https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:47:30 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/taking-19mo-camping-for-first-time#post-2848155 Sat, 29 Sep 2018 22:27:31 +0000 yellowbeach 2848155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: this is 1.5 hrs east of us in a town called Deltaville, VA. The Chesapeake Bay is gorgeous spring summer and fall. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/taking-19mo-camping-for-first-time#post-2848135 Sat, 29 Sep 2018 19:15:32 +0000 pachamama 2848135@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yellowbeach: omg where do you live?! That looks like a tropical paradise. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/taking-19mo-camping-for-first-time#post-2848106 Sat, 29 Sep 2018 15:26:45 +0000 peaches1038 2848106@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yellowbeach: looks like your camping adventures are much warmer than ours! Glad it went so well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/taking-19mo-camping-for-first-time#post-2848091 Sat, 29 Sep 2018 13:34:24 +0000 yellowbeach 2848091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for all the recommendations ladies! We had a great adventure and DD did very well. DH had to drive her around to get her to sleep but that was the first time ever actually! DH has already bought a bigger tent 🏕 with plans for even more camping adventures this Fall.<br /> 🌲🍂🍃🍁🌲 </p> [attach=7491/18/pfty9c.600x450.52B246AB-E707-4158-8524-97A71B43235B.jpeg] [attach=7491/18/pfty9d.600x600.01549732-DFA6-482C-9B3D-A87EEFE401C1.jpeg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/taking-19mo-camping-for-first-time#post-2847385 Wed, 26 Sep 2018 09:27:38 +0000 muffinsmuffins 2847385@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We took DS camping for the first time around q year old I believe. Tent camping, no electricity. He actually did amazing for sleep. We brought a sound machine with batteries and his pack and play fit in the tent along with our air mattress (we have a huge tent ha) We followed his schedule similar to at home and he slept quite well but woke super early with the birds and sun coming in. I think that’s the worst part of camping with little kids: it gets dark super late and sun up super early. We brought a beach blanket and lots of easy to eat food like pouches. Prep all your food before if you can so you don’t have to spend a ton of time cooking. Bring a lot of clothes and layers like mentioned earlier plus toques. Bug spray depending on where you are. Really depends on whether and type of campsite you’re going to. </p> <p>I took DS camping by myself for only the second time this summer at 3.5 and I think for tent camping, one night is enough. For future, I think we will look into renting a trailer for longer camping so we have a little more structure and separate space from noise and light to maintain sleep. We went to bed at 10 because it was still bright out and ambient noise was high as people were cooking dinner late, and up before 6 and he was verrry cranky that morning which kinda took the fun out of it. He LOVED it so much though, so worth it :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/taking-19mo-camping-for-first-time#post-2847344 Tue, 25 Sep 2018 22:11:16 +0000 peaches1038 2847344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yay! What’s the weather like where you are? Especially at night? My biggest advice is to bring so many layers and to avoid cotton if you can as it doesn’t wick moisture away from the body, is cold when wet and takes forever to dry. We use polyester long undies, fleece jammies and a fleece sleepsack with a wool hat and wool socks for sleeping. The sleepsack is one for toddlers that has leg holes. He never wears one at home but was fine wearing one camping. We told him it’s his sleeping bag. For daytime we use fleece pants and a poly shirt with a fleece sweatshirt and wool socks. My guy has a super hard time falling asleep while camping so I usually get him all ready for bed and then drive him around until he falls asleep and then transfer him into the tent. He usually passed out in less than 5 minutes. He slept between us one night on our double camp pad and it sucked. The next night, I put him on the inside and used a fleece blanket against the wall of the tent to protect him from condensation and I slept In the middle. It worked much better. No real need for toys - we brought a bucket, shovel and a few cars and he was in heaven. Let me know if you have any other questions or anything! We love camping!</p> <p>[attach=1712/18/pfn7is.337x600.3C041C46-BF69-43F4-B537-A25E47A35790.png] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/taking-19mo-camping-for-first-time#post-2847343 Tue, 25 Sep 2018 21:50:14 +0000 yellowbeach 2847343@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH and I love camping 🌲⛺️🌲 and haven’t been since having DD. She’s now 19mo and finally walking, so we are going for one test night tomorrow. Any tips for camping with young toddlers? Sleep is my biggest concern. DH is desperate for any reason to go to REI in the am if that helps. 💰💰💰 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-there-any-fun-childhood-experiences-that-your-children-are-unlikely-to-experience-because-you/page/3#post-2215704 Mon, 22 Jun 2015 20:05:48 +0000 MamaBehr 2215704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We can't have cats (DH is really allergic), but anything and everything I *won't* do I've learned, I have to keep an open mind. And, just because I don't like something doesn't mean I'm going to deny my kids it, assuming they like it or want it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-there-any-fun-childhood-experiences-that-your-children-are-unlikely-to-experience-because-you/page/3#post-2215492 Mon, 22 Jun 2015 16:17:08 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2215492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pets- uh no way I'm getting stuck caring for another living thing like my parents did with *my* dog.