Taking Our Newborn Camping At A Hippie Festival 😬
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I love when parents don't stop living for themselves when they have a baby. Obviously in a safe reasonable way, but I think it's great seeing you guys bringing Neo along for your adventures that you'll continue :)
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This. Absofrigginlutely this.
Of course. You know some infants poo once a week. Other infants poo 5 times a day. It's all within the norm. But if every time you go out you experience a blow out and onesies and outerwear and car seat gets dirty then you might start believing it's so much easier and more peaceful to stay closer to home and not take baby shopping or places unless you have to. A blow out will take at least 15 minutes to clean up. Try dealing with five of these. Some moms can do make up and hair around their babies. Other moms can't even take a shower because there's just no free time between constant diaper changes, feedings and all that. Some people don't have a partner who is at home and who can help while mom takes a shower or makes herself a meal. A child may not be content when you put them in their crib for five minutes, even when they are right besides you. Every baby is so different and every parent has different resources to care for a baby. But it almost always it is 24/7 work. So while it's nice to think you can do everything with a baby. The fact is, a baby doesn't benefit from this. A baby doesn't benefit from being in a car seat. A baby doesn't benefit from interacting with strangers or hearing noise. Believing or not spending time at home, on a floor mat, on their tummy, being held in mom's or dad's arms, having routine is what babies thrive on. So yes, you can take occasional trips, but when your baby poos so much or is not content being in a car seat, you'll rethink it fast
Thank you for your kind answer. I'm one of the moms who does not go out on adventures, because disturbing my kid's rhythm will wreak havoc on just about everything in our lives and it's nice for once to hear that that's not just considered being boring.
I read recently that in other European countries, babies are included in many more outings than American families.
Hearing Louis talk to the baby just melts your heart. Great video guys, and what a great thing to share with Neo
when Louis says "this is grounding" my heart ❤ oh my what a special moment for him to touch grass for the first time and to see how his toes were wiggling. What an experience for him
I got so emotional seeing Raya nurse Neo out at the festival. I know that had been a journey for her and I am so filled with joy that you’re both in a place where you feel more comfortable with nursing. What an amazing life you’re giving Neo 💛 he is the luckiest little dude to have such rad parents.
I was born in the late 60’s to 2 teenage hippie parents and we lived in communes and hitchhiked everywhere. Went to so many concerts ( Cat Steven’s, Joanie Mitchell, Crosby Stills, Nash and Young etc..) and love ins. Best way to grow up ❤ Neo is so sticking cute ❤ Y’all make an amazing family 👨👩👦
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I’m glad you all had a good time…babies always sleep better when their room is cooler and they are bundled up warm. ❤️
Neo is soooooo cute. He literally has the perfect blend between you both. Neo couldn't have gotten better parents. Wishing you the best
Aw thank you!! ❤️
Glad you took Neo on this adventure! The conversation between you guys and Neo was absolutely precious 💕💕💕
Thank you!
I found with both of my children that traveling with them was so much easier before they started crawling and walking. Neo is so alert, taking it all in and appears to like the carry position that allows him to look around. He's going to be a busy boy who doesn't want to miss a thing, just like his parents. Thank you for sharing his first trip. He's absolutely adorable.
Baby Neo is soooo precious! I especially love his little ear muffs, hat, and sunglasses!
Bringing our children/babies to these gatherings/concerts has been expected back when we were all hippies with a lot less accommodations! Good, fun video!
Watching you both as parents, just giving Neo so much love and remaining true to yourselves is such a beautiful thing to see.
What an understatement!! Love watching them with Neo, Louis showing him the things for sale, dancing with him... Such a beautiful family ❣❣
This was such a fun video! As a mom, this was definitely not selfish. You guys listened to the needs of your son while continuing to live your lives. And it’s so cool exposing him to events like this.
28:04 It’s a sign for you specifically, momma! All the anxiety and fears that come along with being a new momma were temporarily conquered! Great job!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Neo content brightens my day! He’s such a beautiful little guy! Wonderful family you have.
Kids are very adaptable. The more sounds and environments you expose them to the more comfortable they get sleeping in different environs. Love that you took him with you and you didn’t change your plans or leave him behind. I’m sure it was great for all.
This was awesome! Thank you for sharing! Neo is obviously enjoying himself by that conversation you all had the first night! Thank you for showing the world that you can be parents and still live the way you want! ❤
Good on you for getting Neo out for a new experience and getting to do something really neat you wanted to do. Keep doing it. It will get easier, you will learn, and most of all Neo will love it!
