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DKJL

13/7/2012 at 1:15pm
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Hello,
Me and my partner are experienced campers, but for the first time are taking our 2 year old son.

We are confident with everything else but can any members advise with the sleeping...He currently sleeps in a standard cot... We have a travel cot but that is small for him now.

What have other members used for sleeping when with a 2 year old?

Larger travel cot? Any help would be great as we are camping in August 2012.

Many Thanks

Darren

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13/7/2012 at 1:54pm
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Hello Darren. We started taking our youngest away when he was 18 months old. We sleep him on a self inflating mat next to us. For bedtime we always make sure he has lots of layers on with a fleecy all in one on top. He sleeps inside a junior sleeping bag. We use the Outwell one with the dinosaurs on it. Make sure you get a decent sleeping bag and not one you can spit peas through.

If it is really cold, we will take a hot water bottle and duvet cover for on top. These can easily be removed if kids become too warm.

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Grotbags

13/7/2012 at 1:54pm
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Have you looked at readybeds?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003IUR8K4/ref=asc_df_B003IUR8K48740967?smid=A1BP73JF5VNXNP&tag=googlecouk06-21&linkCode=asn&creative=22218&creativeASIN=B003IUR8K4

Would that sort of thing be any good?

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This comes to mind for babies camping.

Little Life Arc Cot

but as your kid is 2 he'll probably not like that.
So try

SunnCamp Junior Air Bed

Make sure he fits size wise... (and it comes in pink and blue)

Grotbags

13/7/2012 at 1:56pm
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Or that?

http://www.pushchairs.co.uk/acatalog/nscessity_deluxe_cot_red.html#a2196

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13/7/2012 at 1:59pm
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our 1 yr old uses one of the sunncamp junior air beds next to us that way he not trapped in and when he wakes up we hear him

keigcf

13/7/2012 at 2:28pm
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We had sleeping bags that zipped together and our little one slept in the middle of us

I felt better knowing she was safe rather than in another bedroom

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13/7/2012 at 4:51pm
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We camp with a 6mo and a 2yo. They both sleep on SIM's either side of us. Actually it works out to be one big family bed because we use woollen duvets instead of sleeping bags. It's great fun - they love it!

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13/7/2012 at 6:05pm
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we have a 3 and a 1 year old and they have both camped with us since being weeks old. now there both on air beds with sleeping bags. our youngest wakes up more though coz she struggles to turn over but in general shes fine. if there small enough we ussed to use a moses basket with a foot muff as a sleeping bag. plus pj's and onesies. toilet in the tent is the best thing you will ever get if you havent got one for those 4am mummy i need a wee.

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13/7/2012 at 6:07pm
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TBH a travel cots is really quite bulky and not the most comfortable of things to sleep on. Best thing we found was the kampa airlock junior. It's an air bed with raised sides and it's great. Lasted us for 4 years and would have lasted longer if DD hadn't decided to use it to practice somersaults!
They stay up really well and stop the child rolling off.
Normal readybeds are quite rubbish and usually need inflating every night and the two we've had have lasted only a few nights.
Vango make really good sleeping bags for kids and a couple of companies make sleeping bags that expand with the length of the kid.
For DD, she has a normal sleeping bag and we just tied it up at her length so she couldn't slip down the bag. Means we'll have many years use out of the bag. I've always slept with her in my bedroom

I've been taking my DD camping on my own since she was a baby and she still loves it.

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masekwm

13/7/2012 at 9:40pm
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Our 1 year old has the sunncamp,junior bed too

B Chrystie

13/7/2012 at 9:59pm
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We found SIMs better than airbeds as they couldn't really roll 'off' them. Also they are much easier to walk on, rather than being tempted to trampoline on the airbeds!

One good idea given to us when we were concerned about them waking up and wandering was to make sure that the zips to the bedrooms were done up high enough out of their reach.

susiejp

14/7/2012 at 9:58am
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We have a MY FIRST READY BED.

It has raised sides. Comes with a foot pump. Will last until about age 4. I bought mine second hand off ebay for £8. We`ve had lots of use both camping and staying at relatives.

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14/7/2012 at 5:09pm
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Eldest had the travel cot (baby dan brand - longer than average) and it suited him until he was nearly 3 (and he's tall). I would never have been happy with him on an airbed at this age due to cold and potential for roll off. He had a 3/4 size SIM in his travel cot. Off the ground & toasty, plus we draped towels over it to shield some of the morning light and it had pockets for storage. Youngest never went in a cot and always slept with us so for camping we have SIMs and either duvets or we have a very large double sleeping bag that fits the 3 of us! Though the pilling of the inside poly fabric and the shiny outer does not endear me to it at all. It's nasty! We had a ready bed when my son was about 4 or 5 and it deflated a lot. Bag was thin too. He had a mummy style vango bag but was either too hot or constricted! What suits one child definitely doesn't suit the other - in my experience!

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