I'd dare to speak up. If ever me and dh were to get away without the kids then i'd not want loads of screaming kids around me when i am wanting to escape from just that. Isn't that what adult only sites (sigh, i wish lol) are for?
I personally doubt if anyone would really be bothered by a baby crying in the night when a responsible parent is soon going to be on hand to quieten the baby. If the baby was going to be left to scream all night every night for a week or more then yes i would be very bothered but the lady who is enquiring is concerned about disturbing her neighbours which as she will soon be quietening her baby is not really going to cause a great deal of inconvenience.
But your post reminds of the people who we were pitched near at Perran Sands whose parents went home early because they were pitched near some people who were having a really noisy time of enjoying themselves, i asked dh what would we do if we were in that pitch and he pointed out that we'd probably go and join them lol
I've had the misfortune to have 2 holidays ruined by young infants crying through much of the might or waking and crying very early, for ages. I wear ear plugs because I'm a light sleeper, but they weren't man enough for caterwauling infants. It was made worse on the second occasion because the crying freaked out one of my dogs, and I had to stay awake to stop her barking at the unfamiliar noise and adding to the disturbance. I've had parts of holidays ruined for the same reason, on one occasion a couple were asked to leave because they couldn't keep their baby quiet at night.
In all cases, we'd chosen sites that have a "quiet" rule for nightime, that weren't aimed at the family market and we were outside of school holiday periods, in the hope that we'd avoid families with children.
If you don't think you'll be able to keep your baby quiet, you can't have any real expectation of complying with the "quiet at night" rules. I know you can't help it, and it's not the same as having a loud, drunken party, but I'd suggest you don't go to sites where people are legitimately entitled to expect it to be quiet at night, and have chosen the site with that in mind.
MOST people will be understanding if your little one cries. Obviously you wont be on an adult only site.So you go and enjoy your holiday.
I had more explaining and apologies to make when my teenager had night terrors when he was with us. Thought he had grown out of them, the first night proved me wrong. But all was peaceful after then. Thank goodness.
We camped last weekend at a site and the tent opposite had a baby, I heard it crying in the night and I can honestly say that it didn't bother me in the slightest. I could tell that the parents were trying to calm him/her and not just leaving it to cry.
The lady in the next tent snoring was much more annoying than any crying baby!!!
Depends on what you mean when you say "not a particularly good sleeper".
If the kid wakes up a couple of times but then settles down with a snuggle, fine. But if your child cries all night please think twice. And I say this as a parent.
I was once in France and had a Dutch family on the pitch behind us. Their child (we eventually dubbed it Siren Baby) would howl incessantly all through the night - I now know why dictatorships use sleep deprivation as a torture! And of course, because it's a kiddie no-one dared complain.
After four nights without sleep we were outside out tent with wine and friends one evening at about 9.30pm. We are not raucous people but we were chatting. This Dutch earth-mother type came over and asked us to keep quiet!
I'm not proud of my response to this day, but I do cite sleep deprivation as a defence. I put my side of the case very frankly indeed, never using an expletive twice in five minutes, and, oddly, the kid hardly made a sound after that.
Just had a weekend away and there were a number of babies onsite. We did hear them during the night but it did not worry us as the parents were making an effort to keep them quiet. What did make the blood boil was the the dad with two kids aged about 4 and 6 who pitched his tent right next to our as in no room between the two tents and then at 11pm at night have a very loud conversation with his kids about why they should go to sleep instead of playing and letting them argue the way of not going sleep and keeping the rest of the site awake.
Quote: Originally posted by Characters 4 Kids on 03/8/2008
Ah, just give the baby some phenagon .........works a treat & keeps everyone happy!
Treat those as you would want to be treated & you'll have a great time!
Lol, sending social services round to your gaff even as we speak!
My bro never slept (he'd have been called hyperactive, but hyperactivity hadn't been invented back then) and our doctor recommended a drop or two of sherry in his last bottle of the day. He said if that didn't work, try brandy!
We have camped with our smallest son since he was 6 months old. In the beginning he was in with us, so once he started stirring we were ready to comfort him and sorted him out before he really got going......having said that, he was a pretty good sleeper from 11 weeks.
He is now nearly 6 and in a pod opposite ours, but if he does wake and cry out, which he did once last year, I am out of bed as quick as I can to find his little bit of cloth he likes at night and settle him back down, I know from experience the quicker the better.
If a baby was crying next to our tent and I could hear the parents trying to calm it, it wouldnt bother me, but if it was left to cry, then I would have something to say
Family orientated site - huge playground etc, and one of our party was 3 months and 3 weeks old.
His mum was worried that he'd keep people awake, be noisy - but he was fine. There were times when he'd cry - when he wanted feeding, tummy-ache/wind etc, but these times passed, within 5 minutes with some excellent attention and cuddles from his devoted Aunty... (me!)
And at night - not a peep. The first night he was grizzly, but he did eventually go to sleep - and he slept through till about 7am.
The second night - not a problem! In fact, I have to say the "adults" from the tent over the corner of the field made more noise having an all out brawl (which scared their own kids and made them cry...) made more noise/disturbance.
Go camping!! The sooner you get them used to it the better! Take plenty of warm layers, clothes, jumpers, bibs, and don't forget the babies things either...
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Topic: OK to camp with noisy 9 month old
Thought he had grown out of them, the first night proved me wrong. But all was peaceful after then. Thank goodness.
