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Personballycfc
22/1/2015 at 9:06am
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Currently we take our travel cot for him but he'll be getting on towards 3 this summer, I've seen the Littlelife Snuggle Pod as the next option, is there anything else or has anyone come up with other ideas.

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PersonHEJC72
22/1/2015 at 9:56am
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SIMs seem to be very popular choices for young children as they are warm to sleep on and low enough to the ground to prevent injury if they roll off in the night.

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Personpepe63
22/1/2015 at 10:40am
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This may sound a bit odd(primarily because it is)but friends of ours used to use a  small novelty inflatable kids ball/paddling pool, just lined out with pillows and a fleecy blanket.

The kids loved it...I can't recall if it was racing car or fire engine shaped but it keep 'em happy/occupied...


PersonKaydeescoolcamping
22/1/2015 at 1:15pm
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we tried taking a cheap camp bed £15 from Argos and only putting two poles per side = 3 legs, letting the rest of the fabric drape under, then put her cot quilt as a mattress on top then her sleeping bag. If she falls off it's not too high but she's off the cold ground, also it will grow with her as she grows.


PersonTynxuk
22/1/2015 at 5:21pm
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We've always just used the same for the children as we do ourselves (we have wider camp beds and upgraded our SIMS). Youngest wasn't quite 3 when we started and that was on regular air beds. Our only concern was when middle child (then 6) decided to use the trailer tent inner tent as a hammock (fallen out of bed if that's even possible in a TT) rather than sleep on the mattress


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Personwetwellies
24/1/2015 at 6:31pm
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Hello everyone, my first post:

Our baby sleeps in a sleepingbag and then on layers inc a sim just like us. He is one and a half.


PersonCampernic
24/1/2015 at 6:42pm
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There's no real need to have a special toddlers bed, the thing about airbeds and Self inflating mats is there is no risk of falling off anything. There are special small sized sleeping bags for babies but I have heard of people taking a standard sleeping bag and the lower section just gets folded under the baby to stop the child from wriggling down to the bottom of the sleeping bag.

A readybed is a good all in one solution and families like them because you can get colourful ones in the childs favourite tv programme and with the sleeping bag being integrated in to the cover the child can't fall out the side. However the sleeping bag part of these are quite flimsy so you'd definately need to put extra insulation on the ground underneath the readybed (good practice anyway, even for standard airbeds) and maybe an extra blanket on top.


PersonBernie47
24/1/2015 at 8:17pm
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My kids used children's sleeping bags on airbeds when they were that age.

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PersonWibsey
24/1/2015 at 11:11pm
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Yep my children used sleeping bags on air beds at that age as well.


Personpurplebean
25/1/2015 at 9:32am
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Sleeping bag and SIM (much warmer than an airbed IMO)


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PersonRachlN76
25/1/2015 at 10:31pm
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My son had an air bed, then bounced on it, popped it (as I'd told him he would), got shouted at and had an uncomfortable night on a duvet, now he has a sim.

There has been no more jumping since!


Personladycake
26/1/2015 at 2:24pm
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ds always had a sim like us and an adult sleeping bag we just tucked under. no need for expensive "child" beds

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Personballycfc
26/1/2015 at 2:43pm
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Thanks all, plumped for the Gelert Junior Sleeping Pod as he will grow into it. May go for something like the Kampa Airlock Junior Airbed as he's a wriggler in his sleep and think he could end up anywhere on a sim or normal airbed.

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2 Weeks in Watergate Bay August 2017
lots of weekend escapes as soon as it warms up.

Apr - Wyreside Fisheries and Camping
May - Swiss Farm Touring & Camping


PersonRachlN76
26/1/2015 at 5:26pm
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My two do often end up on the floor in between their sims, or lying under the dividing curtain half on hubby's sim. But they really don't seem to care, they still sleep really well!



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