You guys are the best parents! 5:39 is HILARIOUS because Louis and Neo are making the exact same face. :D Also, you don't have to put up a tent if he sleeps that well when it's a little cooler, on a cooler night, just leave the windows open with the screens on in your bedroom. I'm so proud of you guys getting out there and figuring things out on how to still be yourselves + one adorable tiny person.
the way you two look at neo and the way he looks at you is everything
This is such a great video. It wonderful that you bring Neo with you and are so attentive to his little needs. So sweet. I love the enthusiasm as well as your honesty. You are great parents. ❤
Raya you have always emitted mom energy ❤ watching Louis' dad energy come out is pretty awesome to see, you guys are great parents ✨️
Watching Louis interact with Neo is the most heartwarming, beautiful thing 🥹
Best parents ever ❤
This is awesome!! I did not live my life around my kids- They were just included in my life. I truly feel like this creates well rounded and adaptable adults with awesome full lives. 🙌🏻♥️
Blessed be beautiful ones!
Y’all did great and Neo looked as happy as can be, dancing in daddy’s arms and telling you all about it afterwards. Do not fret.
This was so lovely, I've always wanted to do something for the Summer Solstice, but I never have, I'm chronically ill and mostly bed-bound, so this was lovely to be a part of this through your video. I'm so glad you went for it and you both had such an amazing sleep! Sending lots of love to you, and anyone reading this Xxx
Seeing Neo touch grass for the first time made me realise I need to tap into my inner child and discover new things again for the first time 😁❤️🙏
I love that stage where they discover their voice and talk and talk. You are wonderful parents. He is so lucky.
Neo's chatting on the bed was so sweet xx
If you are happy and content your little man will be as well! He feeds off of your energy and vibes! He did wonderfully! So proud of you both for living and loving! Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦 Loved this video ❤
You guys are so natural at parenting. I think taking neo to new things is amazing!
This was really beautiful! The festival, the people, all of Neo’s festival firsts-feeling the grass between his toes and earth grounding him through his wittle feet, seeing you two enjoying your lifestyle with a baby now and being the amazing parents you are-IT WAS ALL SO BEAUTIFUL!! 🥹 thank you for sharing this experience with us.
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Hi Raya, Louis and little Neo, love your videos. I think it’s great to take your newborn with you where you see fit gives them so much new experiences and gets them used to travel. Neo is gorgeous. Glad you had a great time xxx
You guys are so right! The sooner you get out doing things like this with the baby the easier it gets, the more you feel comfortable doing it! You’ll also soon know what you need next time you go and don’t have to pack as much!!
Neo is so cute! It was really lovely seeing you all having fun on the trip. Maybe Neo slept so well because he was grounding earlier, touching the ground with his bare feet for the first time? Grounding always helps me calm down.
My mum used to bundle me up in blankets and put me out in the garden to sleep in the daytime, summer or winter I loved it - still love warm blankets and a cold room. Love that Neo had such a great first experience and you're finding your new normal :)
I love seeing an example of you guys still going out and living your life with a baby! Thank you for sharing! Also, the pure love is just oozing out of the both of you
This felt so special to watch 🥺Two very cool parents ✌️ and one cute little babe. I admire your patience and fortitude to continue your incredible life with your little one. Cot shades are handy for summer nights if you camp again x
A beautiful adventure. It’s wonderful to take the baby to learn new things and you see he slept very well. Beautiful video. Thank you for sharing.❤❤❤❤
Loved this video, thanks for sharing. I really enjoyed seeing you have an awesome time with Neo. We miss you guys!
Much love to you guys and your precious little one. So good, you’re doing it right! ❤️
You guys are doing a great job. What a beautiful baby. I'm glad you're enjoying your lives with him. Sometimes it will work Sometimes it won't. But don't loose your essence of what you began. God bless. 💕
The more adventures you take him on, at an early age, the better he’ll sleep and the more confident he will become.
Your joy at being parents is lovely.
Thanks for being an example of the balance that can be found prioritizing both parenting and the baby joining, rather than changing, your life. My husband and I are avid skiers. Similar to what you're saying, we've found a path to doing it, but it does look different. We take turns on the slopes if we don't have another adult with us. We didn't want to give up skiing regularly as we wanted to expose our kiddo to that lifestyle. So we found a way that worked for us all. I feel so validated seeing you find a way to make solstice celebrations work!!! Thank you!
Absolutely loved this!! Raya, I'm so, so happy for you that you've gotten to the comfortable point of feeding Neo in public❤Awe my heart melted 😊
You both are doing great. Have more trust in your intuition 🥰You're definitely doing things right❤Much love from 🇺🇸
Omg he’s so sweet I love this video. New parents still living life with baby. It’s so great to see. 💙
OMG Neo is sooooo adorable, especially in his earnuffs!! ❤ And you both are such wonderfully attentive parents full of love and life!! 💕
I’m so proud of you guys too! So many first! Happy memories! Thanks for sharing!
