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Camping with a 15 month old

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elm26 · 04/07/2024 20:16

Yes I know, I'm crazy.

Every year we do a camping trip, much to DH dismay I insist on having electricity, a king size blow up mattress and somewhere that has good reviews for shower block 😂

We didn't go last year as I was heavily pregnant then had a newborn.

This year we've booked to join friends and their kids. They are doing a week however I've insisted on 3 nights to trial it out and we are only 1.5 hour drive from home.

DD is a pretty chilled kid, happy to crawl around grass with a ball/building blocks, play with other kids etc.we spend a lot of time outside now the weather has been nice and she loves it.

Although we are going next month so technically (although British weather is unpredictable) it should be warm but I'm worried she will be cold at night.

Do I put her in our airbed with us for warmth? Neither of us are drinkers, I think?! She would be old enough now to move if she needed to. We have individual sleeping bags, do I need to get a toddler one? Is there such thing? Or will her sleeping bags that she uses at home be okay? (I have a range of 0.5 tog to 2.5 tog for the winter). Do I buy a little toddler camping bed (I've seen the ones that are low to the floor with sides so she can't roll out) or do I take her travel cot?

Any suggestions on a high chair that's not a high chair if you see what I mean, like a little chair that has a clip on tray for her food?

She hates showers, sobs and screams and holds her breath, is it worth taking a little blow up toddler bath that I can take in the shower with me or DH and fill with warm water. I'm not fussed on washing her hair unless she's rubbed food in it. We wash hair every other night so I'm sure an extra one won't hurt so just need something I can let her splash about in/give her a quick wash down.

She's easy to feed, will eat pretty much anything and we take a camping stove with us and an electric cool box so not worried about keeping milk cold for her weetabix or what not.

Any help/advice/ideas would be appreciated!

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DappledThings · 04/07/2024 20:33

We did it at 8 months and 17 months. We had one of those toddler dingy airbeds which was fine. Put a bedding roll underneath as an extra layer and lots of blankets under and around him.

Little camping chair.

We just did washing in a collapsible wash bowl with some water warmed up on the stove. Still do at 8 and 6 actually but now they just stand in the bowl instead of sitting in it!

RomeoRivers · 04/07/2024 20:31

Get a puddle suit 👍

Tidypidy · 04/07/2024 20:30

We have a self inflating mattress which is much more comfy than a blow up and no bouncing around when DH moves!

Tidypidy · 04/07/2024 20:29

We took our youngest camping at 16 months old. We took the travel cot but he ended up in with us as it was chilly overnight. The cot was useful for containment during the day! I put him in a vest, long sleeved all in one, baby sleeping bag on top then under our sleeping bag too. He was fine.
We used to take a blow up baby bath for him to bathe in which worked well. We had a pocket high chair that tied onto a chair which worked well with camping chairs as long as we held onto it to stop it tipping otherwise he sat on someone's lap to eat.
He still loves camping now 10 years on and it's such an economical way to enjoy a family holiday.

rwalker · 04/07/2024 20:27

Don’t have her in airbed with you because every time you move so does the mattress

I don’t think I could settle noise travels I wouldn’t want to ruin other people’s holiday with my child crying in the night