ATTN parents!! I need some serious child care advise for Trikefest

[LonesomeTriZ]

Well as luck would have it I may be able to go to Trikefest after all. Because I am leaving for OCS on 28 June I do not want to miss a moment with my son. So the only way I can go to Trikefest is to take him with me. His mother will have to stay home because she just started a new job. As a result, we will have lots of daddy-baby time. That will be great, except.... HOW IN THE HELL WILL I DO IT! I love my boy more than nay thing, but I need some advice on how to take care of him properly with all the heat and no adequate facilities. He is 15 months old now and will be around 18 months at the time of the trip. I have feeding him and keeping him clean covered. But we will be in a tent and it gets so damn hot out there I am not sure what to do about that. So let me hear how some of you out there would handle this situation.

[daputz]

I went camping with the kids when 1 was less then a year (years ago). Limit his time in the sun, and have enough light wieght clothes to keep him from getting burned. (we used "little gator" sunblock it works great) Let him drink as much pedialight or gatorade type juices as he wants.

You might also want to find a camp site where you can get him away from noise if it is going bother him during the "cranky times".

[LonesomeTriZ]

Thanks, I did not even think about the noise factor. We have taken him camping before, but it was much cooler out anf he was younger. So it was easier to keep him one spot. I did not think of the pedialight either. That will help him deal with the heat. This is the kind of advice I am looking for, keep them coming.

[mymint87]

Kiddie pool and an easy-up

[LonesomeTriZ]

The kiddie pool I was already seriously considering. What is an easy up?

[200xcellent]

If I was you I wouldn't forget to bring a babysitter

[LonesomeTriZ]

I wish I could. But that is not an option. I will just have to putt around on the flat land. Who knows, maybe he will help me find a temporary mommy.

[200xcellent]

Haha there you go. Babies=Chick magnets, same with puppies and wedding rings. lol

[crackshot]

Don't take the kid. Trust me. Just the trip alone will make him miserable and hence you will be too. There will be no time for you to do anything.
No offense, been there, done that.
Find a relative or someone to keep him at the homestead.
He's 15 months? That's just too young.

[350Xhilaration]

I hate to agree with crackshot, but I do.

A trip from FL with a 15month old...you're asking for trouble and a miserable time for both of you.

Skip this years TF, hang with momma and baby at home and have an enjoyable time before you go to school.

Maybe next year circumstances will be different and momma can hang out with the lil one....missing one TF won't kill ya.

[LonesomeTriZ]

I hear what you are saying. But I have taken him on long trips before. He travels very well. I am mainly concerned with the time we are there. I do not mind missing out on the trails. He likes to go for rides and I think he would enjoy that part. I can putt him around some of the less uneven places. Plus I like hanging out with all the other riders.

[crackshot]

There is too much to go wrong with a kid that small. Medical if he gets sick, accidents, falling down and splitting head open, kid snachers is this world.
Your wife will constantly worry and miss kid within an hour or two. Female baby bond thing.
It's your call, I been there done that with my son when he was 13 months old and we went fron Idaho to New York. Never again.

[Jeffro33]

I will nto go if he does not go. Me spending a week without him is like death. LOL

[LonesomeTriZ]

Same here. If it turns out it is not feasable. I will have to stay home. I want to spend every minute I can with him before I leave.

[mymint87]

An easy-up is a quick set-up blue canopy shade structure usually 10'X10'