That looks like such a beautiful way to spend the solstice! Ive been to stonehenge for solstice many times and this definitely looks like one id like to attend ❤ blessed solstice to the three of you ☀️
Home is where you are. Good for you for experimenting with travel at this young age. I did with my kids and they are great travelers as older kids. Adaptation is a special skill (for all 3 of you)
I'm so freaking proud of all of you! Great job Neo!! What fun!!💗 Love it and y'all! 💗
I love seeing first time parents knowing that you have no idea what’s coming 😂 It’s also nostalgic for me remembering how easy it was but also at the time how hard and how new it was because I didn’t know what I know now.
This was me with my first, showing them flowers and feet in the grass. Such an amazing thing doing everything again for the first time in a different way. And seeing them experience things even the tiny things. It’s going to get soo much funner as you go! But also with different challenges too. Being a parent really is just adapting and being flexible and being prepared.
You guys have such a positive attitude and are doing such a great job!
Also, Trying to function without sleeping I think is honestly the hardest part!! Haha
I am taking my special needs 4 year old and 6 year old camping by myself! I almost didn’t go but my 6 year old is extremely excited about it all and was really a big motivator for me to go.
This is so precious! All the moments where louis is being so sweet and gentle really make the ovaries explode haha. What a beautiful family
Raya, my mum always says sometimes the things you dread the most never end up being as bad as you think, so glad the wee man slept well! They do say fresh air and grounding your feet helps one’s own circadian rhythm ☺️🙌🏼
I’m just in awe of the beautiful souls y’all are. Neo is so blessed to have you two as parents and vice versa. I don’t have kids. If I did I feel like I would definitely let my babies experience this new stuff as well. Making fun new memories . Always love connecting with you through your lovely videos. Seems like there were also so many beautiful souls at that festival as well. Good vibe tribes!! Much love from BC Canada 🇨🇦 ☮️❣️!!
Thank you so much!! ❤️❤️
Love seeing you both as parents. It's beautiful!!
Brought me right back to my childhood. My parents used to take me and my brother to a spiritual dance camp in the UK called Dance Camp East. Genuinely some of my favourite moments growing up, I think you guys and Neo would love it there.
Neo is so loved and loving life. Incredible to see
This was brilliant. You guys did a great mix of exposing Neo to new things while maintaining his comforts. I have have traveled for 6 years with my daughter and she is well adapted to different environments. You will grow to know Neo’s “must haves”for comfort during travel and then you won’t feel like you’re over packing.
Bravo you two...awesome you did your thing exposing Neo to sites ans sounds is truly the spice if parenthood life❤❤❤❤❤
Glad you enjoyed first of many travles for you all can't wait for more to come ❤
I’m from Finland and my mom used to put me to sleep outside and I slept the best then ! 😅 you guys are very inspiring as most parents stop living once they have a baby! Good for you 🤗
Love this! My nieces and nephews have been living in tents at festivals every single year since they’ve been born. They just wear these tiny little headphones to block them from all the noise, and the do better and sleep better than they even do at home due to all the surrounds and sites they see!!! Good job momma and daddy! ❤️❤️❤️
Raya - you're so beautiful when feeding Neo. The look on your face. And his! From someone who's never been a mother I want to thank you for sharing.
Wow thank you!! It was such a struggle for me to get to this point so that really means so much to me 🥹❤️
Good on you both! You are right life carries on, just adjust accordingly. Babys good night sleep might be to do with being so wrapped up, they feel more secure that way, try it at home and see what happens.
I love your trip was successful. What a cool event and so many unique individuals there.I would love to experience a festival like this. Very magical! thanks for sharing.
It's great seeing parent do things like this. I'm 28 and have been camping and going on roads trips since I can remeber and I'm so gratefull for that.
What a dear wee bloke Neo is. He's totally adorable. A wonderful first experience for your wee family, nothing is out of reach. Fresh air + OODLES of stimulation = one tired wee man. I honestly think it's true that cooler temperatures, especially at night time, are better than over heating a room. Might be a good time to experiment at home? Love to you all from NZ xox
Not only was it lovely to see you as a family camping out, ( which is the best sleep my boys would have ) but the morning sunrise was magical. Love Nomadic life….x
Great job on getting little Neo used to anything! My son's first camping trip was at 6 months and we took him to a 4 day Christian music festival at 7 months. It takes more effort, especially at bedtime, but it was such a good experience.
Also, I highly recommend getting a jogging stroller with the bigger wheels. It helps so much with off-road adventures.
