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HI, we are thinking about taking our 1 year old baby camping in the UK for the first time later this year.  We are worried about her getting cold during the night! 

Please could anyone offer any advice on camoing with a baby?  Can you get proper sleeping bags for babies when camping?  is it safe to plug in an electric fan heater if it is damp outside? brigitte.

Also...the TT is only 2 berth...will baby be ok in travel cot in theawning part??

We camped with my lot from about the same age. A small oil storage heater is a much better bet than a fan heater. First the fan heater might be noisy and secondly if anything falls on it they can overheat etc. Yes, some do have cut-outs, but they still get too hot. Ours also slept in a travel cot in the awning. Lots of blankets below too. Have you seen those sleeping bags that the child wears like a bodywarmer? They are almost imossible for them to wriggle out of.

hi the little one will be fine, my youngest was 1 last year when we took her we also took another couple with us as we have a large tent , so there were 4 adults and a 1 year old , a 2.year old and 2 6 yr olds , it was that fantastic august bank holiday that was a absolute wash out ,and most peple were leaving the site in ullswater, it was also cold and windy , butt all kids were fine , our 2 were on a double air bed with 2 quilts and a fleece blanket , also the air beds were on them tin foil survival blankets and foil backed picnic blankets to insultate the beds ,and if anything they were abit warm ,but dispite the S### wheather we had a good time and the kids loved it.

p.s it was that bad that people were leaving tents and alsorts that weekend

HI we're going camping with our 9 month old this year, she'll be one, looked at baby sleeping bags but have just ordered her a junior gelert pod - because baby sleeping bags looked quite restrictive. I'm going to fold the extra length of the pod under her. It hasn't arrived yet but will let you know when it has, also going to use fleece all in one and sleepsuit and get a good electric heater!

Just worried shes going to wake the whole campsite up in the middle of the night if shes teething, was up 3 times last night!

A TT awning is a bit cold for a baby. It's considerably colder than the cabin. Either sort out a way for her to sleep upstairs in the TT well or one of you will have to sleep in the awning and the baby sleep with the other parent. We tried having the baby in the awning once and once only after we first got the TT and the poor little soul was chilled to death. After that my OH slept in the awning and our two kids came in with me. OH wasn't too chuffed about it but I pointed out that if he thought it was cold in the awning, how was the baby feeling?

We changed to a 4-6 berth TT very soon after that.

We were wondering what to do with our little on this year as he wriggles out of anything at night.  I have got one of the Vango baby bags and am going to stitch shoulder straps on it like the grobags.  Should work well I think.