Camping

I just took Keira for 2 days, she was VERY hard to settle to sleep cos of the noise, (we went just after xmas and before new years!) and being in a different bed (port a cot).. I overpacked for her though everything to summer clothes, winter clothes, bouncer, baby food, her toys, sunscreen, hat, blankets to lie on under the trees and a chilly bin to use as her bath.. a mossie net in case?

We took Lily before Xmas and I was the same as Jolene.....took nearly EVERYTHING. I even took her bath....but the chilly bin is a great idea. (and I took her Jolly Jumper....don't know where I thought I was going to hang it LOL )

We have a Phil n Teds portacot which was great as it has part mesh sides and a mesh top which can be zipped on so no mozzies can get in. Also during the day we could take it outside under a tree (the legs can be pegged into the ground so it can't tip over)

We didn't have any sleeping problems but there were only another two or three tents there so was pretty quiet.

My boy loves camping. We bath him in a bucket while camping. so you may want to take a bucket.
Just think of what you need at home and what you could do without using from home and then you should be fine.

We just got back from a camping trip, it went really well! I didn't pack too much for Chelsea. Just a few toys, portacot, baby bath and clothes (I even forgot her socks and shoes LOL oops, luckily she didn't need them). Oh and sheets and a woollen blanket. She slept just as well as she does at home (ie waking up twice a night) so no dramas there

Just strip her down to a nappy for day sleeps. We have just got back from 10 days freedom camping and that's what we did.

Take a picnic rug to put her on and lots of wee toys that you can clip onto things (like your camp chair). Ava loved the trees so she ended up lying under them a lot and watching the leaves move.

Honestly, if you have amenities, you'll be fine. We have no running water, no toilets (we take them with us) and no barrier between us and the river (our tent peg actually goes into the river bank) and despite Ava waking more, as it was a lot lighter and colder at night, both kids did well. (We even took the exersaucer for her as she needs to be upright - felt like a real nob this year!)

I took Caleb camping for the first time when he was 8 months old but only for a weekend. He was on solids, still BF and not crawling (started crawling the night we got home). I took a portacot, heaps of extra blankets, his buggy, a picnic blanket with a few toys, nappies and wipes, jars of baby food then supplemented with sandwhiches, fruit etc that we were having. I didn't bother bathing him, just topped and tailed.

I packed too many clothes but better too much than not enough. The only mistake I made was taking baby food he had not tried before as he didn't like it so ended up living off sandwhiches, bananas and muesli bars. A polar fleece sleeping sack with a few layers underneath it was absolutely essential as it did get cold overnight.