Date:         Tue, 6 May 2014 10:53:35 +0000
Reply-To:     Ryan Shawley <easywind1975@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Ryan Shawley <easywind1975@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: WANTED: Front child's cot
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Hi Marc,
Boy it has been awhile since I posted to the list!  We just got back from a 2200 mile road trip with a destination of the Wanee Festival in Florida.  This year we had our 18 month old son and my 8 year old daughter in tow.  We confirmed as well that the pack and play just fits in the westy with the bed deployed.
We have always been militant about having our kids sleep in a crib and not in our bed so we didn't know how this would work out.  Well the boy did great, we ended up not using the pack and play he slept on the lower bunk with either me or mom.  Since the weather was dry we set a tent up for one of us and my daughter and used the upper bunk as a storage loft.  
Funny thing is on the nursery monitor we hear my son toss and turn moan kick grunt cough etc.  he was like a statue sleeping in the van.....


> 
> Since Aaron brought it up, what is the appropriate age/size range for kids to use the front cot? We'll be camping in two weeks with my 20-month-old son and just verified that the pack-n-play fits, just barely, in front of the bed. It's really tight, so I'm thinking it's not a long-term option for him sleeping in the van. Still, he's too young to sleep in the top and too disrupt-able to sleep in the bottom with one of us . . .
> 
> SO looking forward to taking him on his first camping trip!!
> Marc Perdue
> 
> 
> On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 6:28 PM, Aaron <a.robinson.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hello all.
> >
> > I'm hoping someone out there has grown out of one of the canvas child 
> > cots that go across the front seating area. Our youngest is growing 
> > older and won't be in the port-a-crib inside the van much longer. 
> > That's great for interior space, but means we need a place for him to 
> > sleep. So, if you or someone you know have one you'd be willing to sell, please let me know.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Aaron
> >
> > 1991 Vanagon
> > 1987 Westfalia
> > 2007, 2009, 2012 Kids
> >