession, insanity and cannibalism vs Nightshade, which is a bit more wholesome, but has more combat / contact and the travel is furtherā¦ā
Iām reasonably permissive with what my kids get up to, the eldest has been through the same cave we used for Hell in the Inferno game and has gone parasailing. I wasnāt in any way disapproving of the kids playing. I just laughed at the āpick and chose which event I think are suitableā comment
Hi Derek, once I stopped laughing I figured your comments probably deserve a reply.
Mainly is about logistics - what else they (and my husband) have on [we have lots of hobbies and our calender can get rather hectic at times], how late it will go [they havenāt done a sleepover larp yet and action tends to go rather late, and trying to get them to sleep with action going on ā¦], how scary it will be, how tolerant are the GMs .
With the fools rush in Tigger had evolved plot around them being there. Also I didnāt know where we were playing and what else was happening, so in hindsight , especially with Josieās reaction at the end, perhaps not what I would classify as appropriate, but then they had a great time, and no lasting repercussions - other than wanting to do more.
Way off topic but how many people are keen for their kids to larp? I am strongly contemplating a cut down variant (and I mean cut down) of Knightshade to run as a kids event in Hamilton (someone could run it in Auckland too). It would superficially resemble Mike Cās kids game even. Except that adults could in theory join in. Cross age larps work elsewhere, so I canāt see why not here. Except that it would be tuned for kids.
Its come about as I see a glaring hole for larps in the 8-14 years category. I say from 8 because I feel that is a suitable starting age.
Not saying younger kids canāt handle it but having viewed kids in Mikeās kids game and my own kids at larps (in which they werenāt meant to be involved), I think 8 is a good start point.
Its something I am looking at after my kids have pestered me to go to more larps. So who would be keen?
Um me, if fits in with our other stuff. I think itās a good age bracket to work with.
I think that once Alice is a lot lot older i dont see any problem as long as its not a late night game with too many adult themes!
On a different note i think i may have convinced my partner to go to chimera next year!
Bravo! See you there!