...and what's the age that's considered "too young"?

I read on another thread that someone took a kid to a match that isn't even three yet. My son has just turned three and I wouldn't dream of taking him yet...the thought hadn't even entered my head!
He would get bored after five minutes and want to do something else. He would probably want to go to the toilet every five minutes or he might even keeck his breeks. He might even take a tantrum or start screaming for his mum/teddy/whatever he fancies that day that isn't at the game. I couldn't take my eye off him for one second or he'd probably bolt down the stairs out the exit or over a barrier. It would be a nightmare!

This is in no way criticising the guy who did take the bairn as it sounded like everyone had a good time and everyone makes their own judgements...but three is too young for me.

I was exposed to football at an early age but really can't remember any of it until I was about seven or eight....that's when it kicked in.

I remember to this day adults screaming and shouting and someone grabbing me by the hands and swinging me around the room. I later found out that was my mum and it was when Scotland beat Wales to reach the 1978 world cup finals....I wasn't even two.
I was taken to a reserve match against hearts at ER when I about five or six. The details I remember of that day were the flappy seats in the main stand, running along aisles and some men on the pitch below. I also remember having a birthday party at the hibs club but the main memories are playing star-wars under the table cloths.

The first memories of being at the match and actually realising what was going on didn't take place until I was eight or nine. The two matches that really grabbed my attention were a comeback against Clydebank at ER and the 1985 league cup final. The matches before or between them mean nothing to me as I can't really remember them.

The point is...is their really any point in taking bairns along to games when they are that young as the memories are hazy at best? Are you not better waiting until they are that little bit older so they can appreciate what's going on a bit more. Is it really fair to take a youngster who is going to want "something different" every fifteen minutes?

I suppose I can turn round and tell my son/grandchildren that I attended ER at a very young age and are therefore steeped in club history...but would I not have been just as well waiting until I knew what was going on? The result would have been the same because if you go to ER if you're two or nine you'll end up a hibee.

Does anyone actually have memories that they can recall of when they were very, very young that they can relate to Hibs?