Camping @ 8.5 months
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Topic: Camping @ 8.5 months
Posted By: monikah
Subject: Camping @ 8.5 months
Date Posted: 27 November 2009 at 2:27pm
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would you/wouldnt you. we have a really good tent and will be borrowing a P+T portacot. the new one. with heaps of blankets and stuff would he be warm enough or is it just a no go? ------------- 
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Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 27 November 2009 at 2:45pm
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Monikah - maybe PM Peachy - she goes camping every year and has done lots of camping with her little girl!
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 27 November 2009 at 2:53pm
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My only experience is of being in a full campground being woken up by a crying baby in the middle of the night isn't much fun. No idea who the people were or even where they were camped but the noise carried through the whole camp. Just my 2CW. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 27 November 2009 at 3:25pm
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noise wont be a problem. its a festival and we know alot of ppl we going with -------------
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Posted By: first
Date Posted: 27 November 2009 at 4:54pm
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Go for it. It is so much fun going camping with your kids. Get them used to it when they are little. * months is definately alright. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 27 November 2009 at 7:01pm
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awesome. i was a little worried bout it getting too cold over night but those prtacots are awesome and lots of blankets plus body heat and we'll all be sweet. yay so excited :) -------------
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Posted By: skp
Date Posted: 27 November 2009 at 9:38pm
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I would for sure! would be great fun ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Ella1
Date Posted: 27 November 2009 at 9:44pm
We went camping on Labour weekend (Mika was 8.5 months then). She loved it. I didn't sleep all night cause I was worried she was too cold - it was only 3 degrees  - but she and DH slept fine.
We're definately going again soon. BTW, she didn't cry once for the whole time we were there. |
Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 27 November 2009 at 9:44pm
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Def go! We took #1 camping at 5-6 weeks and then again at 1 and #2 will be 13-14 weeks when we go this year.
Lots of blankets and warm clothes and they are happy. -------------  
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Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 27 November 2009 at 10:09pm
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We camp in tents too. Took DS when he was almost a year. Put a woollen jersey on before bed and then sleep in a sleeping bag if he kicks his blankets off. I also put a beanie on Jack too and slippers. It gets really cold where we camp and we had no probs (well other than him shoving a raisin up his nose and it getting stuck, him cutting 2 teeth and getting a bone infection so he woke a few times each night lol).
We are taking Ava this year and she'll be 4 months. |
Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 27 November 2009 at 10:17pm
We go camping every year so Astins first camp was when he was 6 months and aside from his hay fever playing up he was great! we have a huge tent! and it holds ALOT of heat!!!! so we were all sleeping without blankets!! no chance of Astin being cold!!
HAVE FUN!! 
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 27 November 2009 at 10:56pm
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I want to go camping !!! ------------- 
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Posted By: lisa85
Date Posted: 28 November 2009 at 5:57pm
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I wish we had taken the girls when they were younger I don't know why we didn't lol. The younger the better I say! It only gets harder once they are crawling then walking as you end up chasing them the whole time. But when all they can so is sit there they just go with the flow lol. -------------  
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 28 November 2009 at 6:51pm
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yea he has started crawling but there is so much room for him to crawl and sooo many ppl to keep an eye on him. im so excited now i wish i didnt have to wait til jan. i guess the year after we'll need a bigger tent though. i dont see 2 babies and 2 adults fitting in our tent :S lol -------------
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Posted By: fattykat
Date Posted: 28 November 2009 at 10:07pm
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Yay.....We've been wondering if it would be ok to take DD next year (Jan or Feb) and wasn't sure so this thread has been great seeing others experiences. We spend a LOT of the summer camping and thought we were going to have to miss out this season.
monikah - sorry for hijacking 
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Posted By: LittleBug
Date Posted: 29 November 2009 at 8:03pm
We are going to attempt to take Chloe and Ollie this year... will be interesting that's for sure! Lol. Looking forward to it  ------------- Chloe (4 years) and Oliver (3 years). |
Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 29 November 2009 at 8:35pm
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Camping is totally do-able! The younger the better IMO! We took Lauren camping from 6 weeks old and she was absolutely fine! The hardest thing I found was keeping her hands warm at night. We invested in a sleeping all in one from Kathmandu and put socks on her hands at night to keep them nice and toasty! We also take a mosquito net and hang that above the portacot so nasties cant get in and bite her face during the night!
We took a small blow up paddling pool and filled it each evening with warm water for bathing. We will also be doing that this year as I do not want her going in the communal showers just yet. Lauren absolutely loves camping and best thing was first night camping she slept through for the first time at only 6 weeks old!! Must be all that fresh sea air!! We go camping atleast 5-6 times per year and will continue to do so for many many more years! As for the crying, I can think of far worse things happening noise wise when camping than a crying child lol!! Not sure if you are b/f or not, but when we took Lauren last Christmas I wasn't b/f anymore, so at night I just filled a thermos each night with boiling water and kept that close by so that if she woke up and wouldn't settle I could quickly make up a bottle without hassle. I just wanted to be prepared should the need arise at some shocking hour of the night/morning! Happy camping ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 29 November 2009 at 9:33pm
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yea totally. he has always been FF so i was trying to figure out what to do but a thermos sounds like a great idea so he gets a hot bottle. he has slept through for aquite a while but you never know who might startle him tripping over a guide wire. lol. all the tents are packed together and it is lethal. lol. i trip over them all the time. during the day will be fine as there is a kitchen and indoor area and stuff, the camping is mainly just a sleeping/storing arrangement. the P&T portacot i just got on TM zips up on all sides and top so no critters getting in there :D its a wee bit of a PITA though cos we gonna need a 2nd portacot and a bigger tent for the year after. lol -------------
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Posted By: JoJames
Date Posted: 29 November 2009 at 10:27pm
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We took our 3 mo camping last year, and he slept WAY better than he ever did, I think cause he was cooler outside. We have a P&T's portacot and we put a sheepskin underneath him which helped with the warmth cause they do get cold. Also sleeping bags and hats and mittens cause they wake up with freezing little hands, but otherwise, we had a great time, the paddling pool is a great idea especially as its getting so hot. ------------- http://www.alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: flakesitchyfeet
Date Posted: 01 December 2009 at 7:02am
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For those of you who have done the camping thing, did you just flag the routines while you were away? How long did it take them to resettle afterward? -------------  http://lilypie.com"> |
Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 01 December 2009 at 7:20am
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I stick with routines when we are away, they are just a lil more flexible when camping though
Lauren settles back into her normal routine fine when we get back home too! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 01 December 2009 at 9:28am
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we went away (cabins though) over labour weekend and threw his routine out the window so i could still join in all the activities and play league etc... his routine was strait back to normal as soon as we got home. we never break it at home so he knows that as long as we are home he goes to sleep when he is put down etc... when away we feed him at his normal times so he has a reference point but we still go to concerts and sports games while we are away though so he just comes with. i guess its different for us though cos we arent talking about a good old fashion family camping trip. we go away with up to 100 ppl and create our own little cities so we cant just chill and put him to sleep unless we wanna miss out on everything we were going away for if that makes sense. but he always gets strait back into routine, i assume camping wont be any different -------------
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