Paddle on the crow
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I know I have seen posts on where your baby sleeps in the pop up, and I have done searches that seem to take more time than I have available.
Here's the deal, last year our baby slept in a pack and play that we put in the dinette. Worked great! However he is 2 now and we would like to find a safe way for him to sleep in one of the bunk ends, Mainly for convenience of set-up. (taking the table down...setting up the pack and play...taking down the pack and play...setting up the table...etc.) I know, it's not that big of a deal, but we were wondering if anyone has found a simple way to have your toddler sleep in the bunk end without fearing they will fall? We are thinking about a simple bed rail, but that seems like it would be a challenge to lift your child over the top and back again (Being we have a high-wall) I was also wondering if some kind of a cargo net rigged up somehow might do the trick?
Any great ideas?
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emaav
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We used to just put a rolled up blanket about a foot or so from the edge neither one of the kids ever fell out.
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cconstancemarie
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When I was young we had a popup and I was constantly rolling out the end. My father laughed at me when I purchased a hybrid a couple of years ago because he remember how no matter what he did I would roll out onto the ground from the end of the pop up. I was younger than 6 at the time. When I got my hybrid I invested in some body pillows and put them on the end so anyone who sleeps on the beds won't fall out of the trailer. They have worked so far.
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CampinHappy
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put something for them to land on. Then make a barrier that they have to climb over so at least they won't do it in their sleep.
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belemnoid
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We just piled up seat cushions at the edge of the bed.
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He Ruide
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POTC, Here is one of the threads you might have been looking for.
Hope this helps.
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Merrykalia
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We purchased one of these and use it in our TT bunks now. We did use it in our hybrid bunk ends. It has 2 sides, so you can put it in the front to keep the child from falling on the floor and on the back to keep the child from falling out of the camper and onto the ground. We put extra pillows at the bottom and top.
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5983014
It is a double bedrail, but each one will fold down out of the way and each is adjustable as to length.
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GACampnGirl
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This made me flashback to when my son fell part way out of the outside wall of the bunk end. We thought all owuld be safe if adult slept on side of bunk end and acted as a human bed rail, and this did work for a long time. Till out the outside wall he started to go....
Do you have the cord ends or the Full velcro ends where the tent connects to the bunk end? If it is not full velcro - you may want to roll up some towels or blanket to block the opening. Then maybe an adult can be the bed rail on the inside?
cconstancemarie wrote:When I was young we had a popup and I was constantly rolling out the end. My father laughed at me when I purchased a hybrid a couple of years ago because he remember how no matter what he did I would roll out onto the ground from the end of the pop up. I was younger than 6 at the time. When I got my hybrid I invested in some body pillows and put them on the end so anyone who sleeps on the beds won't fall out of the trailer. They have worked so far.
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As an FYI: anyone who had someone go out under the bunk end canvas did not set it up right or had a badly stretched out bungie cord that should have been replaced.
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Mike Up
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mike4947 wrote:As an FYI: anyone who had someone go out under the bunk end canvas did not set it up right or had a badly stretched out bungie cord that should have been replaced.
I agree, I can't even squeeze my hand out of the side wall canvas and mine has bungee cords.
I had velcro on the Rockwood and now bungees on the Starcraft. I would rather have bungees because they are very easily replaced where the velcro strip is sewn into the fabric and would need to be replaced. Besides, velcro does pull apart easier as it's used and I trust the bungees because they'd have to break to let someone fall out of the bunk. The velcro would only have to pull apart.
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