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vwwestyman Samba Member
Joined: April 24, 2004 Posts: 5680 Location: Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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ImAddicted Samba Member
Joined: April 24, 2012 Posts: 1195 Location: Unorganized Territory, Maine
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Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2021 7:21 am Post subject: Re: Baby Sleeping in a Westy |
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It’s been decades since I’ve has a little one myself, but when I took my grandson camping when he was an infant, a couple of towels rolled up on either side of him kept him from rolling to the edge. You’re a smart and handy guy, if she doesn’t like that idea, whip up a couple of guards and clamp them to the support rods with carpenter clamps. _________________ 1979 Transporter (sold)
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cmonSTART Samba Member
Joined: July 15, 2014 Posts: 1915 Location: NH
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Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2021 7:45 am Post subject: Re: Baby Sleeping in a Westy |
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Duck tape could be useful here.. _________________ '78 Bus 2.0FI
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skills@eurocarsplus Samba Peckerhead
Joined: January 01, 2007 Posts: 16803 Location: sticksville, ct.
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Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2021 8:31 am Post subject: Re: Baby Sleeping in a Westy |
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cmonSTART wrote: |
Duck tape could be useful here.. |
meh... i'm more of a velcro guy. couple of strips across the ass cheeks and you're in business _________________
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my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
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Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
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richparker Samba Member
Joined: November 24, 2011 Posts: 6936 Location: Durango, CO
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Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2021 8:56 am Post subject: Re: Baby Sleeping in a Westy |
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Hey Dave,
My wife had the same concerns. I pushed the issue, she was not happy and nothing ever happened. Miles slept in the child cot from ~3 months old till he was 5 and now he sleeps in the cot in the pop top. We do put a nice soft blanket down over the cot as a sheet, he really likes that.
Rich P. _________________ __________
’71 Westy build
Adventure thread
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71whitewesty Samba Member
Joined: February 25, 2010 Posts: 1538 Location: oregon
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Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2021 12:30 pm Post subject: Re: Baby Sleeping in a Westy |
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Neither of my kids have ever rolled out of the cot. It has a natural way of keeping you sucked in the middle of it. I thought when my daughter was the same age as yours that I would have to rig up a net or something. Never needed to and now she's 12, tall and about to spend two weeks in the same cot! (probably need to roll one front window down to cot height so she can hang her feet out now).
And you can alway put bags and soft stuff where she might roll out and might help everyone sleep better. _________________ 71 Westy 1600 DP, all stock Bus 1
1970's Snow Trac 1600 SP (sold 12/2016)
1968 Tucker sno cat, sold 2021
1969 Tucker Sno cat 542
2017 VW Alltrac
71 tin top stock 1600 DP (project but runs)
Twin 71 White Westy, Bus 2, that I pulled from a 15 year slumber in a dry eastern WA field in 2015.
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22568 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2021 12:49 pm Post subject: Re: Baby Sleeping in a Westy |
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Big sleeping bag as booster. We just kept having kids and out the youngest in the inside. Works up to about 5 _________________ .ssS! |
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Globespotter Samba Member
Joined: February 16, 2012 Posts: 1765 Location: Newmarket, ON
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pgtips Samba Member
Joined: July 23, 2009 Posts: 860 Location: essex
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vwwestyman Samba Member
Joined: April 24, 2004 Posts: 5680 Location: Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 6:52 am Post subject: Re: Baby Sleeping in a Westy |
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Globespotter wrote: |
We left the bottom seat up, and put the baby in the back, and we slept up top.
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Pre-baby, we slept in the bottom bunk, but this does seem like the winning idea for a smaller baby who can also roll around quite a bit!
As a bonus, it provides easier sleeping room for the ding-dang dogs should the join us. _________________ Dave Cook
President, Wild Westerner Club
1978 Champagne Edition Westy, repowered to '97 Jetta TDI
1973 Wild Westerner
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22568 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 8:08 am Post subject: Re: Baby Sleeping in a Westy |
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But i know where you're coming from, as a first time parent you worry about all this stuff Wink
After 3 all this stuff is unimportant , at 6 it isn’t even a blur anymore [/b] |
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Ride_On Samba Member
Joined: August 27, 2015 Posts: 385 Location: Ottawa, Canada
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Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 1:59 pm Post subject: Re: Baby Sleeping in a Westy |
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Wow... this puts into perspective what I've missed over the last xxx months! Congrats!!
We didn't have a child's cot, but did have a cushion for on top of the cool/storage bins between the cupboards and rear closet. Each of our 2 boys started there. Eventually, the bottom bunk became Mummy and babe/infant until #2 came along. #1 joined me upstairs then and we were worried about the same outcome, but higher up. We took a mesh laundry bag, opened it up, secured one side under the snap screws for the upper cushion, then strung 3 carabiners to the top, front of the poptop (sides and middle). We called it the pillow catcher. It worked really well.
Good luck and enjoy!! _________________ 1977 Westfalia 2.0 FI Skills EJ25 w SubaruGears 5sp
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=687254
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richparker Samba Member
Joined: November 24, 2011 Posts: 6936 Location: Durango, CO
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Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 2:15 pm Post subject: Re: Baby Sleeping in a Westy |
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Dave,
Here’s Miles at 3 months old on his first camping adventure.
Here he is last month shooting his Daisy in Canyon Lands.
Don’t be so freaked out about it. Kids are resilient, he’ll survive. _________________ __________
’71 Westy build
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calvinater Samba Member
Joined: September 06, 2014 Posts: 3306 Location: 802
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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2021 5:16 am Post subject: Re: Baby Sleeping in a Westy |
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Reminds of the little rascals episode where spanky is watching a bunch of little kids, and he glues ones diapers to the stairs so he cant get away, remarkable. _________________ "Albatross"! |
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Clementine79 Samba Member
Joined: May 14, 2019 Posts: 308 Location: WA
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Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2021 5:47 pm Post subject: Re: Baby Sleeping in a Westy |
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Ours has a footboard that goes here instead of the extra length panel for the bed, its made of pretty solid wood and looks like it came the Riviera, I'll have to get a photo of it when I get a chance. Its held in place with the same holes that hold the extra part of the bed. It stores under the extra bed here:
_________________ 1979 VW BUS
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vwwestyman Samba Member
Joined: April 24, 2004 Posts: 5680 Location: Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 8:44 pm Post subject: Re: Baby Sleeping in a Westy |
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The suggestion to put him over the engine won out! I didn't get a great pic when we camped at my wife's aunt and uncle's house, but he slept like a baby (ha!) back there, and as a bonus, the crib sheet stretched to fit that cushion pretty well.
Here's a pic from this evening. We took the bus out to the local state park to swim and eat dinner.
He'd fallen asleep so we thought he'd have a little nap back there, but this was moments after laying him down!
_________________ Dave Cook
President, Wild Westerner Club
1978 Champagne Edition Westy, repowered to '97 Jetta TDI
1973 Wild Westerner
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