Date:         Mon, 2 Jan 2006 21:39:36 -0600
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
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From:         Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Camping w/ 2 year old - suggestions
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My advice from direct experience: come up with so much for her to do
that the problem will be getting her up in the morning, not getting her
to bed at night. My granddaughter has always slept upstairs with her
own LED lights, sacks of horses and jungle animals to keep her company.
Pile up blankets as a barrier so she won't roll off. Make sure there's
light on upstairs if she can tolerate it. If she wants to come
downstairs, let her. On the way to the campground, let the conversation
turn to how much you'd like to sleep up there, but that "special place"
is for kids. DVDs on a laptop work pretty well too.

Jim

On Jan 2, 2006, at 9:15 PM, BJ Feddish wrote:

> We're going to attempt to take our 2 year old daughter camping this
> summer
> in our 83.5 Westy. Can those of you that have come up with clever
> sleeping
> arrangements send along some suggestions? Where's the best place for
> her to
> sleep? She's a light sleeper, how have you been successful in not
> waking
> your kid up?
>
> If you could cc me I'd appreciate it, I'm in digest mode.
>
> Thanks,
> Bryan
>