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 A baby 6months,

how would you sleep them in a caravan, we have a travel cot but think it would be too big. we have 2 side bunks & there will be an older child sleeping on the bottom..would it be advisable to sleep a 6month on the top bunk if so how do you secure them besides the normal side rail?  does anyone do this we are away next week & the baby will sleep in with us for a couple of nights

Some years ago we had a clippa safe sleeping bag with D rings & fixings for the bed allowing them some movement  but it  kept them on the bed, I don't think they do them now any suggestions?

I absolutely definitely WOULDN'T put a six month old baby in the top bunk, not in any circumstances.  If the baby fell out (and this is possible whatever precautions you might take) that sort of a fall might easily kill it or cause serious damage.

I'm not sure what sort of layout your van has, but there must be an available floor space somewhere where you could make up a bed for the baby.  I know when my sister borrowed our van, when their youngest was small, the travel cot was rigged up in front of the kitchen area.

I'm sure you can get very flexible travel cots now which would be manoeuvred into quite small spaces.

my partner has just come up with an idea we used last year, if you have a mosses basket or the pram addon to a push chair the littlen could sleep in that on the bunk, would stop them rolling out anywhere and you would sleep better knowing they were safe,

mike

I wouldn't have just put him on the the top bunk without some security that's why I was asking, OH can sleep on a single bed but I can't, his sister will be sleeping on the bottom bunk as she would be too big for the top, with the travel cot we have we wouldn't get by I don't think for the loo in the night, I have thought of one of those pop up travel cots  like a minnie tent but am worried about any draft  & not sure how wide they are either

I wouldn't just trust the bed guards without some other form of restraint either

Hi,

As people have said please do not put your little one on the top bunk, trust me being in the ambulance service I have seen too many accidents with kiddies!

Our boy was about that age when he first went and we managed to get the travel cot in between the front single beds. It is a squeeze, as we had to open it and push down to fix in to position in between the beds. You can't slide or lower it in. Then my wife and i slept on the single beds, bit of a pain but he was safe and still close to my wife for feeding etc! How old is your other child as now he sleeps on the bottom bunk with a tomy portable bed side the supports can be extended in and out. he was in a sleeping bag upto this year so that kept him unable to riggle too much! Our 5 year old sleeps on top bunk. Hope this makes sense? regards

Daz

Also check out the weight limit on top bunk, I know ours has 11 stone weight limit thats quite alot?

Daz

Daz. He's our grandson, his mom & dad will be sleeping in the inner tent they want him to come in the van with us,

will have to get it out & give it a go I think  suppose it will stop me falling out though! looks like I'm in for a weekend of no sleep, the things we do I hate sleeping on a single bed not wide enough for me.

I wish they still had those restraining sleeping bags I used them on all three of mine it stopped them falling out of bed in the night I got it from Boots they could sit up & roll either side but couldn't get off bit like a straight jacket the straps screwed in underneath the bed, had to do something my eldest was an escape artist he was walking at 10months