Quote: Originally posted by snugglebabe on 15/9/2008
Hmmmm really toying with the idea of EHU. I imagine all the heat just leaves as soon as you switch it off though?
Yup...there's not a lot of insullation in a tent. You have to leave it on all night. And even electric heaters are only supposed to be used in the living area so not a lot of use at sleeping time. I've never taken a heater of any sort, ever. Clothes and bedding,......!
Actually one of the best ways to keep warm in a tent is to have small sleeping compartments. It's all very well having full standing height in a sleeping pod but low or sloping ceilinged ones that just fit the airbed are a lot snugger.
Our youngest is 3 so bit older than yours. Went last w/end and he slept in double sleeping bag with me (dad has to sleep on his own!) He wears pj's and fleece but we share body heat. Not resorted to hat yet. We bought EHU and little fan heater which really made a difference . We left it on all night which kept tent warm and reduced the condensation. Only problem is finding sites with EHU as not all have this facility.
(apart from my habit of going for a wee 4 x per night and letting the cold in each time)
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LOL, I've only one thing to say to a new mum...
PELVIC FLOOR EXERCISES!!!!!!!!!
I took my first born camping at 7 months old at Easter time and we ended up camping in a leaking 2 man tent and it snowed. We also had a time when she got over chilled a month later (age 8 months) and had to take her into bed with us just to warm her up. By the time my third child was born I had wised up to just kicking hubby out of the double bed and sharing with the baby, dressing them in their normal sleepsuit and vest and knowing that they wouldn't overheat with me sleeping next to them ever vigilant. As for undressing them and not letting them get chilled i turn on our double burner gas stove and it throws out so much heat that the kids these days complain it is too hot in the tent as they are getting ready for bed. I leave it on (fully supervised) for about 3 minutes and the kids jump into bed hot and never get chilled at night.
Apologies for being boring but a quick note about co-sleeping....
Basically, if you're over the limit to drive your car then you're over the limit to sleep with your baby. These days almost half of all sudden infant deaths ("cot deaths") in this country happen in co-sleeping situationswhich involve an element of alcohol or drugs. In other words, co-sleeping sober and clean is fine, but its a real no no otherwise.
So, no quick slugs of the hard stuff to warm yourself up before getting into a sleeping bag with your baby I'm afraid - not that I'm suggesting that any of the posters above would do that anyway . MT
------------- Tackling life the Western District way
We took our son first camping one easter when he was 15 months old, and a very cold easter, he woke up at 6am ( his normal time) and paranoid mum had a thermometer and it was always below 3 deg, however not once did he complain he was cold!!
He just slept in a all in one fleece suit with vest underneath, in his grobag with a blanket on top to keep his hands warm!
He coped fine it was just his parents that didnt like the cold!! He loved hot chocolate that holiday though!
Just bought a new TT so will be going in Oct school hols as i cannt wait until next season!!!
------------- Taffy
2012 Planned
Easter - Cornwall
July scout camp
August North Wales
hi snugglebabe - my kids are 4 and 17 months and both have been camping with us from the age of 6 weeks at various times of the year - when its been cold they have worn a babygro with a fleece sleepsuit over thick socks and mitts and a thin cotton hat but the best bit of kit has been a Vango Baby Nitestar Sleeping Bag. Kids have been warm as toast and slept like logs!!!!!!
if you take the travel cot - will it be in a bedroom with a groundsheet? - i only say because when we first started we put the baby in the middle bit without a sig - we were in the pod -and she was much colder than us -we brought her in when we realised her blankets were wet with dew
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Topic: 6 degrees too cold for baby?
. MT
