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My son is now 8 and he has camped since he was 6 months.  His first couple of trips were in a travel cot and then we managed to find a blow up mattress with blow up sides, similar to a paddling pool.  He then slept in the pod with us and then we could deal with him in the night if necessary.  When he moved onto a normal mattress we kept finding him on the floor, so got him a camp bed and he loves that now

Quote: Originally posted by essexminicity on 03/5/2011

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We've just returned from our first camping trip with our son. He's 11 months old and we chose to take a travel cot as it's what he's used before when staying with relatives. However, it's high sides became a real nuisance as it meant that everytime he woke in the night (quite a lot on nights 1 and 2) I had to get up off the airbed, see to him, then wriggle back down into my sleeping bag again - which didn't really help my wife's sleep either. On night 3 we decided to take out the base, wrapped it in several layers of blankets for insulation from the floor and had him down next to me. He only woke the once and it was much easier for me to put his dummy back in.

I think he may be ok on a ReadyBed as he doesn't wriggle much, but I won't be taking the travel cot again. Oh, and it took up so much room in our Polo.

Think he preferred my bed though

 

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He is gorgeous  Looks like a very happy camper hehe

Ready Beds are great but in my opinion you'll get more worth if you go for one of the inflatable beds with the inflatable sides. They are fantastic and well worth the money. Our 5 year old still uses hers when we go camping!!

http://www.aerobed.co.uk/pages/product.asp?prodid=2042&range=Classic&type=mattress

We have one of these brilliant bit of kit

We had them in our pod on their own SIM when they were small.  Then (with the two eldest) we moved them to Kampa airlock juniors in their own pod and now they're all back on SIMS in their own shared pod.

(the youngest was just over 2 when we moved him into a shared pod - we skipped the Kampa bed with him,  though - he's always been on a SIM).

We tried ready beds and they both burst on the first jump (it's a bouncy thing on the floor - as soon as they are physically able, they will use it like a trampoline - the Kampas have stood up well to use as a trampoline!)

Hope you find a solution that works well for all of you!