last summer our son was a great camper.  his first trip was when he was 3
mo, and he slept for 7 hours straight.  he was little enough that he slept
in the car seat (rear-facing infant seat).  we did probably 6-8 trips over
the summer, each of them great fun for all.

now he is 1.5 yr, and needs a proper sleeping surface.  he consistently
sleeps 12 hours/night in his crib in his room.  we bought a mini-tent from
one of the online kid-stuff retailers, and he likes to hang out in it.  we
tried our fist trip a month ago, at a site 45 min from home.  the day went
okay, but we were completely unable to get him to mellow out for bed time.
at 10:30 we gave up and drove home.  he was asleep before we got on the
highway...

so- any parents have ideas about how to soothe a child to sleep in a westy?
when we go over to friends houses, we bring a pack-n-play, and he'll sleep
in that for a few hours while my wife and i enjoy our dinner party or
whatever.  so it's not like he can't sleep anywhere but his crib.

we could try again, maybe he was just fussy that day.  but it's a big hassle
to get all loaded up for a trip and then have to come home the same night.

tia.

aaron
'87 syncro westy ej22

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