Hi all I am considering buying a twister 4 tent for me and my son to go camping in on our own. I have a lot more holidays and every weekend free (bonus of working in a school) than my husband and our little boy loves camping and we have hardly ever been since he was born. We do have a big family tent, but there is no way I can pitch that on my own.The twister seems to be easy enough to put up as it does it itself and Im not worried about how hard it may be to fold away it can just be put in the boot for hubby to sort when we re home. My concern is I have never camped without my OH. Is it go idea to go camping with a little one on my own? Thanksx
I think your brave but with a bit of planning and common sense I think you should be fine. Things to consider are where will the littlin be when you set up? What if you need the loo??
I think as well that if you pick the right sites ie one with a toilet block rather than porta-loos so you can take the littlin with you then it should all be fine.
Tent im looking at takes minutes to 'pop' up so he would either try to 'help' or could stay in car with his toys. Yeah he would have to go to the toilet with me, but that's not much different than at home- I have a little shadow
It sounds great to me, though I'd pick a fairly busy site just to be sure of having other families around.
A couple of other things for you to think about are:
- camping where you can have a fire after littly has gone to bed. Then you can sit outside longer & not have to go to bed too.
- camping with a group of other mums, friends, ante-natal group, mumsnet etc
- talking to your school about a class camp. We came across the parents & kids from a local primary all camped in class groups last year and I wished I'd thought of that 10 years earlier.
I don't know how high a twister tent is but something like a lidded bucket or luggable loo is so useful. If you need to go in the evening or early morning then it's a whole lot easier than getting the child up.
Make it simple + don't take more than you need. Young kids aren't the most patient when you're packing up.
Take something to entertain yourself in the evening. Book, ipod, DS .... It's amazing how much I fb or twitter when camping alone with the kids
If possible, don't camp the other side of the field from the washing up sinks, toilets, showers.
Go for it, i met a mum on my last trip who was doing it with her son 7 y/o and it wasnt hre first time and probably not the last either. strangely we kept meating at the washup sinks lol
Go for it! I agree with having some plan for evening entertainment though (mine is dvds watched on a ps2 with cordless headphones) and deffo some toilet facilities of your own for night times.
Other than that you will be fine with a bit of planning, my experience is that it's best to try to think of the things your son can help you with while pitching - it's amazing how long my daughter was happy to hand me tent pegs for while i told her what a wonderful job she was doing!
I would recommend having a look at the Quechua Base pop up tents from Decathlon as there is a bit more headroom than in a twister so you might find it a bit easier if you have to shelter from the rain.
I think there is a group of single parents on here who organise meets ( I know that you are not a single parent but for the purpose of this exercise, you are) or have a look at any of the meeting up and getting together groups - the Hopleys gang look very friendly .
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Topic: Camping by myself with a 2 yr old
or could stay in car with his toys. Yeah he would have to go to the toilet with me, but that's not much different than at home- I have a little shadow 
