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Hi Iwonder if anyone has any advice or knows of some innovative piece of equipment I can aquire.....................................................................

I have 12 month old twins and am struggling to think of how to keep them safe in bed in our caravan.

We have triple bunks and a make up single in addition to the front double.

The bottom bunk can be used no problem as it is almost ground level and we can put a duvet on the floor incase of a roll out, but what can I do with the other child??

We've tried them sharing and it doesn't work.

The guards which are built in aren't high enough as my boys are climbers.

Can't think of how to rail off either the middle bunk or the single make up bed

We can't be the only people to take small children caravanning so thought i'd see what others do...........................

Thanks for any advice

Im not sure weather this would work in a caravan . But i know there are net barriers for use in sailing boat bunks . I think ive seen them for sale on Force4 chandlery site .

Rob

I went caravanning from when I was 6 weeks old (40 years ago now!!!) there were no such thing as bed guards back then so my dad made his own type of bed guard/rail that slotted into the side of the bunk each night to stop me falling off, it was very basic but did the trick most of the time - I did fall off the top bunk a few times and suprisinlgy stayed asleep on the majority of occasions, always totally unhurt. 

Only a suggestion but it might be worth keeping it simple and see if there is anything you can make/adapt for the first couple of occasions rather than spending loads of money on things which may not do the job.

Thank you so much everyone for your replys and tips.

Travel cots wouldn't fit in the van and there is no way they can share a bed now as they are too full of carry on!!!

I had a look at the overhead bunk netHEJC72 and have ordered one to try it. If it fits ok I'll order another.

Getting excited now as we've chosen a site for the season and can't wait to get away.

Thanks again everyone

Hi Tina,

We will be trying these out for the first time this weekend (easter) so I will let you know.

We fitted them and they look like they will work well. The only problem we had was there was not enough height to fix the straps to the bunk above so my hubby used some tie wraps and fixed them to the bunk above that( not sure if i've explained that well??)

Looks like they would definately hold your son in as the fixings are secure and the material is nice and strong.

I'll let you know how we get on

Arlene