Sleeping arrangements for children

[mockorangey]

Hi, we're going camping in a couple of weekends: me, DH, DS (4) and DD (21 months). We need to get a sleeping bag for DS - should we get a 2 season one or higher? Low temperatures are 12 at night at the moment. For DD I was thinking of layering vest and pyjamas and then using a 2.5 tog Grobag, maybe with a blanket on top.

I'm not sure what to do about sleeping mats either. We currently have 3 of those self-inflating mats, but the kids, particularly DD, will roll off in the night I'm sure. I guess the other options are airbeds? But I don't want to spend money on that as it's only for 2 nights. DD usually cosleeps with me, so needs to be on the same level as me really. Would it work to put her inbetween me and DH so that she doesn't roll off the mat? If anyone has any other ideas please let me know.

2 season sleeping bag will be fine and then take blankets for layering depending on the weather.

We found the mats best when dc were little as they slept well on them. We all slept in the same pod in the tent and the mats filled the floor space which meant there was no way of falling off as the floor space was covered.

We use reflective picnic blankets from Amazon all under our sleeping area, then children are layered up on sleeping mats (actually a clever sleeping bag) When she inevitably rolls out of the sleeping bag she at least stays warm!!

We have mats under SIMs for extra insulation and I arrange DC's blankets in a wrap fashion over sleeping bags and under mats to avoid too much rolling around.