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Topic: T4 Campervaning with a baby

justinpadams

14/3/2013 at 8:13pm
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Hi Everyone

We currently have a T4 Autosleeper Trident with a roof bed (as well as the rock 'n' roll bed) but no safety net.

We don't have a bench seat in the front (swivel passenger seat).

Does anyone have any experience of camping with a young baby <1yr???

How did it go? Where did the little one sleep? Any tips?

We'd really like to take him, but is he too young?

Thanks guys

Justin and Clare

PERRY 71

14/3/2013 at 8:20pm
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Evening,
You are never to young to get out and about, we used to camping when both our kids were babies make the most of it.In our old motorhome I knocked up a make shift bed that went across both the front seats.So this might be worth looking at.

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wineciccio

14/3/2013 at 9:15pm
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Yeap i will second that, in my old T2 i purchased a ready made bed that consisted of 2 poles and canvas that stretched accross the 2 front seat, i think thet are still available if you spend abit of time doing a search, at the time my yungest was one and he slept on that contraption without ever falling out if clever enough you could probably make one yourself with a bit of DIY skill.

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justinpadams

14/3/2013 at 10:02pm
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Great, thanks guys.

I'll have to buy one as I'm useless at DIY.

I am worried about him rolling out though.

jimsmimm

14/3/2013 at 10:12pm
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I've got one of these ...excellent bit of kit..though I put a bit of foam on it...if you wind the back of the seat up a bit the wee yin cant fall out...

wineciccio

14/3/2013 at 11:03pm
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There is your answer, I knew some one would come along and show the results

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franbee

14/3/2013 at 11:16pm
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We haven't taken the toddler grandaughters away yet, but OH is considering making a wooden bed for one to fit across the rim of the roof edge, once the soft top is up. At present, we have a few planks of wood across there, useful for stowing things on whilst we are camped, and are left in place as we travel.

rabble

17/3/2013 at 4:51pm
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Have you thought about one of the pop up cots we had one of the small ones and then a bigger one...we used it in the folding camper and a tent! They are very compact when folded up I even took ours to the beach to use as sun cover for the baby!

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franbee

18/3/2013 at 7:34pm
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We wouldn't have space for a pop up cot. Once the bed is down, there's only a very small piece of floor space left, and the seats are moulded and separate.

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What about a board across the two molded seats and the pop up cot on top, We've done that with a kids blow up air bed in a transporter. He slept fine but would sleep on a washing line so....

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redcedar

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Spotted this ,as we are looking to buy a motorhome, so have wandered in here from the camping forum :)

No idea if you have the floor space to have one of these but they are great, and fold down to pretty much nothing. it will stop the baby rolling off or getting stuck. If you have a bit more space then google "pop up play pen" as there are loads on the market in different shapes.

http://www.kiddisave.co.uk/store/product/12695/Koo-di-Pop-Up-Travel-Bubble-Cot-Cafe-Creme/?gclid=CLbWhrzXv7YCFYTHtAodS04Avg

We have camped with kids since they where 6 months old and have used one like this as well as your standard travel cot and both have been good.

Good luck in finding a solution :)

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