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We have a Bailey Ranger 510/4L and a nine month old daughter and we are finding sleeping arrangements difficult for all !

We have been making the lower bunk up into a single bed but she is now able to stand up so is prone to crawling and falling out. We looked at putting a travel cot in the L shaped lounge floor area ( and us sleeping in the bunks)  but we cant find a travel cot small enough to fit into the floor space anywhere in the van !

Does anyone have any ideas from experience ?

Hi,

We started caravanning with a toddler about the same age as yours. We had the self same problem. I actually used the side from an old cot and used some 'turn catches' to hold it in place between the top and bottom bunk.

Worked a treat! Made it safe for him and no lasting affects on him. Lol. He's now 12 and hasn't been scarred by his 'cage'.

Lots of secondhand cots out there.

We used a travel cot on our first trip with our daughter, aged 12 months.

The cot is too wide for the single bed, so I made an extension piece from chipboard, that extends the width of the bed to allo the cot to sit on it.

It narrows the door slightly, but is not a problem.

MW

I use one of these for each of ours in our van to stop them falling off the bunks:

http://www.babycare-direct.co.uk/bedguards.html

They can be quickly fixed to bed bases (couple of screws usually provided) and then the kiddies don't go anywhere in the night.

Cheers
Matt

We know exactly what you mean, as our daughter is 18 months old, and when we go camping she wants to run round the tent at 1am!  I cant advise much sorry, only keeping her awake in the day so she sleeps better at night. If shes teething, try medised or calpol. We're off to Weston Super Mare on Saturday, and shes actually staying with my sister in law, so the other 2 (older) kids can sleep at night!  Good luck.

we use a bed guard for our 1yr old. seams to work.

Margaret