<br /> Animated movies- their father can take them.<br /> Beach- I'll lose this one and probably break it myself, but I remember what a mess sand everywhere can be plus tangled hair. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-there-any-fun-childhood-experiences-that-your-children-are-unlikely-to-experience-because-you/page/3#post-2215433 Mon, 22 Jun 2015 15:36:47 +0000 Chillybear 2215433@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I racked my brain all weekend trying to come up with something I'm vehemently opposed to letting my kid do... I finally figured it out.... Traveling Carnivals! Weird shady people, Rides that could fall apart at any moment, gross food, expensive games that yield cheap prizes..... Yet I have no issue with the ride piers on the boardwalks at the shore. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-there-any-fun-childhood-experiences-that-your-children-are-unlikely-to-experience-because-you/page/3#post-2214827 Mon, 22 Jun 2015 06:20:36 +0000 Orchid 2214827@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No spending weeks away during the summer at family in the country! We live in the country and the only family I'd let have LO is my mom (and then he'd come back a total spoiled brat).</p> <p>No sleepovers either! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-there-any-fun-childhood-experiences-that-your-children-are-unlikely-to-experience-because-you/page/3#post-2214738 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 21:12:31 +0000 irene 2214738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH is very opposed to circus performances, I am on the fence but I am toward opposing it, so we are basically forbidding it completely. We are also not crazy about the children's museum we have in our town so we do not like taking him there. It is actually a lot of fun for him, but I personally disliked the way the museum is run. The admissions is very expensive. Parking is offsite and isn't organized better, and it could be easily an additional $10-15 even if you were a member to the museum. They don't have restaurants on site and there is no nice restaurants around, so it became such a chore to try to rip them off of the museum to go to eat, when there is nothing good around. Just the entire experience is fun for the kid but very miserable for the adult. Camping too. I guess it's because both of us grew up in a city where we just didn't have that culture of camping, and/ or parents didn't take us camping, so we don't quite know what to do with it hahahaha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-there-any-fun-childhood-experiences-that-your-children-are-unlikely-to-experience-because-you/page/3#post-2214723 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 20:46:29 +0000 Reese 2214723@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love camping and amusement rides but I will reevaluate any future pets and water parks kind of creep me out. *shudder* floating bandaids *shudder* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-there-any-fun-childhood-experiences-that-your-children-are-unlikely-to-experience-because-you/page/3#post-2214712 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 20:16:55 +0000 Miss Ariel 2214712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FaithFertility: Seriously, what's up with that?!?!? Aren't boys supposed to like camping? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-there-any-fun-childhood-experiences-that-your-children-are-unlikely-to-experience-because-you/page/3#post-2214694 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 19:14:38 +0000 FaithFertility 2214694@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Miss Ariel: same with my DH and camping... lo.<br /> Umm.... probably tree climbing... lol I would climb sol high it isn't even funny..... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-there-any-fun-childhood-experiences-that-your-children-are-unlikely-to-experience-because-you/page/3#post-2214675 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 18:25:57 +0000 mrsjyw 2214675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: cultural and safety! Depends on the friend / my relationship w their parents though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-there-any-fun-childhood-experiences-that-your-children-are-unlikely-to-experience-because-you/page/3#post-2214617 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 15:25:02 +0000 Mamasig 2214617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would completely do most of the things mentioned on this thread. Even if I don't enjoy it, I would try it for my kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-there-any-fun-childhood-experiences-that-your-children-are-unlikely-to-experience-because-you/page/3#post-2214616 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 15:20:40 +0000 Mamasig 2214616@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MoonMoon: @lawbee11: My parents were immigrants, and in Central America sleepovers must not be common. So I couldn't sleep out anywhere. My parents said I had my own room and bed, why do I need to sleep out? I used to hate it. But now as a mom, I get it a bit more. I'm not super excited at the thought of my boys sleeping out. We'll see when the time comes. I would definitely have to know the parents well. There are just too many bad people out there in the world! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-there-any-fun-childhood-experiences-that-your-children-are-unlikely-to-experience-because-you/page/3#post-2214602 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 14:33:16 +0000 Madison43 2214602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely the circus. Never. I also loathe camping but if my kids wanted to, I would suck it up and try.