Loved watching you take that step out into the unknown.. What a beautiful Celebration with the Summer Solstice .... I know things can seem scary , with your love and support for each other You can do anything you desire... Love your adventures and can not wait to see what lies next for you all ... Take care and Blessed Be!
I really commend you three for taking the leap and doing the adventure! See, you just never know how wonderful life can truly be, unless you just try! Neo will (hopefully) love living life to the fullest as well with such healthy and beautiful examples of what community can look like too! Raya, I must also just say- you are GLOWING and seem so happy! Louis you too! But really, Raya, you look amazing, and you both are such natural's at parenting. How sweet to see the blossoming change :)
Never stop adventuring! Be well! Love from Oregon, USA
Its just Beautiful. Thank you so much 2 the3 of yall for sharing. loved it
Love watching Louis with the baby...what an amazing dad and partner for you Raya! Beautiful family!
Well done, don’t stop doing the things you love. It may look different but it will give you lots of great memories, 💕
This video is awesome..... bringing back sweet memories.
My son is 23!! Thank you guys so much for sharing.
I'm so happy seeing you guys thriving with the little cutie! I'm currently planning a baby with my boyfriend and seeing you is so inspiring! And about the thing you said, like "seeing the world through their eyes" is so true! That's what I'm most excited about! Showing them how beautiful the world is, teaches us to appreciate it more as well :)
I think it's wonderful you took Neo to that festival!!! What a great experience for your little family ❣❣
SOOOO thankful for Neo + his parents video!!
What a beautiful baby and he seems to be enjoying outside.Keep him doing what you love and he will love it also as he gets older ❤
Neo is adorable! So glad you enjoyed the festival! It looked amazing!
I agree with taking him with to such a fun activity, love the tent! You are doing a great job Mom & Dad!
Y’all are amazing parents. I’m glad y’all are still brave enough to explore with your little one and all their stuff. Also glad you have gotten more comfortable with the breastfeeding.
Looks like a great adventure! Good for you guys for venturing out!. Maybe Neo's sleep was better because the air was cooler around him and he was still bundled up for warmth and felt nice and cozy!
Raya of course is such a beautiful amazing mom, and Dad is so cute when talking and holding him. It’s nice to see you live your life no matter what ❤
I love that you take him to events that help him experience natural fun
Your doing the absolute right thing! After the first few months we started going on camping trips, I think the reason they sleep so well is that they are away from their natural routine. Like us there is so many new smells and sounds they are more aware for longer, so zonk out when they are tired. Don’t stop moving, after a few flight holidays with family we bought an old VW Camper and traveled Europe every year for 14 yrs, I can’t even put into words the experiences we all had. Treasured memories and pictures. Our daughter is now 34 and has been travelling and living life ever since 🤗🙏✌️💕
It is great that you your child is living with you. We did the same with our children it always work. Like you said be flexible and go with the flow. Happy parents, happy child.
Thank you very much for sharing this. I know it is not always this good but knowing that there is the possibility that it will be good is very hopeful
How sweet! It’s very cool to be along with you all for some of Neo’s “firsts”😊. He is too cool for school in his 😎
LOVE so much your approve, i fully am with you, children adapt to all and mold into what the parents give as example. you are both amazing parents truly pure and full of love. what a gorgeous video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
continue being just YOU
Excellent you guys. All the new stimuli tired Neo out, does the same to me 😊 We were wrongly advised by a nurse that we needed to wake our daughter up every 2 hours to feed, should have never listened as she got used to that for years! Could gave only dreamt of 8 hours, or even 4...We have the winter solstice here in Peru on 21 June, have been to traditional fire & "pago a la Tierra" ceremonies here in Cusco, very spiritual, very cold at about 5am, frost on the ground, but worth it.
Congratulations! It's so much fun having festival/camping littles.
He is so adorable!! You both are doing amazing with him. ❤❤❤
Seeing Louis as a father melts my heart
You guys absolutely SMASHED this!!! Way to step into something uncomfortable. You went as prepared as you could be, rather than not going at all, and that's what matters. Way to take things in your stride guys. Super encouraging for me to see you live your lives with a baby 👏🏻
I love his baby talk!! So sweet ❤
It was such a special moment watching the baby speak to mom and dad. It was precious mine are women now and Grandson.
You guys are adorable parents. And I think bringing Neo out on your adventures is a good thing. He will adapt as will you. I admire you guys for doing this. At 65. I wish that I had done more of that when I was younger. My son is 36 and so I brought him everywhere I went, we didn’t really take that many adventures. So I applaud you. At the more you do it the more he will get used to it. He is so darn cute. Boy he was chatting up a storm before he went to bed. He had a lot to say. Sending love from California.💜😎🤗🫶🇺🇸