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Hi,

We had the same issue when deciding on buying our first van this year. After a lot of hunting around and different ideas (including netting, etc!) we have come up with the following which will work and should be 100% safe! I am not sure of the layout of your van but the below may also work for you!

On the Bailey ranger we have a single side dinnette that turns into a bed with a single bunk that folds out above. We will be (don't get the van for another week) removing the fold out bunk bed as we don't need it at the moment and its just more weight (the dealer has showed us its just 8 screws to take it out). We then make up the lower bed but won't put the cushions back on that form the mattress. You now have a platform with consists of wooden slates either side where the chairs were and a solid middle section where the table slides in. Next we will be placing a small piece of plywood over both wooden slated sections so we have a completley solid base and then the following travel cot fits into this space:

 http://www.olivers-baby-care.co.uk/hauck-dream-n-play-travel-cot.html

The main problem with a lot of travel cots are they are too wide to fit in this space on most vans but this one (with the bunk removed) is a perfect fit and will also last till our 8 month old is 3 years old. During the daytime we will just collapse this down and make the dinnette back up. It should take less than 5 mins to put up / down and the pieces of plywood could be left under the cushions or tucked in a cupboard. We only added the plywood to give an even base for the cot legs and to avoid one leg slipping between the gaps but to be honest it would probably have been ok. If your pagent has two doubles then this cot may be slim enough to fit in between both seats as its the slimest one we could find that would last for a few years!

Hope that helps

Darren

When my niece was a baby, my brother made a frame like a cotside but the length of the single bunk and fixed it to the panels either side (it was a van with single dinette at the far end).  I think he screwed batons to the wall and used small bolts - not too sure now as she is now 31!!

She slept very well in it as it was like being in her cot at home.

Quote: Originally posted by Danny-B- on 21/8/2011

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We bought a bed guard
they only cost about £20 from argos etc

Sophie is 1 and sleeps in the lower bunk with the bed guard and Josh is 8 and sleeps on the top bunk.

we also take a travel cot for in the awning during the day

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Hi, We have camped and caravan with our twins since 3 months. In the caravan we used the single beds and had the beds guards, these worked great. At six occassional they still fall out of bed, but rarley wake so do not beieve that they have. Enjoy.

Hi, We have camped and caravan with our twins since 3 months. In the caravan we used the single beds and had the beds guards, these worked great. At six occassional they still fall out of bed, but rarley wake so do not beieve that they have. Enjoy.