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How much do little kids need to be wearing in bed at this time of year in a tent? I don't want to melt the poor things, neither do I want them to freeze!!

Amanda

I normally put ours in a straight jacket

(Sorry, not very helpful)

Andy

Vest, long sleeved long legged PJs, optional socks. My kids have Vango Nitestar 350 mummy sleeping bags though, which are about as warm as you get, also they sleep on self inflating mats, which are warmer than airbeds. I always put the kids in the smallest pod in the tent as the smallest pod is the warmest. They have a small fleece blanket each but they don`t usually use it for sleeping under, more for snuggling. If it`s a really cold night they tend to snuggle up to each other as well. A single child might benefit from an extra blanket or two just to nestle into.

They`re four and nine now but this is how I`ve dressed/equipped them since they were babies and no complaints yet. Also no waking up howling cold at night! It doesn`t seem to matter to them what the outside temperature is (unless we`re in a french heatwave) as it`s always colder than you might think at night and if they get to warm, they just stick their arms out the bags. Err on the side of warm rather than cold, unless of course they`re babies and can`t regulate their own bedding.

I think my son just gets in with his boxers and T shirt left on, same as he does in the caravan and at home.

When he was younger he used PJs, just the normal ones. But then he only goes out in his tent in summer, if it is cold he stays in the caravan.

hi i have kids age 10, 9 & 3 the 10 yr old just sleeps in boxers the 9 yr old and 3 yr old sleep in normal pj's but all of them have good sleeeping bags.

any concerns just buy a thermal inner for the sleeping bags .

I use layers which are easy to adjust, and add on in the night if the temprature drops.

Alice tends to sleep on top of the sleeping bag, and can not feel the cold.   She's always been like this, even as a baby she'd be on top of the bedding, and as soon as she could she took her pjs off.  

Not a clue!!  Little Scamp is 14 and has a Vango Nitestar mummy bag, with an optional extra 'normal' cheap bag if it's REALLY cold (we go away all year round, and she always sleeps in her own tent, not the 'van), but she decides herself what she sleeps in!! 

Seriously, when she was younger, I worked on how many layers we needed, then added a couple to compensate for her being small.  She never complained of being cold, or woke up crying because she was cold.

Thanks everyone. I have winter weight pjs and fleece sleepsuits so I'll try one or the other first and see how we get on. We have proper sleeping bags for the kids (Vango ones) and I made some inners for them from flurr, which is kinda like a brushed furry really soft  fleece, so hopefully they will be plenty warm enough.

Amanda 

my 2 wear t shirt and boxers but then we are hard and dont have central heating at home and I think this has made us a little used to being cold at night.  I couldnt imagine sleeping with central heating now I think we would be way to hot.

ann

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