</p> <p>@Andrea: @lawbee11: I had friends growing up that weren't allowed to go to sleepovers and we all thought their parents were so crazy strict, then an acquintance in high school was raped at a sleepover by a visiting uncle, so now I'm really not sure how I feel... You just never know. :sad: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-there-any-fun-childhood-experiences-that-your-children-are-unlikely-to-experience-because-you/page/3#post-2214576 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 12:58:53 +0000 Mama Bird 2214576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Circuses, and cartoons every weekend. The ones I see my nephews watch make my eyes and brain hurt :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-there-any-fun-childhood-experiences-that-your-children-are-unlikely-to-experience-because-you/page/3#post-2214310 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 16:49:30 +0000 Andrea 2214310@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: @MoonMoon: maybe sleepover molestation? I was never allowed attend sleepovers for this reason.</p> <p>I would be concerned about gun ownership, too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-there-any-fun-childhood-experiences-that-your-children-are-unlikely-to-experience-because-you/page/3#post-2214305 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 16:35:53 +0000 MoonMoon 2214305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: I've been trying to think of this too! All I can think is the fear of the parents being crazy gun owners, lol? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-there-any-fun-childhood-experiences-that-your-children-are-unlikely-to-experience-because-you/page/3#post-2214298 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 16:32:21 +0000 lawbee11 2214298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What's the reasoning behind no sleepovers? I've seen it mentioned by a handful of people in this thread. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-there-any-fun-childhood-experiences-that-your-children-are-unlikely-to-experience-because-you/page/3#post-2214285 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 15:35:33 +0000 tysonja 2214285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>pets! I can see us caving at some point, but I prefer not to get one :). we have plenty of friends and fam with pets they can love on! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-there-any-fun-childhood-experiences-that-your-children-are-unlikely-to-experience-because-you/page/3#post-2214279 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 15:23:15 +0000 looch 2214279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll go camping if someone sets it up for me...like I can just hike up and my camp is set...at least for the first time. </p> <p>I am not sure I will be able to sleep though, I have an irrational fear of being attacked by bears. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-there-any-fun-childhood-experiences-that-your-children-are-unlikely-to-experience-because-you/page/3#post-2214270 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 14:58:13 +0000 mrsjyw 2214270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Out of the things previously mentioned throughout this thread, the only places that really bother me are Sea World, circuses w animals, and football!</p> <p>Everything else Ds has already done or we plan on doing in the future! As said previously, I am hesitant on sleepovers but well cross that bridge when we get there! I'm mostly a try everything once person! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-there-any-fun-childhood-experiences-that-your-children-are-unlikely-to-experience-because-you/page/2#post-2214257 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 14:01:19 +0000 lamariniere 2214257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No Disney, TV (we don't have one) or pets. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-there-any-fun-childhood-experiences-that-your-children-are-unlikely-to-experience-because-you/page/2#post-2214252 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 13:41:14 +0000 Torchwood 2214252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For most things DH and I balance each other (e.g I HATE roller coasters, but he loves them, so that can just be their thing), so there aren't a ton. </p> <p>Though from the point of view of my childhood and what is very, very normal in my family, my LO will be strange in that she won't attend vacation bible school or church camp or anything like that, ever. Attending church occasionally will be up to her when she's old enough to make an informed decision, but she's not going to those types of high pressure, isolating religious environments. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-there-any-fun-childhood-experiences-that-your-children-are-unlikely-to-experience-because-you/page/2#post-2214082 Fri, 19 Jun 2015 23:48:37 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2214082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, I'm so surprised by all of the no camping! Camping is blissful for me, and I can't wait to take our kids!</p> <p>I can't really think of anything I'm opposed enough to that I'll never let my child do it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-there-any-fun-childhood-experiences-that-your-children-are-unlikely-to-experience-because-you/page/2#post-2214056 Fri, 19 Jun 2015 22:06:15 +0000 stiletto_mom 2214056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Weird. I'm totally okay with everything here.</p> <p>I used to be allowed to go outside and hang out with friends until dark. I'd be anywhere in the neighbourhood, walk the railroad tracks, explore the next neighbourhood over, hang out at the ravine... for HOURS, without checking in with my folks. No cells phones or anything.</p> <p>DH used to be able to roam the streets... he was like 10 and staying out around 3am at night unsupervised.</p> <p>No way our kids would be allowed to do that without some sort of GPS tracking device or pager ROFL </p>