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30/7/2019 at 10:46am
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Hey, our little girl was a touch older than yours when we first took her but this is how we kept her warm.
Card board of foam mat on the tent floor, picnic blanket on top of that with 3cm sim on top with a sheet. Then her regular duvet from home. We filled a hot water bottle to warm her bed before she got in then took the bottle out. PJs before eve got cold so she didn’t have to change when it was cold and try to warm up.
When she was a little older and we camped in a frosty April high on Dartmoor she had a jumper, a second duvet, a blanket on top and wore a hat on bed.
If anything both times she was too warm and rolled out of bed on to the floor, though she did wake once on the April trip cold so we popped her hat back on and covered her up and she was ok.
I’m sure you’ll have a blast and he’ll be fine. He can always snuggle with you if chilly. Enjoy your trip.
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Our little ones first camping was at 12 months old. As above, we used a folding cot so not on the floor, 3 tog baby sleeping bags and some thick full body fleeces as nightwear.
Added a knitted blanket before we went to bed and no issues even when it was mid single digits outside at 4am.
Folding cot is bulky so may not be an option but you need a good insulator under them, air beds, even the baby ones are cold, not much better than lying on the ground and a lot of the ready beds have very poor insulation, made for a centrally heated house.
If you have little one in the same space as you, e.g. have the divider partly unzipped, that should also allow your body heat in the sleeping area to add a degree or 2 to the internal air temp.
If you have space you can always take a 500w oil radiator to keep the chill off.
Other thing to consider is warm milk in the middle of the night. We cheated and took a small microwave, if your using a pan to warm it, have a plan.... Nothing worse than hungry baby at 2am.
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