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Hi


Looking for tips for camping weekend we have coming up with 1 year old and 2.5 year old.


We went Decathlon on weekend to get most bits, but couldn't find suitable sleeping bag for baby.

Any tips?


Keen to hear of any other advice/tips to make this trip a good idea


thanks

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Hi we went when our daughter was about one and used a readybed which is a sleeping bag with inflatable mattress attached.we also put blanket and duvet underneath but she still managed to wriggle through it all and when we woke she was on the groundaheet but perfectly happy...


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We first went when our son was three. The first few times he wriggled off his air bed and ended up on the ground several times during the night. Now I tuck a huge fleece blanket from Amazon across the top of all the air beds like a sheet so there are no gaps between them to slide off into. It's much much better and the blanket also makes a nicer surface than the air beds themselves. We also now put him on the middle air bed so he can't roll off and end up half under an air bed at the side of the tent. He's very wriggly!
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I second get out with the kids loads of great stuff in that site. I wrote about taking babies to festivals a couple of years ago here:http://www.festivalkidz.com/advice/taking-babies-to-festivals/

Well be going with an 11 month 5yr 8 ur combo this yr


I recommend the tent type travel cot for baby gives you somewhere to contain them too if mobile. Going to switch from airbeds to self inflating mats for the other two this year as the 5 year old always rolls off the air bed we had an inflatable toddler bed when she was younger with a built in cover but she just managed to flip the whole thing as she rolled out


Also second warm baby grow and winter weight baby sleeping bag with shoulders also take a stretchy cardigan you can add as another layer over the sleeping bag.

Have fun!

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