Where does your baby sleep?

[ladun6]

Hi! This is our first year camping with our almost 1 year old in our 23ikss. Thinking we will have to bring our pack and play but hate to lose the floor space and put up and down every night. Was wondering if anyone had any different ideas of where their 1 year olds slept.


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[Kenny kustom]

We had bunks. With a net.


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[rockfordroo]

It would appear that play pens have made numerous advances in the 30 yrs since our daughter was 6 months old. But we had a play pen that unfolded very similar to the way camp chairs do. Opened into a square similar to this:

Graco Pack 'n Play Play Yard TotBloc - Harris | BabiesRUs

but did not have legs, the bottom sat right on the floor. We put this up on one of the bunks of our popup. She slept in it for 2 years, then her brother slept in it for 2 years. Worked very well.

You might like something like this a bit better:

KidCo PeaPod Travel Bed - Red | BabiesRUs

Note that in our popup, the back bunk was only 10 ft away and the view between us and the bunk was wide open.

I'm guessing you're the DH, not the DW. I strongly suspect the DW is NOT going to want to put the 1 yr old in the back bunk, 20 feet away, with only a few feet of opening to monitor what's going on. I strongly suspect you're going to end up losing that floor space at night.

[PHS79]

When we had out hybrid I took some 12 inch laminated closet shelving and shelf brackets and made a L out of the them, I made 3 sections like that. I only did 3 sections because my DW was too nervous about letting our DD sleep by herself in the camper. I placed one end under the mattress and the other stuck up over the mattress about 8 inches. I just put the L pieces on floor under the dinette when traveling.

The people that bought the camper from us folded the table down and put the pack-n-play on top of it, bad thing being that you have to set it up and take it down every time you want to use the table.

[asquared]

I don't know if this will work for your trailer but I have seen where some put the dinette table into bed position (no cushions) and set the pack and play on the table.

[Evo2700]

We took our twins camping when they were about 2 1/2 months old and we used bassinets, but now that they are 8 months and too big for the bassinets I'm not sure what we will do. I'll be following this thread for all the suggestions!

[trbomax]

back in the 70's, when we HAD babies,we had an 11.5' coachmen slide in. They slept in the converted dinette.I made a 12" (or so) high board with dowels that we dropped into holes drilled into the seats and table.Only problem we had was they werent always ready to sleep when we put them there.They would sit and look out the window at the campfire untill one us got them out for awhile!

[wiscoheel]

We are grandparents now and so our grandchild sleeps in a pac n play where our dinning table use to be!! We store the table when we know our grandson will be with us. It also opens up a big area for him to play with his toys if he needs to say inside. We have an 8329SS and so we have the space. We did place him at the foot of our bed surrounded by pillows last year.

[hotzfamily]

When our kids were little & we had a pop up, we would use 'toddler bed rails along the side that opened to the living area to keep them 'in bed' and not rolling out! siimlar to these:

DEX Safe Sleeper Bed Rail - Walmart.com

[wicked1]

Nothing against all this but did this when I was 25&27 now my boys are 23&21 so glad I don't have to carry all this stuff around anymore, was a haste but now they make stuff much more simple then they did in 1992.

[JustB_Rad]

Last year, we took our first trip when our baby boy was 6 weeks old and last of the year when he was 5 months. He slept in a pack and play. We took it down and moved it around as it was necessary, and plan on doing the same thing again this year....although napping will be the challenge this year, because last year we just layed him on our bed in the dark front bedroom and closed the doors.

[Nitecat]

We have a 376BHOK and my daughter and son in law sleep in the king bed. The pack and play fits perfectly inside the closet in that room. You can even close the doors, but they usually leave them open. We had measured and measured before buying our camper to see if the pack and play would fit in the master, but we finally gave up and just bought what we wanted. What a nice surprise when we found that the pack and play fits in the closet. Now that the little guy is older, they have moved the pack and play into the bunk room with me and it fits there easily as well.

[bikendan]

ladun6, just realize that most responses have been from non-Hybrid owners, let alone any 23IKSS owners.
So many suggestions won't work in the 23IKSS.

[jking46]

When we bought our ikss 2 years ago, one of the reasons my wife liked the floorplan was that there would plenty of room for a pack n play for grandkids. Three granddaughters are old enough to sleep in a bed or the sofa, but a fourth granddaughter came along about 2 months ago. Probably will need to take the p n p at least once this year. Even with the crib, way more room than we ever had in the pop up when our kids were young. But we got by just fine.

[KMANUEL74]

We now have a 233s Roo, but when my daughters were younger, we had a popup. We used pack n plays for them to sleep in. We would set it up at night and take it down when not in use. The hybrid has a lot more room than our pop-up, so it should be a little easier

[RichDesiletsJr233S]

We tent camped last year for 9days with out 2 boys (1 and a half year old and a 2months old). God bless my wife!

We used 2 pack and plays that worked great in out large tent with our inflatable queen mattress.

We have since upgraded to a 2016 233S. With 3 queen tent ends we intend on having our now 2+year old in the rear tent end as it has a small entrance/exit(no fear of roll out) and a pack and play for our 10month old where the dinette slide is located.

Best of luck whatever way you go!

*I may try using pool noodles in the fitted mattress sheet to help prevent roll outs as they get older.


Rich in Massachusetts
2016 Roo 233S
2013 Ford Explorer XLT

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[RichDesiletsJr233S]

Originally Posted by bikendan

ladun6, just realize that most responses have been from non-Hybrid owners, let alone any 23IKSS owners.
So many suggestions won't work in the 23IKSS.

Yes the island will present challenges.


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2013 Ford Explorer XLT

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[Helmsey]

I don't have any pics of what our friends did in their hybrid but will try and explain....

They took the table top off the legs, and removed the legs from the floor. They laid the table top on its side on the end of the benches (where you'd slide your feet in to sit at the table) and that created a little "box" for the kiddo to sleep in. They held the table top against the benches with a bungee cord (If I remember right, its been 5ish years) and had good luck with that setup. It kept them from needing the PnP in the camper.

[FordFan]

Originally Posted by PHS79

The people that bought the camper from us folded the table down and put the pack-n-play on top of it, bad thing being that you have to set it up and take it down every time you want to use the table.

We put ours on the dinette as well. We try to eat outside as much as possible, so the dinette isn't really needed.

[Kaadk]

I can't give you any first hand experience, as my youngest was already in a toddler bed and just using bed rails by the time we started camping and our TT's not a hybrid.

But thinking back to when they were young, if I had one that young out camping, and especially in a hybrid, I'd be using the pack and play, regardless of the inconvenience to the floor space. My DW regales us all the time with a story about how she fell out between the canvas and bunk end of their family's pop-up when she was a kid (actual number withheld for my safety) years ago. Despite whatever improvements have been made in bunk-ends between then and now, I'd still be worried about my little one doing the same somehow.


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