Camping with houdini toddler

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Hi does anyone have any ideas on how to keep a 3 year old safe in the tent as she knows how to unzip it and sneak out? ? We have bought some bells but not sure it'll be enough and don't want to put a lock on!

Can you put the zips up to the top of the bedroom pods? Which tent have you got

This is actually why we haven’t been camping yet with DC2&3. The little buggers can get out of the travel cot and undo a zip so we haven’t attempted. Looking for answers too!

Tie the zips together. Make sure you’ve got a knife/scissors somewhere out of the way of toddler, but easily accessible so you can cut the canvas if you need to get out in a hurry.

Years ago we awoke to find DD (3) missing. It was a huge site and we eventually found her happily wandering barefoot in her PJs munching a bag of crisps that another family had given her. Longest 20 minutes of my life. 18 years later the memory still makes me feel a bit sick.
We had bells on the outer zip and she had been in an inner tent. Only way would be to co-sleep I think, with a tent where the zip fastening is higher than your toddler can reach and a sewn in groundsheet, or attach elastics to the zips and peg them down before bed..

I have no idea tbh but it has 2 adjacent bedrooms and she can reach the top of the zips!

She got out the inner bit and crawled under the outer bit! This was in the back garden thankfully. I'm so glad we did it as a trial. I think we could try tying the zips together thank you! If not might have to see if can get a tent where we are sleeping in front of her somehow as I think even if we were all in one room she could still sneak off. Thanks everyone for your help so far!

Rolling under the flysheet is how we lost DD.
Get a tent with sewn in groundsheet or find a way to secure her bedroom pod so she can't escape.
I wouldn't wish that feeling on anyone.