Something to put ds in, in the garden to keep him safe!!

[PanicPants]

like play pen type thing? Any ideas or anyone know of any products?

Our garden if full of pigeon poo (next doors pigeons - long story) and we have a thin but very long garden so when I'm at the bottom I can't hear or see him in the house. So would like him to be outside with me, in something he can play in that he can't get out of, provides shade and that he'll like.

Never really liked the idea of a playpen but something similiar is needed.

Any ideas?

how old is he, Panicpants?

8months. Can just imagine him spending the summer inside :(

at that age, I had a walker on our patio that I used to stick ds into if I had to do anything that involved leaving him for a mo.

that be any use maybe?

I have used a travel cot with a load of toys chucked in for DS when i have needed to go outside for any length of time and need to leave the door open.

empty paddling pool, if he falls he wont bash his head, he'll rebound

you could get one of the car ones with a roof for shade, if you can afford it, think theyre about £40

ditto the empty paddling pool.

that's what we used when we went on holiday too when DS was small and shall use it again this summer with DD. Stops the wee ones having to sit on hot sand or a lounger that they might then fall off.

:o 7up I thought that too

We looked at some today, they've lots on sale in Early Learning but I thought he might be able to get out or fall out of it.

The walker's out as our garden and patio is on a slope :o

just call me a genius

panicpants, at 8months he'll be fine, you could always get a deep sided one and put a brolly over the top for shade.

I used one like this in the garden as it folds down and had a raised padded floor.

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A deep sided one would be ideal, but couldn't find one today that was deep enough. But will keep looking.

Found a quite high sided pp on elc website thats in the sahpe of a car, which of course dp thinks is ideal (typical) but were out of stock, so will look in town tomorrow.

dont leave it too long, theyl all sell out by june as normal

dont forget to take a pic and post it on here when you get it

Here you are mcmudda.

&up, I know, and they were on sale too.

{pp wonders if she should have told mn this, as she gets coat to do early morning raid on elc}

Cheers midear! Glad I'm not alone

Will scour ELC for paddling pools.

Thanks for the link skribble :)

I used a playpen with an umbrella on a stand thing next to it for shade when mine were little. Also stops them eating mud and flowers when you are not looking....

We've already got the umbrella. I had romantic notions when I was pregnant of sitting in the dappled sun on a picnic rug playing with my beaming, chubby, angelic, cupid like child.

However, angelic child, is more like spawn of the devil (in a lovely way) who can't possibly stay in one place and needs walls!!

Plus the bird poo/flu situation makes me uneasy to release him into the garden untethered!

AND my concerns over my flowers too :o

Have got one!!!

An inflatable car with really high sides that ds can't get out of.

The elc in our town had sold out half an hour before I got there (Tsk - better not have been a mumsnetter grrrrr)

But dp checked in the basingstoke store and they had 18 left still.

On the down side we've blown it up and now have a huge red car in our conservatory :)

glad you found one panicpants! i think i might get something similar as it can be filled with water or balls as he gets older.