Single Parent camping, what to do with child for potty breaks, etc?

[malamute]

Originally Posted by Coldjensens

in fact. never ever allow your child to leave her bedroom. that is the only place you can keep her safe.

or you can take reasonable risks and let her have a nice childhood.

I took our twins camping every year from age 3 through 13. no issues. I even went to sleep at night! sometimes they went and played with new friends at a neighboring campsite wjile I took a nap or shower. just like they did at home. really, it is not different from being at home. What do you do when home with your daughter and you need to take s shower?

camping is no different as lo ng as you use some common sense

I'm with you. I wonder what kind of campgrounds people have been in that they think they're so dangerous. In a lot of campgrounds, you can be near the building with the showers or in direct view of one.

A camping trailer can be locked -- if you're really that afraid of all the other campers but if you're truly that afraid, then why go camping? The whole thing about staying in a tent is that you're not supposed to be overly paranoid and scared.

You could always check with the campground host to ask how much crime there is. Campgrounds are probably safer places than most neighborhoods. People are outdoors more, they're going to observe and people are usually friendly and I would think you can find a family with kids quite easily who would let the child sit in their campsite for a few minutes.

[Coldjensens]

Originally Posted by DitsyD

Camping is more dangerous than living at home; strangers, wild animals, easier to get lost, easier access to knives and fire.

Apparently someone has never been camping.



Refer back to the part about "as long as you use common sense."

BTW Showers do not need to be "down the road and usually are not. When camping with littles you usually choose a campsite right next the the bathroom so you do not wake other campers rushing through their site on the way to the potty at mid night (and 3 a.m. and 4:30 and 6:25. . .). As I said, they can stand at or in the doorway for a few minutes while you go #2 or shower.

When Camping, I actually often know our neighbors better than at home. The reaosn is you see and hear them all the time, you kknow how they treat their kids, you share their fire/smores, coffee, or they yours. Camping is a very social activity, it is not like living at home. Give it a try sometime. Kids learn a lot from camping. Usually a lot more than they learn at home.

[DitsyD]

Originally Posted by Coldjensens

Apparently someone has never been camping.



Refer back to the part about "as long as you use common sense."

BTW Showers do not need to be "down the road and usually are not. When camping with littles you usually choose a campsite right next the the bathroom so you do not wake other campers rushing through their site on the way to the potty at mid night (and 3 a.m. and 4:30 and 6:25. . .). As I said, they can stand at or in the doorway for a few minutes while you go #2 or shower.

When Camping, I actually often know our neighbors better than at home. The reaosn is you see and hear them all the time, you kknow how they treat their kids, you share their fire/smores, coffee, or they yours. Camping is a very social activity, it is not like living at home. Give it a try sometime. Kids learn a lot from camping. Usually a lot more than they learn at home.

We have been camping lots of times. The camp sites we use tend to have a central bathroom with camping loops off of that area. There are no camp sites next to the bathroom. Or, the bathrooms are more like large port-a-potties and you have no desire to be near those things.

We have camped by families that I would never leave my children with. You never know who you will get as neighbors, if you get any.

I stand by what I said about a four year old.