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27/5/2011 at 8:48am
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Morning.
we have our first camping trip of the year next week and i desperately need a bed for my one year old!! last year he slept in pram but he won't fit this year.
the range had a toddler air bed on sale all last year.but not this year. I would appreciate any advice on what to put him on. will a normal airbed do?
Tia x
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27/5/2011 at 9:01am
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You may find that a normal airbed may not be adequate. If your son is anything like my two they are all over the place in their sleep and you may spend half the night lifting him back onto it.
The toddler airbeds are good as they cant fall out. If you google this I am sure you will find many other suppliers. If you do source one, just remember to insulate it well as airbeds can be a bit chilly with all that cold air inside. 
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27/5/2011 at 9:02am
Location: Stalybridge
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What about a folding travel cot? Argos, Tesco etc sell them for around 20.00+
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27/5/2011 at 9:17am
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Cot takes up too much room in the car
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27/5/2011 at 10:00am
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get a Kampa Junior airbed they come in pink or blue, I had one for my daughter and it was perfect as it had sides on so she couldnt roll off and perfect size for toddlers
Kampa
They are on sale at mo in the link I gave
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27/5/2011 at 10:10am
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Readybeds are good, it's a sleeping bag with airbed attached. They are in Asda if you need one quickly.
http://ready-bed.co.uk/
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27/5/2011 at 10:10am
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Will second the Kampa Airlock junior bed - my daughter does a good impression of a tasmanian devil in her sleep, and doesn't fall out.
Otherwise you can get foam bumpers on Amazon that can be stuffed under a sheet over a normal airbed?
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27/5/2011 at 11:28am
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Quote: Originally posted by Mussels on 27/5/2011
Readybeds are good, it's a sleeping bag with airbed attached. They are in Asda if you need one quickly.
http://ready-bed.co.uk/
These are fine for indoors but you can spit peas throught the sleeping bag. If you used this you would still need a good quality sleeping bag or duvet to keep your son warm at night.
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31/5/2011 at 3:24pm
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My nearly-nearly 3 year old still sleeps in a my first ready bed. The top is a flap of very thin padded cotton but he loves it. At Easter we tried putting extra layers over him and he was too restricted and warm. When we gave up and left him in just that he slept fine. But then he is the sort to wake up in a sweat when he sleeps indoors so obviously has his own heating system.
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31/5/2011 at 4:34pm
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I have the same problem. The ready beds look good but I fear they will be no good in all but the best weather. I am leaning towards getting another Lidl SIM for him (if I can find one) as they are low to the ground yet supportive and with a blanket underdeath it, it should be a warm enough base.
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31/5/2011 at 9:10pm
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Another vote for the sims. We found two lidl/aldi sims side by side filled the kids bedpod, covered with a fleecy blanket so it was warmer to touch, meant they were warm and comfy and couldn't fall off!!! We may have to upgrade to decent sims now though, as both boys have used our thermarests at beaver/cub camp, and much prefer them of course!!!
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01/6/2011 at 9:31am
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SIM for us - we tried a ready bed, but DS just spent the whole night falling off of it... which involved much wailing and trashing around. A decent sleeping bag and a picnic blanket / fleecey throw underneath, and we don't hear a peep out of him till morning.
We were worried about escape - but now always put the zips to the top. He's just learnt to crawl out of the pointless weather window on our outwell though, but we think he'll be too big soon...
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