Help. Where do we put the baby?

[Frstnflt]

We have an FWC Hawk shell with rollover couch and are scratching our heads trying to figure out where to put our 13 month old. With our first trip we used a small pack and play(playpen) but it took up most of the floor and did not really work. He sits up, crawls, and has no sense of self preservation.

Ideas we have so far:
1. Put him upstairs and one of us will sleep behind him to block him from falling off (not good because he rolls around the first 30 minutes and we cannot guard for 11 hours.

2. Put him upstairs and use a bedrail like this:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003ULP592/ref=s9_acsd_top_hd_bw_bBIB23_c_x_6_w?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&pf_rd_r=2AA49KFF0VNXYMT3ZJF4&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=8c5aa9a2-38f7-590d-a3f5-d7ae34e112ca&pf_rd_i=166872011

But then we'd have to be on the rollover and we prefer to have some floor space.

3. Put him on the rollover in couch form with one of the bedrails above

4. Use the rollover back nearly folded over as a retaining wall and find a way to secure it in that position.


All suggestions are welcome and save your disclaimers of safety.

 

[Vic]

when my daughter was little we had her on the U-dinette with the bedrail. We tried the pack and play route too and found it took up a lot of space.

 

[MotoDave]

We've used a PeaPod up on the cab over bed. It lets us put our son to bed early, then we can hang out around the campfire for a few more hours and feel secure that he won't roll off the bed. Once we go to bed we usually take turns sleeping up to with him, which the other sleeps on the couch.

When he's a bit older the hope is he will sleep on the couch on his own.

 

[Bill D]

https://www.amazon.com/Leachco-Anywhere-Black-Khaki-Sheet/dp/B000UCWXOY

This would pack up nicely. Easy to get at your baby if used on the cabover bed.

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Some people remove the back of the roll over couch.
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I also like your idea #4 if you don't want to carry anything extra.

 

[Cedar]

What about a bivouac? Like a baby bivouac zip up hammock? Run a bar across to the walls and suspend it before bedtime. Raise and lower it as needed? I bet you can google it and find one.

 

[super doody]

We have an FWC Hawk shell with rollover couch and are scratching our heads trying to figure out where to put our 13 month old. With our first trip we used a small pack and play(playpen) but it took up most of the floor and did not really work. He sits up, crawls, and has no sense of self preservation.

Ideas we have so far:
1. Put him upstairs and one of us will sleep behind him to block him from falling off (not good because he rolls around the first 30 minutes and we cannot guard for 11 hours.

2. Put him upstairs and use a bedrail like this:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003ULP592/ref=s9_acsd_top_hd_bw_bBIB23_c_x_6_w?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&pf_rd_r=2AA49KFF0VNXYMT3ZJF4&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=8c5aa9a2-38f7-590d-a3f5-d7ae34e112ca&pf_rd_i=166872011

But then we'd have to be on the rollover and we prefer to have some floor space.

3. Put him on the rollover in couch form with one of the bedrails above

4. Use the rollover back nearly folded over as a retaining wall and find a way to secure it in that position.


All suggestions are welcome and save your disclaimers of safety.

#4 is the best solution. We had a Eagle Shell with roller over couch and that is what we did. I used a pack n play pad as the sleeping surface. Check out this thread:

http://www.wanderthewest.com/forum/topic/8805-little-human-sleeping-arrangements/

 

[buckland]

Google "baby box" a safe way for baby to sleep

 

[Esus]

#4 is the best solution. We had a Eagle Shell with roller over couch and that is what we did. I used a pack n play pad as the sleeping surface.

Good stuff. I'll be in this camp soon and hadn't thought of using the back as a rail. Awesome.